Danielle Collins

In the first round of the Olympic Games, the Greek tennis player was drawn to play against Danka Kovinic, who is ranked No. 668 in the world. Kovinic has defeated Sakkari twice, in 2017 and 2018, but the Greek player had no trouble winning against her in 2022 on a clay surface.

PARIS - Serbian tennis player Dusan Lajovic lost 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 to American Taylor Fritz in the second round of Roland Garros on Thursday evening.

Fritz won after two hours and 20 minutes of play.

PARIS - Serbian tennis player Olga Danilovic has got off to a successful start at Roland Garros by defeating Italian Martina Trevisan 6-1, 6-2 in the first round on Sunday.

Danilovic, who is a qualifier, will next face the winner of the all-American tie between Danielle Collins and Caroline Dolehide.

American Coco Gauff was knocked out of the Miami Open on March 25 after an intense three-set battle with Anastasia Potapova while Indian Wells champion Elena Rybakina earned a hard-fought comeback win against Spain's Paula Badosa.

Romanian tennis player Simona Halep will play Australian Lizette Cabrera in the first round of the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam tournament of the year, which will start on Monday in Melbourne, according to the draw on Friday. 2020 semi-finalist Halep, 29, will meet for the first time wildcard Cabrera, 23, world number 140.

Romanian player Simona Halep, world number three, progressed to the women's singles third round at the Australian Open tennis tournament, the first Grand Slam of the year, after easily defeating british player Harriet Dart 6-2 6-4 on Thursday. Fourth-seeded Halep, 28, dominated the match with qualifier Dart, 23, world number 173, winning in an hour and 17 minutes.

Unseeded Maria Sakkari of Greece delivered a thrilling encore performance to her previous upset over Venus Williams to beat Danielle Collins and reach her first WTA final at the Silicon Valley Classic on Saturday.

Trailing by a set and facing a 4-1 deficit in the second set against Collins, Sakkari completed a shocking turnaround to beat the American 3-6 7-5 6-2 in the semi-final.

Maria Sakkari of Greece upset third-seeded Venus Williams 6-4, 7-6 (2) on Friday night in the quarterfinals of the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic.

Sakkari came back from 0-3 in the first set and 3-5 in the second set.

She advanced to face American Danielle Collins - with the reaching her first WTA final.

Romanian tennis player Ana Bogdan qualified for the semifinals of the WTA tournament in Monterrey, Mexico, with total prizes worth 226750 USD, on Friday, after she defeated US player Danielle Collins, 6-2, 6-4.

Bogdan (25 years, WTA's 90th), 6th seed, won in one hour and 18 minutes against a better ranked player, (24 years, WTA's 53rd), a recent semifinalist in Miami.

Romanian tennis player Ana Bogdan qualified for the quarterfinals of the WTA tournament in Monterrey (Mexico), with total prizes worth 226,750 USD, on Thursday, after she defeated Spanish Sara Sorribes Tormo, 6-2, 6-3.