TATJANA MARIA

Iga Swiatek was honored as WTA Player of the Year for the first time on Monday after rising to No. Swiatek, a 21-year-old from Poland who was the WTA Newcomer of the Year in 2020, led the tour with 67 match wins and eight titles. “I felt like everything clicked this season,” Swiatek said in a video interview with The Associated Press during her unbeaten streak. The WTA Coach of the Year award went to David Witt. 3 in the rankings during 2022 and was a quarterfinalist at three Grand Slam tournaments — losing to Barty or Swiatek each time.

Iga Swiatek has won the WTA Player of the Year award for the first time.

Daniil Medvedev had an easy start to his U.S. Open title defense, beating Stefan Kozlov 6-2, 6-4, 6-0.

Britain Wimbledon Tennis Tunisia's Ons Jabeur celebrates winning a point against Germany's Tatjana Maria in a women's singles semifinal match on day eleven of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Thursday, July 7, 2022. The women's final at Wimbledon will produce a first-time Grand Slam champion. Ons Jabeur of Tunisia and Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan will play on Centre Court for the title. The men's doubles final will follow the women's singles on Centre Court. ___More AP Wimbledon coverage: https://apnews.com/hub/wimbledon and https://apnews.com/hub/tennis and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.

Britain Wimbledon Tennis Tunisia's Ons Jabeur, right, embraces Germany's Tatjana Maria after beating her in a women's singles semifinal match on day eleven of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Thursday, July 7, 2022. She also is the first Arab woman to get that far. In 2020, at the Australian Open, she became the first Arab woman to reach the quarterfinals at a major. On the second point of the match, Jabeur won a point by using a drop shot on a return of serve. After 17 unforced errors in the second set, Jabeur made a remarkably low total of three the rest of the way.

Ons Jabeur has reached her first Grand Slam final with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 victory over good friend Tatjana Maria at Wimbledon.

Australian duo Matthew Ebden and Max Purcell will face Croatian pair Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic in the men’s doubles final at Wimbledon.

Rafael Nadal extended his Grand Slam winning streak to 19 matches with a 3-6, 7-5, 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (10-4) victory over 11th-seeded Taylor Fritz in the Wimbledon quarterfinals.

Rankings are a significant part of every professional tennis player's life.

(AP Photo/Alastair Grant) (Alastair Grant)WIMBLEDON, England — (AP) — To the many “firsts” filling Ons Jabeur’s résumé, add a new one: First Arab woman to reach the semifinals at a Grand Slam tournament. The third-seeded Tunisian improved on last year's quarterfinal run at Wimbledon by doing one better on Tuesday at the grass-court Grand Slam tournament. In the semifinals, Jabeur will face another newcomer to this stage at a major tournament — Tatjana Maria. She became the first Arab woman to reach the quarterfinals at a Grand Slam tournament in 2020 at the Australian Open. If somebody would tell me one year later you are in a semifinal of Wimbledon, that’s crazy.”___More AP Wimbledon coverage: https://apnews.com/hub/wimbledon and https://apnews.com/hub/tennis and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.

Ons Jabeur added a new “first” to her résumé by becoming the first Arab woman to reach the semifinals at a Grand Slam tournament.

Britain Wimbledon Tennis Serbia's Novak Djokovic reacts as he plays Italy's Jannik Sinner in a men's singles quarterfinal match on day nine of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Tuesday, July 5, 2022. “That definitely helps.”Tuesday’s match brought Sinner’s major quarterfinal appearance total to three, which is exactly 50 fewer than Djokovic’s. 1 at Wimbledon by eliminating three-time major champion Stan Wawrinka and then beat a pair of seeded foes: No. On Tuesday, Sinner went up a set and a break when Djokovic sailed a backhand long, then bowed his head. After getting broken four times over two sets, he won all 13 of his service games the rest of the way.

Britain Wimbledon Tennis Serbia's Novak Djokovic reacts after making a passing shot to Italy's Jannik Sinner in a men's singles quarterfinal match on day nine of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Tuesday, July 5, 2022. A lot about what might happen if — or, rather, when — he got back into the match and it eventually went to a fifth set. That includes a 10-1 mark in matches that go the distance at Wimbledon, including nine straight victories; the lone loss came way back in 2006. In the semifinals on Friday, the top-seeded Djokovic, a 35-year-old from Serbia, will meet either No. ___More AP Wimbledon coverage: https://apnews.com/hub/wimbledon and https://apnews.com/hub/tennis and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.

Britain Wimbledon Tennis Germany's Tatjana Maria celebrates winning a point from Germany's Jule Niemeier in a women's singles quarterfinal match at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Tuesday July 5, 2022. “It’s crazy.”Maria is making her 10th appearance at the All England Club and has become only the sixth woman in the Open era to reach the Wimbledon semifinals after turning 34. I'm only happy that I'm in the semifinal now.”The second match on No. Norrie is trying to become only the fourth British man to reach the Wimbledon semifinals in the Open era. ___More AP Wimbledon coverage: https://apnews.com/hub/wimbledon and https://apnews.com/hub/tennis and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.

Novak Djokovic erased a two-set deficit against 10th-seeded Jannik Sinner to reach the Wimbledon quarterfinals for the 11th time.

It says a lot about Novak Djokovic that a two-sets-to-none hole at Wimbledon on a day he was hardly at his best likely left no one thinking the ultimate outcome was a forgone conclusion. Among men, only Federer, with eight, has won more championships than the seven that Djokovic would reach by lifting the trophy Sunday for what would be a fourth year in a row.

Britain Wimbledon Tennis Germany's Tatjana Maria plays a return to Germany's Jule Niemeier in a women's singles quarterfinal match at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Tuesday July 5, 2022. The 103rd-ranked Maria is only the sixth woman in the Open era to reach the Wimbledon semifinals after turning 34. The two Germans have never been this far at a Grand Slam tournament. Norrie is looking to become only the fourth British man to reach the Wimbledon semifinals in the Open era. ___More AP Wimbledon coverage: https://apnews.com/hub/wimbledon and https://apnews.com/hub/tennis and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.

Third-seeded Ons Jabeur advanced to her first Grand Slam semifinal with a 3-6, 6-1, 6-1 victory over Marie Bouzkova on Centre Court at Wimbledon.

(AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali) (Alberto Pezzali)WIMBLEDON, England — (AP) — Tatjana Maria pulled off another upset at Wimbledon to reach her first Grand Slam quarterfinal at the age of 34 after beating Jelena Ostapenko on Sunday. Maria eliminated 2017 French Open champion Ostapenko 5-7, 7-5, 7-5 on No. Halep is the last Grand Slam champion standing on the women's side. "For me, I didn't expect it because I wasn't playing so well on grass," Sinner said of reaching first Wimbledon quarterfinal. David Goffin of Belgium defeated 23rd-seeded Frances Tiafoe 7-6 (3), 5-7, 5-7, 6-4, 7-5 to set up a quarterfinal match against ninth-seeded Cameron Norrie, who advanced with a 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 victory over Tommy Paul.

Heading into the second week at Wimbledon, only two of the top 15 seeds remain in the women’s draw, which has just one Grand Slam champion — Simona Halep — left. Maria eliminated 2017 French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko 5-7, 7-5, 7-5 on No. Halep is the last Grand Slam champion standing on the women's side. The 97th-ranked Niemeier advanced by beating Heather Watson 6-2, 6-4 on Centre Court in just her second Grand Slam tournament. The German had eliminated second-seeded Anett Kontaveit in the second round.

Novak Djokovic found himself locked in a tight fourth-round match at Wimbledon against a wild-card entry making his Grand Slam tournament debut.

Tatjana Maria's Wimbledon run appeared to be in trouble when Maria Sakkari was a point away from going up 5-1 in the second set of their third-round match. Then Maria turned it around — in a hurry. The 34-year-old German won the next three points to get to 4-2 and later rattled off five games in a row to beat the fifth-seeded Sakkari 6-3, 7-5 at the All England Club.

Three-time defending champion Novak Djokovic's next opponent is an oft-injured guy ranked outside the top 100 and making his Grand Slam debut thanks to a wild card.

An activist plans to hand out 1,000 T-shirts with the slogan “Where is Peng Shuai?"

The Australian Open has started without nine-time champion Novak Djokovic.

Defending champion Naomi Osaka has had a relatively trouble-free 6-3, 6-3 win over Camila Osorio in her first-round match on Rod Laver Arena.