Romanian Simona Halep has shown the full extent of her defensive skills to beat Karolina Pliskova 6-4 3-6 6-3 and reach her second French Open final.

• Ebony Bowden, James Lemon

Google Maps apparently suffering from gremlins, with Margaret Court Arena renamed.

Comeback queens Casey Dellacqua and Ashleigh Barty are on the verge of accomplishing one of the greatest feats in Australian tennis history after surging into the French Open doubles semi-finals in Paris.

Former French Open runner-up Simona Halep staged a remarkable fightback and saved a match point to reach the semi-finals with a 3-6 7-6 (8-6) 6-0 win over Elina Svitolina.

Australian tennis star Thanasi Kokkinakis is facing a court battle over his right to use Special K nickname commercially.

• Bill Scott

Andy Murray shrugged of a sluggish start, staging a comeback on Thursday for a 2-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7-0), 6-1 defeat of Kei Nishikori and a place in his fourth straight French Open semifinal.

• Simon Briggs

Paris: Defending champion Novak Djokovic was accused of "tanking" his quarter-final at the French Open as he suffered a chastening 7-6, 6-3, 6-0 defeat at the hands of 23-year-old Dominic Thiem.

• Martyn Herman

Double French Open champion Jim Courier said Novak Djokovic's decision to work with so-called "guru"' Pepe Imaz was partly to blame for his shock defeat at Roland Garros on Wednesday.

Martina Navratilova is awaiting a response from Australian Open organisers after leading calls for the Margaret Court arena to be renamed after the former champion said tennis was "full of lesbians".

Andy Murray lifted his level to his best of the tournament with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 sprint into his fourth consecutive quarter-final at the French Open.

• Darren Walton

​Gay Australian tennis star Casey Dellacqua is poised to strike the ultimate blow in the fight for same-sex acceptance, but has just one simple message for homophobic sporting legend Margaret Court.

• David Polkinghorne

Todd Woodbridge says Wimbledon has been dealing with terrorism since he started playing.

Novak Djokovic and other players at the French Open say they are not worried about competing at Wimbledon next month despite the recent terrorist attacks in Britain.

• Darren Walton

Samantha Stosur is in a Wimbledon fitness battle after having her French Open sabotaged by a devastating injury.

• Ben Rothenberg

With the four remaining Grand Slam winners all falling in their fourth-round matches Sunday at the French Open, there will be a new women's major champion crowned Saturday at Roland Garros.

• Simon Briggs

The reigning French Open champion Garbine Muguruza had to leave her press conference in tears yesterday following a feisty encounter with French No 1 Kiki Mladenovic.

Tennis super-brat John McEnroe has attempted to lighten up the Margaret Court firestorm with a satirical online video addressing one of the hottest issues in world sport, asking fans "who gives a "f***?".

Title contender Simona Halep pulled through against young contender Daria Kasatkina in a French Open round three rollercoaster, winning 6-0 7-5 after at first threatening to dismantle the 20-year-old Russian.

Andy Murray recorded a straight sets victory against Juan Martin del Potro in the third round of the French Open.

Nick Kyrgios' French Open campaign is over following a third-round doubles loss with fellow Australian Jordan Thompson.

Andre Agassi would not have come back to tennis if it weren't for Novak Djokovic, a player he believes still has many other grand slam titles to win, the American said.

• Jim Pavlidis

Spare a thought for Margaret Court.

• Darren Walton

Samantha Stosur is plotting to pen the fairytale final chapter of her unfulfilled French Open love story after storming into the second week in Paris for the sixth time.

• Bill Scott

Serbian defending champion won a battle of endurance with Diego Schwartzman to move into the fourth round of the French Open.

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• Malcolm Knox

An open letter to Martina Navratilova, from the Margaret Court Arena.

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• Peter FitzSimons

For better or worse, for richer or poorer, one of Melbourne's two main tennis arenas now bears a name that, for a huge swathe of Australia – whether you agree or not – really is a byword for bigotry.

• Darren Walton

Tennis Australia refuses to buckle as pressure mounts to change the name of Margaret Court Arena.

• Darren Walton

Samantha Stosur has stormed into the second week of the French Open with an easy third-round win.

• Darren Walton

Grief-stricken Nick Kyrgios has conceded his French Open hopes were all but cooked when his grandfather died in April.