Roger Federer slumped to a shock 2-6 7-6(8) 6-4 loss to German veteran Tommy Haas at the Stuttgart Open in a disappointing comeback after the 18-times grand-slam champion missed the entire claycourt season.

• Nino Bucci

A Queensland man has been charged with a sports corruption offence after approaching former Australian Open boys champion Oliver Anderson about fixing a tennis match last year. 

It's been a long road back from injury but Thanasi Kokkinakis has claimed his first ATP Tour win since August 2015.

• Christopher Clarey

As a child prodigy, Rafael Nadal dreamed of winning just one French Open title. Now he has 10.

Australian duo easily beaten in straight sets by top-seeded pair Mattek-Sands and Safarova.

• Simon Briggs

From the carefree way that Jelena Ostapenko smacks a tennis ball, you would think no one was watching.

Former world number one Maria Sharapova will miss the grasscourt season, including this month's Wimbledon qualifying tournament, after failing to recover from a left-thigh injury she suffered during last month's Italian Open.

Jelena Ostapenko became the first Latvian to win a grand slam, beating Romania's Simona Halep 4-6 6-4 6-3 in the French Open final.

Teenager Alexei Popyrin has become the first Australian in 49 years to win the boys' singles title at the French Open.

• Howard Fendrich

Rafael Nadal has acknowledged during the French Open that he's never been all that good with numbers. Well, perhaps he should brush up. If Nadal beats Stan Wawrinka in Sunday's Roland Garros final, so much of the story will be about statistics.

• Darren Walton

Casey Dellacqua and Ashleigh Barty are one win away from a historic French Open triumph.

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.

• Linda Pearce

Chloe Watson continues to grow into her current role as the Melbourne Vixens' long-limbed wing defence.

John McEnroe, tennis's original SuperBrat, would enjoy a crack at coaching fellow "head case" Nick Kyrgios, saying he and Australia's most mercurial talent could be a perfect partnership.

• 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.