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Williams' announcement marks her return to professional competition since sustaining an injury at the tournament last year. It's also another chance for her to win her 24th Grand Slam singles title.

Nadal's victory came two days after his 36th birthday and made him the oldest title winner in the history of the clay-court tournament.

In the past week, Alcaraz turned 19 — and then outplayed three of the world's top five players.

The 54-year-old German tennis great was sentenced for illicitly transferring large amounts of money and hiding assets after he was declared bankrupt.

The British tournament becomes one of the first tennis events to suspend players from the two countries since Russia invaded Ukraine, and excludes several highly ranked players from competition.

Barty is retiring only two months after winning the Australian Open, saying she wants to pursue other dreams.

Last year, Peng made sexual assault allegations against a former Chinese party leader and then went missing for weeks.

The Serbian tennis star says he understands he may miss the French Open and Wimbledon as a result. He adds that his decision is personal and he shouldn't be lumped in with anti-vaccination activists.

In a carefully-managed interview with a French magazine, Peng also said she was retiring from tennis and said her private life should not be brought up in politics or sport.

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach avoided taking positions on any political controversies ahead of the beginning of the Beijing Winter Games in a news conference Thursday.