Tennis

Sabalenka will face either Jessica Pegula of the United States or the Czech Republic's Karolina Muchova in Saturday's final.

Sabalenka will next face either China's Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen, the player she defeated in the Australian Open final, or Donna Vekic of Croatia.

The tournament will be played in a 25-point format in which each franchise will play a total of five matches to make the semifinals.

Japan's Osaka returned to competition in January after the birth of her daughter and has advanced to the third round or better at four WTA 1000 events this season.

It was the second match of the day for both Sinner and Rublev as organisers made up for a rained-off Friday.

World number two Gauff is making the transition to hardcourts after a run to the fourth round at Wimbledon and an Olympic stint on clay at Roland Garros.

Sabalenka, who won her second consecutive Australian Open in January, and 20th-ranked Azarenka both withdrew from Wimbledon with shoulder problems but have shown no sign of injuries in the US capital this week.

Marcos Giron won the Hall of Fame Open title as Zheng Qinwen defended her Palermo clay-court title.

Catherine last month tentatively returned to UK public life for the first time since her diagnosis, attending a military parade in London to mark King Charles III's official birthday.

Carlos Alcaraz will face Daniil Medvedev while Novak Djokovic takes on Lorenzo Musetti in the two men's singles semi-finals.

American Paul raced to a straight sets 6-1, 7-6 (10/8) win over Italian Musetti in a summit clash that lasted 88 minutes.

American Pegula got the better of compatriot Gauff in straight sets as she triumphed 7-5, 7-6 (7/2) in their semifinal encoutner to set up a summit clash against Russian Anna Kalinskaya, who edged out Victoria Azarenka 6-1, 6-7 (3/7), 6-1.

This back surgery is not entirely new territory for Murray, who previously underwent minor back surgery in 2013.

The win was Siniakova's eighth women's Grand Slam doubles crown and Gauff's first. Paolini, who suffered a 6-2 6-1 defeat to Iga Swiatek on Saturday, was left looking dejected.

World number one Swiatek defeated US Open champion Coco Gauff 6-2, 6-4 to extend her winning streak in Paris to 20 matches and continue the Pole's dominance of her American rival.

Coco Gauff and Iga Swiatek will face off in the semifinals at the French Open.