Marcel Williams

Arkansas carried out back-to-back executions on Monday night, administering lethal injections to two men convicted of rape and murder to become the first US state to put more than one inmate to death on the same day in 17 years.

Serena Williams defeated fellow American Vania King 6-3, 6-3 in the US Open second round, her 306th Grand Slam singles match win tying her with Martina Navratilova for the most ever for a woman

David Ferrer reached the French Open quarter-finals on Monday with a 6-3, 6-2, 6-0 win over fellow Spaniard Marcel Granollers.

Spain's claycourt masters tightened their stranglehold on one half of the French Open draw on Saturday with both David Ferrer and Nicolas Almagro reaching the last 16 with straight sets wins.

Arkansas carried out back-to-back executions on Monday night, administering lethal injections to two men convicted of rape and murder to become the first US state to put more than one inmate to death on the same day in 17 years.

Serena Williams defeated fellow American Vania King 6-3, 6-3 in the US Open second round, her 306th Grand Slam singles match win tying her with Martina Navratilova for the most ever for a woman

David Ferrer reached the French Open quarter-finals on Monday with a 6-3, 6-2, 6-0 win over fellow Spaniard Marcel Granollers.

Spain's claycourt masters tightened their stranglehold on one half of the French Open draw on Saturday with both David Ferrer and Nicolas Almagro reaching the last 16 with straight sets wins.