Chanelle Scheepers has climbed two places in the women’s world tennis rankings after she reached the second round at the French Open in Paris.

South Africa’s Kevin Anderson has pulled out of the tennis season’s opening Brisbane International ATP 250 event due to a niggling knee injury.

Fritz Wolmarans is the South African standing in the men’s singles qualifying competition at the US Open tennis tournament in New York.

Signs of tiredness betrayed Serena Williams as she continued her return to form with a 6-3 7-6 victory over Lucie Hradecka at the Cincinnati Open.

Chanelle Scheepers reached the second round of a Grand Slam for the first time on Sunday, but worried that few people would notice in South Africa.