Former world number four Caroline Garcia of France shared some of the disparaging messages she has received in the wake of recent defeats and cited "unhealthy betting" as a driver of social media abuse of players.

Naomi Osaka put last week's first round defeat in Abu Dhabi behind her with a straight sets defeat of 15th seed Caroline Garcia at the Qatar Open on Monday.

World number 93 Kenin reached her first WTA semi-final since Hobart in January, booking a Friday meeting against the winner of a later match between Greek third seed Maria Sakkari and American Emma Navarro.

Ons Jabeur was coming off a fourth-round showing at the US Open, where she battled illness in the opening rounds.

Carlos Alcaraz battled through a rain interruption to claim his 50th win of the season, defeating Jordan Thompson 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 on Wednesday at the Cincinnati Open

Novak Djokovic made the Wimbledon fourth round for the 15th time on Friday, beating old rival Stan Wawrinka and a night-time curfew as Andy Murray hinted his All England Club days may be over

Fifth seed Caroline Garcia loses to Anna Blinkova 6-4, 3-6, 5-7 in French Open women's singles second round

Fourth Seed Caroline Garcia suffered a straight sets defeat against Magda Linette (6-7, 4-6) in 4th round of Australian Open women's singles event.

Garcia, of France, beat the 20-year-old former US Open finalist 7-6 (7/5), 7-5 in 1hr 52min on Rod Laver Arena to set up a meeting with Laura Siegemund of Germany

Women's 26th seed Elise Mertens was another winner, with the Belgian outlasting Spain's Garbine Muguruza, who was seen cramping before losing 3-6, 7-6 (7/3), 6-1.