Maria Sharapova continued her marauding form by handing out a 6-2 6-1 thrashing to Sweden's Rebecca Peterson to set up a blockbuster third-round showdown with holder Caroline Wozniacki.
Barcelona's 2-1 win vs Getafe allowed them to open up a five-point advantage over second-placed Atletico Madrid who drew 1-1 with third-placed Sevilla. Real Madrid lost 2-0 at home to Real Sociedad.
The fight spilled into the area behind the baseline and video showed a chair being thrown at the back of an Australia player either by a fan or member of the Philippines team staff.
Tougher punishments for ball-tampering have been on the cards since incidents during this year's third test between South Africa and Australia in Cape Town.
Kvitova, twice Wimbledon champion, struck 24 winners in a 6-2 6-2 victory over Kerber as the Czechs booked their place in the final for the sixth time in eight years.
Manager Antonio Conte, knowing this is his last chance of a trophy this season, must hope the victory is an omen. The previous three times Chelsea have knocked Leicester out, in 1997, 2000 and 2012, they won the competition.
Soldiers were deployed across the Zimbabwe capital Harare and the state broadcaster was seized on Wednesday after President Robert Mugabe's ruling ZANU-PF party accused the head of the military of treason
The Islamic State, which once controlled an area as big as Portugal, has shrunk to a handful of outposts, and thousands of its fighters are either dead or have surrendered. It’s networks will, however, survive and the terror group is widely expected to return to its guerrilla insurgent roots.
Five ways how scientists have learnt from eclipses in the past or can learn from Monday’s newest one, the first total solar eclipse in 99 years that will traverse from coast to coast of the United States.
