Maria Sharapova's bid to end her long wait for a second Wimbledon crown came crashing to a halt on Monday, while Kim Clijsters' final appearance at the grass-court grand slam also finished in round four.
Rafael Nadal easily progressed to the third round of the Madrid Open after beating Russia's Nikolay Davydenko in straight sets 6-2 6-2 on Wednesday.
Rafael Nadal will play David Ferrer in the final of the Barcelona Open on Sunday after an emphatic straight sets win over Fernando Verdasco in Saturday's semifinal.
It was dubbed "mission impossible" by one of their own mothers, but Serbia's women tennis players are now looking forward to the country's historic first Fed Cup final appearance.
Agnieszka Radwanska has beaten Maria Sharapova in the final of the Miami Masters to claim her second title of the year.
Former world No. 1s Maria Sharapova and Caroline Wozniacki lit up the court at the Miami Masters on Thursday, but the lights went out on Agnieszka Radwanska and Marion Bartoli in the other women's semifinal.
updated: Thu Mar 29 2012 10:39:00
Want a jump smash like Sampras? The fourteen-time Grand Slam winner shows CNN's Pat Cash how it's done.
Women's tennis No. 1 Victoria Azarenka is looking forward to more success despite the end of her perfect start to 2012.
Agnieszka Radwanska is already the most successful Polish female tennis player, but her achievements will reach a new level when the world rankings are released on Monday.
Defending champion Caroline Wozniacki suffered a straight sets defeat to unseeded German Julia Goerges in the semifinal of the $2 million WTA tournament in Dubai Friday.
Victoria Azarenka's peerless run of form in 2012 has seen her secure a maiden grand slam title and cement her place as the finest women's tennis player on the planet.
World No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki had to admit to an embarrassing loss on Wednesday, but it won't affect her chances of winning her first grand slam title at the Australian Open.
SI.com's Jon Wertheim breaks down the women's seeds at the Australian Open. Read on for the top first-round matchups, dark horses and predictions. Click here for the men's report.
Petra Kvitova is just two wins away from moving to the top of the women's tennis rankings, after current world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki suffered a quarterfinal defeat at the Sydney International on Wednesday.
U.S. Open champion Samantha Stosur stormed into the semifinals of the season-ending WTA Championships after crushing China's Li Na 6-1 6-0 in Istanbul.
Petra Kvitova dumped Caroline Wozniacki out of the WTA Championships with a straight sets victory that sealed her place in the final four.
Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova will open proceedings at the WTA Championships in Istanbul Tuesday in her first appearance in the prestigious end-of-season finale.
World No.1 Caroline Wozniacki survived the loss of the opening set to beat Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska 5-7 6-2 6-4 in their Red Group opener at the WTA Championships in Istanbul Tuesday.
Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska has secured the final place in the eight-strong field for the WTA Championships in Istanbul next week after illness ended the hopes of her closest rival.
Agnieszka Radwanska faces a nervous wait to see if she will make the WTA Tour Championships after losing to Czech Lucie Safarova in the second round of the Kremlin Cup Wednesday.
Former world number one Jelena Jankovic crashed out of the Kremlin Cup on Tuesday after suffering a 6-4 1-6 6-4 first round defeat to qualifier Ekaterina Ivanova.
Russian Vera Zvonareva came from 5-1 down in the opening set to beat Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova 7-6 6-0 in the semifinals of the WTA tournament in Tokyo Friday.
Serena Williams is through to the semifinals of the Rogers Cup in Toronto after a gutsy performance against the Czech left-hander Lucie Safarova on Friday.
Four of the top 10 seeds at the Rogers Cup in Toronto were eliminated on a day of upsets at the WTA Tour event.
1. Stepanek goes old school: There was plenty of networking in Washington, D.C., last week. At the Legg Mason Tennis Classic, 32-year-old Radek Stepanek -- who entered the week ranked No. 54 -- beat top-seeded Gael Monfils 6-4, 6-4 in the final on Sunday for his first title in 2½ years.
Seven-time grand slam winner Venus Williams has pulled out of the forthcoming Rogers Cup tournament in Toronto with a viral illness.
Top seed Gael Monfils saved a match point before edging past American John Isner to reach the final of the Legg Mason Classic in Washington on Saturday.
Gael Monfils remains on course for his first final appearance of 2011 after a comfortable victory over Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic 6-4, 6-4 in their quarterfinal clash at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington.
Holder David Nalbandian has gone out of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic, beaten in straight sets by American James Blake.
updated: Fri Jun 17 2011 06:57:00
Venus Williams tells the WTA she is back and aiming to win and what it's like to have her sister Serena back.
Maria Sharapova survived another tight encounter to book her place in the quarterfinals of the French Open Monday with a straight sets win over Polish 12th seed Agnieszka Radwanska.
Maria Sharapova remains on track for a first French Open title after reaching the last 16 with a comprehensive win over Taiwanese qualifier Chan Yung-Jan on Saturday.
Second seed Kim Clijsters suffered her earliest French Open exit in 11 years as she crashed out in the second round on Thursday.
World No. 1 Rafael Nadal was a relieved man after avoiding a shock second successive defeat on his favored surface, while rivals Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer had no such problems at the Rome Masters on Wednesday.
Juan Martin del Potro continued his march up the rankings with a first-round victory over 13th seed Mikhail Youzhny at the Madrid Masters Tuesday.
Top-ranked Rafael Nadal and Caroline Wozniacki breezed through the opening matches of their bids for a second successive tournament victory of the clay-court season on Wednesday.
Novak Djokovic is through to the last 16 of the Sony Ericsson Masters in Miami, thrashing James Blake in straight sets to win his 20th consecutive ATP Tour match.
World No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki has progressed to the last 16 at Indian Wells after beating Spain's Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez for the first time.
World No. 3 Kim Clijsters remains on course to win a second consecutive grand slam singles title after overcoming a challenge from Agnieszka Radwanska to reach the semifinals of the Australian Open.
Third seed Kim Clijsters booked a place in her sixth Australian Open quarterfinal with a straight-sets success over Russia's Ekaterina Makarova Monday.
How come you hardly ever talk about or investigate tennis players and doping? We only hear about positive tests when [the ITF] publicize the results. But you hardly ever comment on players that are suddenly looking different, suddenly hitting the ball harder, etc. This is talked about [on one website in particular] but journalists should investigate this! --Ben P., New York
Juan Martin Del Potro is confident he can return to his best form in a month after crashing to a 6-3 6-0 defeat against Spain's Feliciano Lopez in the first round of the Japan Open.
Maria Sharapova swept past seventh seed Agnieszka Radwanska in straight sets to reach the quarterfinals of the $2 million WTA tournament in Cincinnati.
Unseeded Svetlana Kuznetsova claimed her first singles title in over a year after battling past Agnieszka Radwanska in the final of the Mercury Insurance Open.
Top seed Caroline Wozniacki secured the eighth WTA Tour title of her career after a straight sets victory in the final of the inaugural Danish Open in Copenhagen on Sunday.
Defending champion Marion Bartoli has been beaten in the quarterfinals of the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford, losing in three sets to Belarusian Victoria Azarenka.
Defending champion Serena Williams will face former winner Maria Sharapova in the fourth round at Wimbledon after both players progressed comfortably on Saturday.
updated: Sat Jun 26 2010 13:55:00
Martina Navratilova talks about this year's Wimbledon and the longest tennis match in history.
Serena Williams made a confident start to her Wimbledon title defense with a straight sets defeat of world number 148 Michelle Larcher De Brito of Portugal.
Rain caused major delays at the French Open on Thursday, but there was still time for the hopes of former champion Ana Ivanovic and veteran giantkiller Kimiko Date Krumm to be washed away.
Caroline Wozniacki has earned a career-high world No. 2 tennis ranking after winning through to the final of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells in California.
World No. 8 Agnieszka Radwanska has claimed the first semifinal place at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells after defeating Elena Dementieva on Wednesday.
A year after being denied entry due to her Israeli nationality, Shahar Peer has reached the quarterfinals of the Dubai Tennis Championship by knocking out top seed Caroline Wozniacki.
Third seed Agnieszka Radwanska crashed out of the Kremlin Cup after she slipped to a straight sets, 6-3 6-3, defeat to Russian Maria Kirilenko in Moscow.
Sixth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova has moved into the top five in the world after beating Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska in straight sets in the final of the China Open in Beijing.
Svetlana Kuznetsova eased to a semifinal victory over fellow Russian Nadia Petrova to set up a meeting with Agnieszka Radwanska in the final of the China Open.
Fourth seed Elena Dementieva, the highest-ranked player left in the women's draw in the China Open in Beijing has been beaten in straight sets by Agnieszka Radwanska.
Unseeded Maria Sharapova set up a final meeting with fellow-former world number one Jelena Jankovic at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo on Friday, with a hard-fought three-set victory over Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland.
Jelena Jankovic, the highest-ranked player left in the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, advanced to the semifinals on Thursday with a 6-4 6-3 win over Marion Bartoli.
Second seed Serena Williams stormed into the semifinals of the Rogers Cup in Toronto with a straight sets victory over Czech qualifier Lucie Safarova.
World No. 1 Dinara Safina has crashed out in the second round of the Rogers Cup in Montreal, joining third seed Venus Williams and sixth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova in suffering an early exit.
World No. 1 Dinara Safina became the first player to qualify for the season-ending WTA Championships after winning her opening match at the L.A. Women's Tennis Championships in Carson, California.
Twice defending champion Venus Williams moved closer to a Wimbledon title hat-trick on Monday when fourth-round rival Ana Ivanovic left in tears after quitting their Court One match through injury.
Defending champion Venus Williams breezed into the third round of the women's singles at Wimbledon after a straight sets victory over Kateryna Bondarenko of Ukraine.
Injury-plagued Maria Sharapova is returning to WTA Tour action at next week's Warsaw Open in Poland, the former world number one announced on her personal Web site.
The leading three seeds are all through to the quarterfinals of the Porsche Grand Prix in Stuttgart -- with top seed and newly-installed world number one Dinara Safina the most impressive of the trio.
Defending champion Ana Ivanovic enjoyed the easiest of passages into the semifinals of the WTA tournament at Indian Wells.
Serena Williams had to save three match points before beating Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark 6-7 6-3 7-6 in a late-night thriller at the Sydney International on Wednesday.
Third seed Agnieszka Radwanska stepped up her bid to make the season-ending WTA Sony Ericsson Championships with victory over Kaia Kanepi of Estonia in Linz on Wednesday.
Wimbledon champion Venus Williams maintained her smooth progress in the U.S. Open with a comfortable 6-2 6-1 defeat of 27th seed Alona Bondarenko to move into the fourth round at Flushing Meadows on Saturday.
Wimbledon champion Venus Williams powered into the thrid round of the U.S. Open on Thursday with a straight sets win over Rossana de Los Rios of Paraguay in less than an hour to reach the third round on Thursday.
Russia's Nadia Petrova will face Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland in the final of the WTA tournament in Eastbourne after both secured straight sets wins on Friday.
Top seed Maria Sharapova finally found some form at the French Open to clinch a place in the fourth round at Roland Garros, while Russian compatriot Svetlana Kuznetsova was also in ruthless form to secure her spot.
Top seed Nikolay Davydenko clinched the Poertschach claycourt title for the third time on Saturday beating Argentina's Juan Monaco 6-2 2-6 6-2 in the final.
Anna Chakvetadze defeated Pole Agnieszka Radwanska 6-2 2-6 6-4 in the first round of the Dubai Open, then spoke about the anguish caused by being assaulted and burgled in her Moscow home in December.
Maria Sharapova will face her Russian compatriot Vera Zvonareva in the final of the Qatar Open on Sunday.
Australian Open champion Maria Sharapova maintained her unbeaten record in 2008 as she powered her way into the semifinals of the Qatar Open with a victory in less than an hour.
Second seed Svetlana Kuznetsova crashed out of the Australian Open on a rain-hit Saturday, joining fellow Russian Anna Chakvetadze in departing the first Grand Slam of 2008 in the third round.
MOSCOW -- Maria Sharapova suffered another tough defeat on Wednesday at the hands of one of the WTA Tour's crop of future stars, Victoria Azarenka, in her opening match here at the Kremlin Open. It was the two-time Slam champion's first match since her disappointing third-round loss at the U.S. Open.
Polish teenager Agnieszka Radwanska produced a massive upset by beating defending champion Maria Sharapova 6-4 1-6 6-2 in the US Open third round on Saturday.
Maria Sharapova produced another display of fearsome big hitting to roll into the US Open third round on Thursday.
Justine Henin began the defence of her Eastbourne International title in fine style on Wednesday, beating Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4 6-1 and looking every inch a grasscourt player.
Russian top seed Maria Sharapova reached the semifinals of the WTA Istanbul tournament with a hard-won victory over Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska on Thursday.
Defending champion Kim Clijsters continued her comeback from a two-month injury layoff with a 6-3 6-2 victory over Germany's Martina Mueller in the second round of the Hasselt Cup on Thursday.
Maria Sharapova withstood a strong first set from Greek qualifier Eleni Daniilidou before moving into the quarterfinals of the Linz Open with a 7-5 6-1 victory.
Na Li made tennis history at Wimbledon when she became the first Chinese player to reach a grand slam quarterfinal, toppling Czech Nicole Vaidisova 4-6 6-1 6-3.
Former French Open champion Anastasia Myskina slumped to a 6-4 4-6 6-4 first round defeat by Polish 17-year-old Agnieszka Radwanska in the Warsaw Cup on Tuesday.
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