Sabine Lisicki moved into the fourth round at Wimbledon as last year’s runner-up again showed her liking for the grass in south-west London.

World number one Rafael Nadal fought back from losing the first set to beat Martin Klizan 4-6 6-3 6-3 6-3 on Centre Court and secure a place in the second round at Wimbledon yesterday.

Sabine Lisicki began her quest to go one better than last year’s runner-up achievement at Wimbledon by posting a resounding Centre Court victory.

Dominika Cibulkova knows anything is possible after watching best friend Marion Bartoli win Wimbledon.

The Australian Open will have a new women’s champion after Victoria Azarenka joined the purge of the favourites in Melbourne.

Former Wimbledon champion Goran Ivanisevic believes Marion Bartoli will regret her decision to retire from tennis.

As Marion Bartoli powered to victory in straight sets in the Wimbledon final on Saturday, thousands took to social networking sites to praise how she was comprehensively defeating her opponent.

Marion Bartoli hopes her first Wimbledon title will not be her last after she overcame Sabine Lisicki 6-1 6-4 in a one-sided clash on Centre Court on Saturday.

The BBC faced mounting pressure to take action against one of its most high-profile sports presenters for criticising the appearance of France’s Marion Bartoli who won this year’s Wimbledon women’s singles title.

A tearful Sabine Lisicki suffered a harrowing case of stage fright as she gift-wrapped the Wimbledon title for France’s Marion Bartoli.

Sabine Lisicki has been taking the advice of compatriot Boris Becker as she attempts to cement her status as the darling of Wimbledon by lifting the famous Venus Rosewater Dish on Centre Court this afternoon.

Marion Bartoli completes her journey from rock bottom to the most prestigious match in women’s tennis today when she steps out on Centre Court to contest the Wimbledon final against Sabine Lisicki.

A giddy Sabine Lisicki could barely contain her excitement after becoming the first German to reach the women’s singles final at Wimbledon for 14 years yesterday.

Sabine Lisicki became the first German to reach Wimbledon’s women’s singles final since Steffi Graf after she dug deep to pull off a remarkable marathon win over fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska.

Belgian Kirsten Flipkens caused a Centre Court sensation as she dumped the 2011 champion Petra Kvitova out of Wimbledon to reach the semi-finals yesterday.

There was no hangover for Sabine Lisicki today as the German followed up her shock win against Serena Williams by reaching the Wimbledon semi-finals at the expense of Kaia Kanepi.

Serena Williams’ conqueror Sabine Lisicki believes the best is yet to come ahead of today’s quarter-final clash with Kaia Kanepi.

Sabine Lisicki sent world number one and defending champion Serena Williams was tumbling out of Wimbledon today.

Serena Williams does not believe she has hit her top form at Wimbledon despite ousting defending champion Petra Kvitova in straight sets yesterday.

A pre-match pep talk from dad Richard and sister Venus inspired Serena Williams to send defending champion Petra Kvitova packing from Wimbledon at the quarter-final stage.

Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka set up a mouthwatering semi-final clash at Wimbledon as both women powered through their quarter-final matches under the Centre Court roof today.

Serena Williams may not be playing the best tennis of her career but her confidence remains as high as ever as she prepares to take on defending champion Petra Kvitova at Wimbledon today.

Women’s singles top seed Maria Sharapova crashed out of Wimbledon yesterday after being stunned by big-hitting German Sabine Lisicki.

Top seed Maria Sharapova crashed out of Wimbledon today when she was emphatically beaten by big-hitting Sabine Lisicki in the fourth round.

Roger Federer was two points away from following Rafael Nadal out of Wimbledon last night before staging a thrilling fightback to beat Julien Benneteau on Centre Court.

Serena Williams vowed to make a swift return to the practice court after crashing out of the Australian Open today as Maria Sharapova beat Sabine Lisicki in three sets.

US Open champion Samantha Stosur's struggles on home soil continued today as she made a stunning first-round exit from the Australian Open.

Petra Kvitova stunned Maria Sharapova to win the first Grand Slam title of her career at Wimbledon this afternoon.

MARIA SHARAPOVA insists she will not be feeling the pressure when she takes on Petra Kvitova in the Wimbledon final tomorrow because it has taken her such a long time to get back there.

Maria Sharapova blasted her way through to a second Wimbledon final with a 6-4 6-3 victory over German wild card Sabine Lisicki this afternoon.

Maria Sharapova stands out in the Wimbledon semi-final crowd as the only woman with a grand slam title but she has no doubts about the credentials of her remaining rivals.

MARIA SHARAPOVA set up an eye-catching Wimbledon semi-final against wild card Sabine Lisicki and admitted it felt great to be in contention again.

Rain delayed the start of the women’s quarter-finals at Wimbledon today.

SERENA WILLIAMS has warned Wimbledon chiefs she deserves the same treatment as the top men after being kept off Centre Court and Court One again.

Third seed Vera Zvonareva came back from match-point down to defeat ailing German Sabine Lisicki 4-6 7-5 7-5 in the second round of the French Open this evening.

Maria Sharapova will face the new hero of American tennis for the second year running at the US Open after booking her place in the third round at Flushing Meadows.

Wimbledon finalist Vera Zvonareva safely moved into the third round of the US Open today with victory over Germany’s Sabine Lisicki.

Top seed Dinara Safina recovered from a set down for the second day running to book her place in the Wimbledon semi-finals with victory against German teenager Sabine Lisicki.

French Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova endured a miserable 24th birthday as she crashed out of Wimbledon at the hands of German teenager Sabine Lisicki.

German teenager Sabine Lisicki shocked second seed Venus Williams at the Family Circle Cup in Charleston by beating the American 6-4 7-6 (7/5) to advance to the quarter-finals.