Not much fazes Roberta Vinci after 16 years on Tour, but the maelstrom swirling around her opening match in Stuttgart, Germany, against Maria Sharapova today will test the Italian’s vast experience.

Defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska lost her first match of the WTA Finals in Singapore, with Svetlana Kuznetsova surviving match point to score the upset.

Agnieszka Radwanska and Simona Halep accused the French Open of not caring about the players after both women were knocked out in the fourth round after being made to play in the rain.

Serena Williams extended tennis’ most one-sided rivalry with her 17th consecutive victory over Maria Sharapova to reach her eighth Wimbledon final.

Defending champion Venus Williams suffered her first defeat at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for 10 years on a day of upsets.

Top seed Serena Williams recovered from a slow start to reach the third round of the Australian Open for the 14th time in 15 appearances on Thursday.

Liam Broady and Kyle Edmund are both just one match away from qualifying for the Australian Open for the first time after impressive performances in Melbourne on Thursday.

Maria Sharapova survived an attritional battle against Romania’s Alexandra Dulgheru to reach the third round of the US Open but Agnieszka Radwanska became the first major casualty.

Fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska became the first major casualty of the US Open when she was dumped out in the second round by Peng Shuai.

Serena Williams enjoyed an overdue taste of victory as she beat Karolina Pliskova in her opening match at the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford last night.

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.

Serena Williams gained revenge for her Australian Open defeat by sweeping past Sloane Stephens and into the quarter-finals of the US Open.

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.

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.

Agnieszka Radwanska maintained the feel-good factor around Polish tennis as she put in a gutsy performance to defeat Li Na and reach the semi-finals of Wimbledon.

Rafael Nadal recovered from the shock of losing the first set of his French Open title defence to world No 59 Daniel Brands by battling into the second round at Roland Garros.

Maria Sharapova refused to look beyond her quarter-final opponent Ekaterina Makarova despite another lop-sided win at the Australian Open today.

Venus Williams was unable to stop the Maria Sharapova juggernaut tonight as the Russian powered into the fourth round of the Australian Open.

Top seed Agnieszka Radwanska became the first WTA Tour champion of 2013 as she beat Belgium's Yanina Wickmayer 6-4 6-4 in the final of the ASB Classic in Auckland.

Top seed Agnieszka Radwanska made smooth progress into the semi-finals of the ASB Classic in Auckland with a 6-3 6-3 win over Russia’s Elena Vesnina.

Defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska was unseated in Tokyo today as Nadia Petrova beat her in the final of the Pan Pacific Open.

Second seed Agnieszka Radwanska swatted aside Russia’s Nina Bratchikova to reach the second round of the US Open at Flushing Meadows today.

An emotional Serena Williams broke down in tears on the Centre Court this afternoon after completing a comeback from what she describes as a near-death experience with a Wimbledon final win over Agnieszka Radwanska.

Serena Williams insists she will not be taking Agnieszka Radwanska lightly in today’s Wimbledon women’s final.

Agnieszka Radwanska yesterday blamed the miserable British summer for the illness which threatens to turn her dream Wimbledon final against Serena Williams into an impossible mission.

Serena Williams left the Centre Court crowd in Wimbledon open-mouthed with a brutal dismantling of Victoria Azarenka yesterday, but was adamant she had not actually performed that well.

Agnieszka Radwanska ended Poland's 75-year wait for a Wimbledon singles finalist today as she crushed Angelique Kerber's title hopes.

Serena Williams must hope the effort of playing two doubles matches in a matter of hours does not take a heavy toll as she tackles Victoria Azarenka in today's Wimbledon semi-finals.

Andy Murray reached a Wimbledon semi-final for a fourth year in a row with an impressive victory over in-form Spaniard David Ferrer last night.

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

Former champion Svetlana Kuznetsova sent third seed Agnieszka Radwanska packing in comprehensive fashion in the third round of the French Open.

Former champion Svetlana Kuznetsova sent third seed Agnieszka Radwanska packing in comprehensive fashion in the third round of the French Open this afternoon.

Venus Williams joined sister Serena in making an early exit from the French Open as she crashed out to third seed Agnieszka Radwanska in the second round.

Kim Clijsters kept her Australian Open title defence on track today by moving into the semi-finals with victory over Caroline Wozniacki – stripping the Dane of her number one ranking in the process.

Kim Clijsters saved four match points and defied an ankle injury to again get the better of Li Na at the Australian Open.

Victoria Azarenka led a quintet of leading players in cruising into the second round of the Australian Open today.

World number one Caroline Wozniacki went out in the quarter-finals of the Sydney International today as she was beaten by Agnieszka Radwanska.

Samantha Stosur’s Australian Open preparations hit another hurdle today as the US Open champion was beaten in straight sets by Francesca Schiavone in the first round of the Sydney International.

World number four Andy Murray survived a scare to reach the final of the Thailand Open in Bangkok today.

Kim Clijsters is confident of producing the improved performance she feels is required to beat Vera Zvonareva in the Australian Open semi-finals tomorrow.

Vera Zvonareva believes the experience she gained from last year’s grand slam final appearances came to the fore as she squeezed past Lucie Safarova at the Australian Open today.

Svetlana Kuznetsova and Agnieszka Radwanska will meet in the Mercury Insurance Open final after winning their semi-final ties in San Diego last night.

China’s Li Na clinched a second Wimbledon quarter-final appearance with a 6-3 6-2 victory over seventh seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland.

Defending champion and world number one Serena Williams had few problems with teenager Urszula Radwanska to book her place in the second round of the Australian Open.

Jelena Jankovic, the highest-ranked player left in the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, advanced to the semi-finals today with a 6-4 6-3 win over Marion Bartoli.

Top seed Dinara Safina was dumped out of the WTA LA Women’s Tennis Championships by Zheng Jie last night.

Elena Dementieva has maintained her recent run of fine form by cruising into the quarter-finals of the Pacific Open.

Venus Williams easily moved into the fourth round at the US Open yesterday with a 6-2 6-1 victory over Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine.