Top seed Maria Sharapova edged through to the quarter-finals of the Bausch & Lomb Championships but second seed Anna Chakvetadze was knocked out on Thursday.

Lindsay Davenport continued her remarkable progress since returning to the WTA Tour but Daniela Hantuchova was knocked out in the second round of the Bausch & Lomb Championships on Wednesday.

Lindsay Davenport remained unbeaten on clay this season with a straight-sets win yesterday in the second round of the Strasbourg International.

A man convicted of stalking tennis star Martina Hingis was today beginning a two-year jail sentence in Florida.