It was the perfect end to a near-perfect year as Serena Williams retained her WTA Championships title in Istanbul.

Serena Williams thought she had put the lid on the prospect of a Wimbledon feud with Maria Sharapova when they held face-to-face talks at the pre-Wimbledon party.

Rafael Nadal continued his stunning run of form by crushing Roger Federer in little more than an hour to win the Internazionali d’Italia in Rome.

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.

Heather Watson became the first Briton to win a WTA Tour singles title in 24 years by winning a marathon match against Chang Kai-chen of Chinese Taipei in the final of the HP Open in Osaka.

Serena Williams was dumped out in the first round of the French Open as unseeded home hope Virginie Razzano served up one of the biggest shocks in Roland Garros history.

Serena Williams was happy with her start to the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Miami, as she dropped just five games to Chinese opponent Zhang Shuai.

Serena Williams can still see room for improvement in her game despite racking up her 17th successive win at the Australian Open today.

IT must be incredibly annoying for Caroline Wozniacki.

Two-time defending champion Kim Clijsters has withdrawn from the US Open after failing to recover from a stomach muscle injury.

HE may have finished with a birdie at the notoriously difficult 18th but Rory McIlroy was glad to put the PGA Championship to bed after a difficult and painful week at Atlanta Athletic Club.

Last year’s Wimbledon runner-up Vera Zvonareva survived a first-round scare to defeat promising young American Alison Riske 6-0 3-6 6-3 this afternoon.

Serena Williams returns to action in Eastbourne today after a year out with injuries and illness that she claims left her on her "death bed".

Serena Williams will return to the WTA Tour in Eastbourne next week after almost a year out through injury.

Defending women’s champion Francesca Schiavone wasted little time in reaching round two of this year’s French Open with a thumping 6-2 6-0 victory over American teenager Melanie Oudin.

Kim Clijsters admitted she ran out of "fighting spirit" as she lost to Victoria Azarenka in the quarter-finals of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami.

ANDY MURRAY will play his second successive Australian Open final tomorrow after resorting to plan B to edge out David Ferrer in four gruelling sets.

Justine Henin has today announced her retirement from tennis for a second time after admitting defeat in her bid to recover from an elbow injury.

Serena Williams’ absence from the WTA Tour will continue into October after she announced her withdrawal from tournaments in Tokyo and Beijing.

World number one Serena Williams has withdrawn from the 2010 US Open as she continues to recover from a cut to her right foot.

Former world number one Justine Henin will be sidelined for the rest of the year as she recovers from an elbow injury.

World number one Serena Williams will miss three tournaments ahead of the US Open after cutting her foot on broken glass in a restaurant last week.

Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova tonight both ruled out returning to the WTA Tour after reuniting to win an exhibition match at Wimbledon.

Venus Williams’ bid for a sixth Wimbledon title came to a crashing halt in the quarter-finals today as Tsvetana Pironkova registered a major upset on Court One.

Former world number one Dinara Safina has withdrawn from Wimbledon with a back injury.

Alex Bogdanovic has been overlooked for a wild-card entry into this year’s Wimbledon despite being Britain’s second-highest ranked player.

An inspired Nadia Petrova today claimed the biggest scalp of this year’s French Open after beating Venus Williams for the first time in her career.

Defending champion Venus Williams was forced to battle for the second successive match to book her place in the final of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel tournament.

Russia’s Elena Dementieva served notice of her Australian Open intent with a thumping win over world number one Serena Williams in the final of the Medibank Sydney International today.

Justine Henin continued her successful WTA Tour comeback with a straight-sets win against Sesil Karatantcheva at the Brisbane International today.

Alicia Molik set up a second-round meeting with Kim Clijsters by beating Ekaterina Makarova in the first round of the Brisbane International today.

If the sporting scriptwriters have a fairytale in mind for next summer then surely there can only be one winner at SW19 on July 3.

Justine Henin has played down her chances of emulating Kim Clijsters’ spectacular return to grand slam tennis.

Australia’s Samantha Stosur claimed her first WTA Tour title with a 7-5 6-1 win over Francesca Schiavone in the final of the Japan Women’s Open today.

KIM CLIJSTERS has welcomed Justine Henin’s decision to join her in coming out of retirement and returning to the WTA Tour.

Former champions Kim Clijsters and Venus Williams stayed on course for a last-16 showdown at Flushing Meadows after both coming through their US Open second-round ties.

Maria Sharapova crashed out of the AEGON Classic at Edgbaston with the former Wimbledon champion suffering a straight-sets defeat to Na Li in today's first semi-final.

Elena Dementieva believes there is still room for improvement despite continuing to build on an excellent season by reaching the semi-finals of the US Open with a 6-2 6-3 victory over Patty Schnyder of Switzerland yesterday.

Justine Henin will announce her retirement from professional tennis later today, according to reports in her homeland.

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.

Daniela Hantuchova and Elena Dementieva have completed the star-star studded line-up at the year opening JB Group Classic in Hong Kong.

Former French Open winner Michael Chang believes he could help the Chinese tennis team increase their chances of winning medals at the 2008 Olympics if he were more involved in the set-up.

World number one Justine Henin rallied past Russia’s Maria Sharapova, 5-7 7-5 6-3, in the final of the WTA Championships on Sunday to claim back-to-back titles at the prestigious season-ending event.

Serena Williams will be returning to the court a little earlier than expected.