Victoria Azarenka continued to avoid the clatter of seeds in the women’s draw at the French Open as she eased through to the quarter-finals with a 6-2 6-3 victory over Ekaterina Makarova this afternoon.

Kim Clijsters completed the quarter-final line-up at the Australian Open although she was made to struggle by Ekaterina Makarova.

Serena Williams has been handed the maximum possible fine by US Open officials following her verbal abuse of a line judge in her semi-final with Kim Clijsters.

Serena Williams insists she can learn from her mistakes after a row with a lineswoman sent her crashing out of the US Open.

Kim Clijsters moved into the US Open women's singles final in controversial circumstances as defending champion Serena Williams picked up a point penalty for a second code violation on match point against her.