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.

Top seed Serena Williams crashed out of Wimbledon at the hands of Frenchwoman Alize Cornet in a tense three-set battle.

Venus Williams is firmly behind sister Serena in her bid to become a six-time Wimbledon champion and edge ahead in their sibling rivalry.

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.

The Australian Open finally implemented its extreme heat policy as temperatures once again rose over 40C in Melbourne.

Serena Williams survived another tight tussle with Victoria Azarenka to retain her US Open title and win a 17th grand slam singles trophy last night.

Second seed Victoria Azarenka kept her title hopes alive at the US Open with another battling performance to defeat Ana Ivanovic and reach the quarter-finals.

Illness scuppered Petra Kvitova’s US Open bid as she was easily beaten by American Aliske Riske in the third round in New York.

Seventeen-year-old Victoria Duval stunned former champion Sam Stosur to reach the second round of the US Open under the lights at Flushing Meadows last night.

Petra Kvitova went the distance again as she moved into the second round of the US Open with victory over Japan’s Misaki Doi on Arthur Ashe.

World number seven Angelique Kerber became the latest seed to exit Wimbledon as she fell to a shock defeat to Estonia’s Kaia Kanepi on another rain-affected day.

Maria Sharapova called for HawkEye to be used at the French Open after being on the wrong end of a dubious call in her third-round win over Zheng Jie at Roland Garros today.

Third seed Victoria Azarenka recovered from a set down to beat France’s Alize Cornet and reach the fourth round of the French Open.

Top seeds Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer advanced from their last-four clashes to set up an all-Spanish final at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel.

Former finalist Marion Bartoli was the most prominent woman to lose on day four at Wimbledon as Mirjana Lucic reached the third round for the first time since 1999.

Maria Sharapova was a quick-fire winner in the Porsche Grand Prix in Stuttgart today when French opponent Alize Cornet retired just 50 minutes into their second round match.

Caroline Wozniacki needed just 64 minutes to book her place in the semi-finals of her home Copenhagen Open with a 6-0 6-3 hammering of French world number 107 Alize Cornet last night.

Top seed Jelena Jankovic booked her place in the last eight of the Monterrey Open with a straightforward victory over Austria's Sybille Bammer.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova made an uncertain start to the defence of her Monterrey Open title after being pushed all the way in her first-round encounter with Eleni Daniilidou.

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.

Latvian teenager Anastasija Sevastova claimed easily the biggest win of her career as she knocked out top seed Jelena Jankovic in the first round of the Monterrey Open.

Venus Williams kept the defence of her Abierto Mexicano Telcel tournament title on track with a straight-sets win over Kaia Kanepi.

Kim Clijsters made a winning return to the professional circuit today with a 6-4 6-3 success against Marion Bartoli of France at the Women's Open in Cincinnati.

DEFENDING champion Venus Williams launched her bid for Wimbledon singles title number six with a 6-3 6-2 win over Stefanie Voegele yesterday.

The Williams sisters both made it into round three of the French Open today - but in very contrasting styles.

Second seed Serena Williams has been dumped out of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in her first game in Rome after suffering a 6-2 2-6 6-1 defeat to Patty Schnyder in the second round.

Dinara Safina and Ana Ivanovic crashed out of the Sony Ericsson Open in the third round today, while sisters Venus and Serena Williams advanced.

Ana Ivanovic's late-season slump continued today as she suffered a 6-1 1-6 6-2 defeat by Russian Nadia Petrova during their second-round match at the Pacific Open.

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.

Top seed Ana Ivanovic was stunned at the US Open as she was defeated 6-3 4-6 6-3 by Julie Coin in the second round.

Venus Williams is relishing the chance to begin the defence of her Wimbledon title as she prepares to face British wild card Naomi Cavaday on Centre Court today.

ROGER Federer began his attempt to lift a sixth consecutive Wimbledon crown with a fashion statement when he walked on to Centre Court in brilliant sunshine wearing a cashmere cardigan.

Russian star Svetlana Kuznetsova has rapped her rivals who groan about having to play on grass at Wimbledon and told them to follow clay-court ace Rafael Nadal’s example.

Katarina Srebotnik described her third-round victory over Serena Williams at the French Open as the best of her career.

IT IS not a good idea to sting Roger Federer into concerted action on a tennis court.

AMELIE MAURESMO believes her first-round win over Olga Savchuk will help to dismiss any “mental fears” she had coming into the French Open.

Maria Sharapova reached her first claycourt final when Lindsay Davenport withdrew from their Saturday semi-final at the Bausch and Lomb Championships.

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.

Venus Williams insisted her bid for a first Australian Open title remained on track despite a shaky second-round win against Frenchwoman Camille Pin.

Top seed Justine Henin powered into the last 16 of the US Open as she opened third-round play at Arthur Ashe Stadium with an easy victory over Russian qualifier Ekaterina Makarova.

Rain seems to be the only factor capable of stalling Roger Federer as the Swiss star looks on the verge of making short work of Michael Russell in the first round of the French Open at Roland Garros.

Venus Williams joined her sister Serena in the second round of the French Open following a straight-sets win over Alize Cornet on a rain-affected second day at Roland Garros.