Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray won their opening matches at the Western & Southern Open in straight sets.

Caroline Wozniacki's wait for a first Grand Slam title goes on after she was beaten 6-1 6-7 (3/7) 6-3 by Kaia Kanepi in the third round of the French Open last night.

Second seed Maria Sharapova was never troubled as she eased past Peng Shuai to reach the last 16 of the French Open.

US Open champion Samantha Stosur's struggles on home soil continued today as she made a stunning first-round exit from the Australian Open.

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.

Estonia’s Kaia Kanepi won her second career title as she stormed to a 6-2 6-1 win over Daniela Hantuchova in the Brisbane International final.

Serena Williams beat Bojana Jovanowski in the last 16 of the Brisbane International today – but then pulled out of the tournament with a sprained ankle.

ANDY MURRAY called for changes in the way tennis is run after finally coming through his rain-hit US Open fourth-round clash with Donald Young.

Serena Williams felt her third-round victory over fourth seed Victoria Azarenka at the US Open yesterday was worthy of a semi-final.

Caroline Wozniacki avenged last week's defeat by Christina McHale by defeating the American 7-5 6-3 to move into the semi-finals of the New Haven Open.

Serena Williams made a winning return to tennis after almost a year out of action as she reached the second round of the AEGON Championships at Eastbourne in the UK today.

Francesca Schiavone credited the inspirational power of the French Open after moving to within one victory of a second successive Roland Garros title.

Andy Murray will today bid to complete a stunning French Open fightback against Viktor Troicki after coming from two sets and a break down to tie the fourth-round match at 4-6 4-6 6-3 6-2 when play was called off last night because of darkness.

Andy Murray is set to test out his injured ankle in the fourth round of the French Open today knowing this time there will be no helping hand from his opponent.

NOVAK DJOKOVIC will return to complete his third-round match at the French Open today with his six-month unbeaten run under serious threat from Juan Martin del Potro.

Third seed Vera Zvonareva came back from match-point down to defeat ailing German Sabine Lisicki 4-6 7-5 7-5 in the second round of the French Open this evening.

French Open title contenders Samantha Stosur and Caroline Wozniacki reached the third round of the French Open in contrasting fashions at Roland Garros today.

Novak Djokovic came through one of the toughest tests of his unbeaten season to date to extend his extraordinary winning streak to 30 matches and book his place in the Mutua Madrid Open semi-finals.

Rafael Nadal set up a potential semi-final meeting with rival Roger Federer as he beat Michael Llodra in the last eight of the Madrid Open.

A potentially memorable final showdown between clay court king Rafael Nadal and in-form world number two Novak Djokovic at the Madrid Open moved a step closer last night as both players progressed through to the quarter-finals without any problems.

Defending champion Kim Clijsters admitted she did not have it all her own way as the moved into the fourth round of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami.

Top seed Jelena Jankovic eased into the semi-finals of the Monterrey Open after a comfortable win over fifth-seeded Anastasija Sevastova.

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.

Wild card Sally Peers caused an upset in the first match of the 2011 season as the Australian defeated seventh seeded Russian Alisa Kleybanova 3-6 6-4 6-3 in the first round of the Brisbane International at the Queensland Tennis Centre.

Top seed Nadia Petrova moved into the second round of the Korea Open with a comfortable 6-3 6-2 victory over Jarmila Groth of Australia in Seoul.

Former world number one Ana Ivanovic is determined to get back to her best after winning just three games in her fourth-round clash with defending champion Kim Clijsters at the US Open.

RAFAEL NADAL made smooth progress into the fourth round of the US Open with a straightforward win over Gilles Simon last night.

Reigning champion Kim Clijsters insisted her game was still a work in progress despite easing into the third round of the US Open with a 6-2 6-1 victory over Australian Sally Peers.

ANDY MURRAY yesterday defied “brutal conditions” to cruise into the second round of the US Open at Flushing Meadows.

Third seed Elena Dementieva was a surprise loser in the second round of the Cincinnati Open yesterday, going down in straight sets to fellow Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

Maria Sharapova recovered from a poor second set to dump fellow Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova out of the Cincinnati Open in the first round on Tuesday night.

Serena Williams today revealed she was suffering with a cold and sickness bug after a medical time-out helped her recover from a second-set malaise to reach the last 16 of the French Open.

A medical timeout helped Serena Williams recover from a second-set malaise to beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova today and reach the last 16 of the French Open.

FOUR-TIME French Open champion Rafael Nadal is braced for a tough battle as he faces Lleyton Hewitt at Roland Garros today.

Serena Williams today admitted she is taking great pleasure from silencing those who claimed she and sister Venus would never again hold the top two spots in the world rankings.

Serena Williams gave herself plenty of recovery time for the third round of the French Open by racing through today’s postponed clash with Julia Goerges.

Venus Williams has made herself unavailable for the USA's Fed Cup semi-final against Russia in Alabama this weekend because of injury.

Marion Bartoli wasted little time in brushing aside top seed Svetlana Kuznetsova in the fourth round of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami.

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.

Number three seed Svetlana Kuznetsova reached the second round of the Australian Open women's singles with a straight-sets win over Australia's Anastasia Rodionova in Melbourne.

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

Dinara Safina looks set to lose her world number one ranking after a shock defeat by wild card Shuai Zhang in the second round of the China Open today.