Dominika Cibulkova won a see-saw battle with former champion Victoria Azarenka under the roof on Rod Laver Arena to book her place in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open today.

Serena Williams celebrated her 100th consecutive week as world number one by taking a step closer to another milestone in the Australian Open.

Russia’s Ekaterina Makarova reached the first grand slam singles semi-final of her career with victory over two-time US Open runner-up Victoria Azarenka yesterday.

World number five Victoria Azarenka has ruled herself out of the French Open because of a foot injury.

Dominika Cibulkova knows anything is possible after watching best friend Marion Bartoli win Wimbledon.

The Australian Open will have a new women’s champion after Victoria Azarenka joined the purge of the favourites in Melbourne.

Andy Murray has warned the Australian Open it risks damaging the reputation of tennis after players were forced to play in searing heat in Melbourne yesterday.

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.

Second seed Victoria Azarenka has pulled out of Wimbledon through injury, tournament officials have confirmed.

Novak Djokovic wants to win the French Open in the memory of his former coach and mentor, Jelena Gencic.

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.

Novak Djokovic was given a stern reminder that winning a maiden French Open title this year will not be easy after coming through a testing first-round encounter against determined Belgian David Goffin last night.

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 Victoria Azarenka has pulled out of this week’s Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships with a foot injury.

Victoria Azarenka had made her peace even before she stepped on to Rod Laver Arena to defend her Australian Open crown.

Victoria Azarenka admits the successful defence of her Australian Open crown was “way more emotional” than her grand slam breakthrough 12 months ago.

Victoria Azarenka felt maintaining her concentration after Li Na’s various trips and tumbles was key to her defending her Australian Open title .

Victoria Azarenka has successfully defended her Australian Open title – and retained the number one world ranking – after hitting back to beat a battered and bruised Li Na in three sets.

The world’s top player Victoria Azarenka has declined to apologise to rising star Sloane Stephens after taking a questionable injury time-out at a crucial stage in their Australian Open semi-final.

Victoria Azarenka ended the giantkilling run of Sloane Stephens to keep the defence of her Australian Open title on track.

Serena Williams claimed she was “almost relieved it’s over” after an injury-plagued Australian Open campaign ended at the hands of teenage prodigy Sloane Stephens.

Victoria Azarenka enjoyed an easier outing at the Australian Open today, cruising into the quarter-finals with a routine win over Elena Vesnina.

Venus Williams was unable to stop the Maria Sharapova juggernaut tonight as the Russian powered into the fourth round of the Australian Open.

Not for the first time in her career, Serena Williams climbed off the canvas to win her 15th grand slam title on home soil at the US Open.

Victoria Azarenka admits Serena Williams has “everything on her side” ahead of Saturday’s women’s singles final at the US Open.

World number one Victoria Azarenka last night repeated her Australian Open triumph over Maria Sharapova to reach her first US Open final.

World number one Victoria Azarenka brought Sam Stosur’s US Open title defence to an end in a thrilling women’s singles quarter-final at Flushing Meadows last night.

Maria Sharapova reached the quarter-finals of the US Open for the first time since winning the title six years ago, but was given a real scare by fellow Russian Nadia Petrova.

Fourth seed David Ferrer passed a potentially dangerous test with flying colours as he defeated big-serving South African Kevin Anderson in the first round of the US Open.

Andy Murray will hope to show how far he has come in 18 months when he takes on Russia’s Alex Bogomolov in the first round of the US Open later today.

Serena Williams will face world number one Victoria Azarenka in the Olympic Games semi-finals after the Wimbledon champion destroyed Caroline Wozniacki’s hopes on Court One.

Serena Williams insists she will not be taking Agnieszka Radwanska lightly in today’s Wimbledon women’s final.

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Serena Williams left the Centre Court crowd in Wimbledon open-mouthed with a brutal dismantling of Victoria Azarenka yesterday, but was adamant she had not actually performed that well.

Serena Williams tore up the rankings as she demolished Victoria Azarenka on Centre Court to book her spot in a seventh Wimbledon final.

Serena Williams must hope the effort of playing two doubles matches in a matter of hours does not take a heavy toll as she tackles Victoria Azarenka in today's Wimbledon semi-finals.

Serena Williams does not believe she has hit her top form at Wimbledon despite ousting defending champion Petra Kvitova in straight sets yesterday.

Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka set up a mouthwatering semi-final clash at Wimbledon as both women powered through their quarter-final matches under the Centre Court roof today.

Victoria Azarenka gave an emphatic statement of her title credentials with a crushing win over Ana Ivanovic in the fourth round at Wimbledon.

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.

World number one Victoria Azarenka admitted “pretty much everything” had gone wrong as she crashed out of the French Open in the fourth round to Dominika Cibulkova.