Contrasting fortunes for the new Wimbledon champions. Andy Murray breezed through his final eliminator to qualify for a tilt at the ultimate prize — a knighthood.

As Marion Bartoli powered to victory in straight sets in the Wimbledon final on Saturday, thousands took to social networking sites to praise how she was comprehensively defeating her opponent.

Marion Bartoli hopes her first Wimbledon title will not be her last after she overcame Sabine Lisicki 6-1 6-4 in a one-sided clash on Centre Court on Saturday.

The BBC faced mounting pressure to take action against one of its most high-profile sports presenters for criticising the appearance of France’s Marion Bartoli who won this year’s Wimbledon women’s singles title.

Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli has said she would not let comments about her appearance from a senior BBC presenter spoil the greatest day of her life.

A tearful Sabine Lisicki suffered a harrowing case of stage fright as she gift-wrapped the Wimbledon title for France’s Marion Bartoli.

Marion Bartoli completes her journey from rock bottom to the most prestigious match in women’s tennis today when she steps out on Centre Court to contest the Wimbledon final against Sabine Lisicki.

A giddy Sabine Lisicki could barely contain her excitement after becoming the first German to reach the women’s singles final at Wimbledon for 14 years yesterday.

Sabine Lisicki became the first German to reach Wimbledon’s women’s singles final since Steffi Graf after she dug deep to pull off a remarkable marathon win over fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska.

Marion Bartoli reached her second Wimbledon final as the biggest day of Kirsten Flipkens’ career ended in a heavy defeat.

Belgian Kirsten Flipkens caused a Centre Court sensation as she dumped the 2011 champion Petra Kvitova out of Wimbledon to reach the semi-finals yesterday.

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.

Maria Sharapova last night maintained her remarkable record in deciding sets to defeat Marion Bartoli and reach the US Open semi-finals for the first time since winning the title six years ago.

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.

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.

Venus Williams joined sister Serena in making an early exit from the French Open as she crashed out to third seed Agnieszka Radwanska in the second round.

Victoria Azarenka had some sympathy for Serena Williams after banishing memories of her own first-round struggles at the French Open by breezing into round three.

World number two Rafael Nadal held off a rally from Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to set up a Sony Ericsson Open semi-final against Andy Murray.

Serena Williams left the tennis world in no doubt she was close to her best as she beat third seed Marion Bartoli 7-5 6-1 to claim the Bank of the West Classic crown in Stanford.

Serena Williams continued her stroll through the Bank of the West Classic as she beat Germany’s Sabine Lisicki to book her place in the final against third seed Marion Bartoli of France.

Wimbledon bosses have denied that food poisoning has hit a group of players at SW19.

Rain delayed the start of the women’s quarter-finals at Wimbledon today.

Maria Sharapova has been reinstalled as Wimbledon favourite following a day that left the women’s draw short of star quality.

THE Williams sisters last night faced suggestions their domination of women’s tennis was drawing to a close after they both tumbled out of Wimbledon.

The Williams sisters’ five-year grip on the Wimbledon title was ended today as both Venus and Serena crashed out in the fourth round.

Marion Bartoli of France has beaten Serena Williams 6-3, 7-6 (8-6) in the fourth round of Wimbledon.

Serena Williams was installed as the new Wimbledon favourite after powering into the fourth round, and declared: “I wouldn’t bet against me.”

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

Novak Djokovic beat Roger Federer for the third time this year to set up a clash with Rafael Nadal in the final of the BNP Paribas Open today.

Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic will meet in the semi-finals of the BNP Paribas Open after both secured straight-sets victories in their quarter-finals on Friday.

Second seed Marion Bartoli had little trouble in easing through the second round of the BMW Open in Malaysia today.

Top seed Marion Bartoli made a shock second-round exit from the WTA Tour Bell Challenge when she was stunned by wild card Rebecca Marino in straight sets in Quebec.

Elena Dementieva’s defence of her Rogers Cup title was ended in the third round by China’s Zheng Jie.

Former world number one Ana Ivanovic fought from a set down to dump ninth seed Victoria Azarenka out of the Cincinnati Open on Monday night.

Venus Williams surged into the semi-finals of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, brushing aside Agnieszka Radwanska 6-3 6-1.

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

Jelena Jankovic, the highest-ranked player left in the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, advanced to the semi-finals today with a 6-4 6-3 win over Marion Bartoli.

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.

Third seed Venus Williams survived a major scare at Flushing Meadows as she came from a set down to beat Vera Dushevina on the first night at the 2009 US Open.

Marion Bartoli defeated Wimbledon finalist Venus Williams 6-2 5-7 6-4 this morning to win the Bank of the West Classic at Stanford.

Second-seeded Venus Williams will meet Italy's Marion Bartoli in the final of the Bank of the West Classic at Stanford University in California.

SERENA WILLIAMS has warned her Wimbledon rivals there is more to come after demolishing Jarmila Groth on Court One yesterday.

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

Second seed Serena Williams found some welcome form on clay today to cruise into the third round of the French Open.