ELENA DEMENTIEVA may well soon have the game to be world number one, but she will have to wait a bit longer to become Wimbledon champion.

THE Australia Day fireworks fizzed and died yesterday as local favourites Lleyton Hewitt and Mark Philippoussis were brought to their knees in the fourth round of the Australian Open.

Second seed Kim Clijsters breezed into her sixth consecutive Grand Slam quarter-final with another comfortable straight sets victory at the Australian Open today.

Third seed Venus Williams today described her shock at being dumped out of the Australian Open in straight sets by Lisa Raymond.

Venus Williams will be seeded number three at the Australian Open later this month, despite not having played a competitive match for six months.

Jennifer Capriati will face Kim Clijsters in the semi-final of the WTA Championships.

Justine Henin-Hardenne will end the year as world number one after reaching the semi-finals of the WTA Tour Championships.

LEYTON HEWITT, the 2001 champion, cruised into the second round of the US Open at Flushing Meadows as he thrashed Victor Hanescu of Romania 6-3 6-2 6-2.

Top seed Kim Clijsters overcame a shaky start to ease into the second round of the US Open with a 6-2 6-3 victory over American wild card Amber Liu.

US Open results, Flushing Meadows, New York

Fifth seed Lindsay Davenport cruised into the third round at Wimbledon – but admitted she still had a long way to go to match the tournament favourites.

Number five seed Lindsay Davenport (Usa) has won her first set 6-3 against Rita Grande (Ita).

French Open, Roland Garros, Paris

VENUS WILLIAMS left Court Philippe Chatrier in the French Open to a sprinkling of boos, as Vera Zvonareva ended one of the most historic runs in world tennis and set up an all-Russian quarter final.

KIM CLIJSTERS kept her mind clear ahead of her victory over experienced Amanda Coetzer in the Australia Open with a spot of Oprah Winfrey.

WORLD No.1 Lleyton Hewitt and girlfriend Kim Clijsters stayed on course for an Australian Open double after racing into the third round yesterday.

Monica Seles outplayed Chanda Rubin to win the Hong Kong Ladies Challenge tennis tournament.

The dominance of Venus and Serena Williams on women’s tennis was further enhanced as both won their matches at the US Open last night, albeit in contrasting styles.

VENUS Williams moved closer to another sister-sister final, stopping a strong challenge from Chanda Rubin for a 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 win at the US Open yesterday.

The Williams sisters are in quarter-final action at the US Open today.

While others at the US Open had just another day at the office, Marat Safin was forced to put in some overtime.

AUSTRALIAN Mark Philippoussis was forced to retire from his first round US Open match at Flushing Meadows, New York yesterday with a knee injury.

Twelfth-seed Chanda Rubin beat number four Jelena Dokic 6-0 6-2 in 41 minutes to reach the final of the JPMorgan Chase Open.

All England Lawn Tennis Championships, Wimbledon - Order of Play for Monday, June 1

Second seed Marat Safin is first on Centre Court at Wimbledon today.