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

Serena Williams has withdrawn from the China Open with a knee injury.

Martina Navratilova has backed Serena Williams to go on and match Steffi Graf’s Open era record of 22 grand slam singles titles.

Serena Williams said that she never imagined she would one day rank alongside tennis icons Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert.

Serena Williams brushed aside good friend Caroline Wozniacki in the US Open final to join Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova on 18 grand slam singles titles.

Serena Williams and Caroline Wozniacki will put their friendship aside tomorrow to do battle for the US Open title.

After years grinding on the junior circuit, 20-year-old Canadian Eugenie Bouchard is poised to be one of the sport’s next big stars. Now she just needs that breakthrough win

Despite their gladiator-like rivalry Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova were close friends off the court. James Kaplan met the tennis legends to discuss the state of the game then and now.

Maria Sharapova edged a titanic struggle against Simona Halep to win her second French Open title in three years.

This time it won’t quite feel like walking on eggshells with Roy around.

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.

Maria Sharapova tore into Wimbledon rival Serena Williams, setting the tone for a tournament likely to be dominated by their unseemly public row.

Serena Williams was today officially confirmed as the new world number one, returning to the top spot after almost two-and-a-half years.

Caroline Wozniacki began her bid to win the New Haven Open for a fifth consecutive year with a comfortable victory over Ekaterina Makarova.

Twitter provided the Wimbledon Fact of the Week.

Greg Norman believes Caroline Wozniacki holds the key to Rory McIlroy’s seemingly inevitable march towards becoming world number one.

Greg Norman and Sir Nick Faldo, first and second in the record-breaking 1993 Open at Sandwich, will not be involved in this year’s championship at the Kent course.

SERENA WILLIAMS is determined not to enjoy her incredible tennis success too much – so she can have more of it.

PETE SAMPRAS. Andre Agassi. Andre Agassi. Pete Sampras.

Kim Clijsters admitted winning the US Open a month after coming out of retirement had never been in the script when she decided to return to tennis.

PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON played party pooper last year just when it seemed as if a 53-year-old honeymooner was about to bring the old claret jug back to Australia.

THREE-TIME former Wimbledon champion Chris Evert has backed the move to eradicate grunting from tennis, accusing modern-day players of cynically using the tactic at strategic moments in points.

Three-time former Wimbledon champion Chris Evert has backed the move to eradicate grunting from tennis, accusing modern-day players of cynically using the tactic at strategic moments in points.

TOP seed Rafael Nadal last night broke another French Open record as he stayed on course for a fifth successive title with a routine straight-sets victory over Teimuraz Gabashvili in the second round yesterday.

South African Tim Clark, runner-up to Phil Mickelson in the 2006 Masters, will have to break a hoodoo if he is to triumph on Sunday.

FOR a man whose Augusta National experiences have been shaped by his spectacular failures there, Greg Norman’s return to the Masters has been met with an amazing amount of hype.

Having said it probably would not happen, Greg Norman did have wife Chris Evert as his caddie in the Masters par-three competition today after all – and he made a hole-in-one.

Former champion Greg Norman continued to roll back the years in the second round of the 137th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale today.

Calmer conditions greeted the early starters in the second round of the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale today.

Greg Norman vowed to keep his expectations “realistically low” despite a first-round 70 in the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale.

AT AROUND 2pm today Serena Williams will don her white plastic rain mac and walk on to Centre Court accompanied by her sister Venus for the 2008 Wimbledon final.

James Kingston moved to the top of the leaderboard at the South African Airways Open to head the field by one stroke after a three-under-par round of 69.

Top seed Justine Henin claimed her third straight French Open crown by ruthlessly dispatching Serbian teenager Ana Ivanovic in straight-sets today.

A brochure advertising sex films created quite a stir amongst pharmacists, clergy and politicians, writes Caroline O’Doherty.

Justine Henin-Hardenne has joined a select band of women who have played in all four grand slam finals in the same season.

WORLD number one Amelie Mauresmo feels she may have finally conquered her big-match nerves — just in time to do battle for the Wimbledon title with Justin Henin-Hardenne today.

RAFAEL NADAL of Spain successfully defended his men’s title at the French Open yesterday beating world number one Roger Federer of Switzerland 1-6, 6-1, 6-4, 7-6 (7/4) after three hours on the Philippe Chatrier court.

WIMBLEDON champion Roger Federer was on the brink of reaching a second successive men’s singles final when rain ended play for the day in his match against Sebastien Grosjean on Centre Court yesterday.

Serena and Venus Williams used their mental toughness and big serves to get them through to another Grand Slam final.

Former Wimbledon champions Pat Cash and Chris Evert today teamed up to give Tim Henman a double dose of advice - sort out your serve and your forehand.

Tennis officials have lodged a complaint with the BBC over its showing of an interview in which Anna Kournikova had a tantrum.