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

Novak Djokovic will play Roger Federer in a rematch of last year’s classic French Open semi-final after fighting back from the brink in remarkable fashion against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga last night.

US Open champion Sam Stosur became the first woman into the French Open semi-finals with a 6-4 6-1 victory over Dominika Cibulkova on Court Philippe Chatrier this afternoon.

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.

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.

Kim Clijsters suffered a worrying injury setback as the second seed abandoned her opening match at the Rogers Cup in Toronto last night.

MARIA SHARAPOVA set up an eye-catching Wimbledon semi-final against wild card Sabine Lisicki and admitted it felt great to be in contention again.

Maria Sharapova gave a near-perfect demonstration of why she is the new favourite to win the Wimbledon title as she crushed Dominika Cibulkova 6-1 6-1 under the Centre Court roof this afternoon.

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.

Top seed Caroline Wozniacki was hustled out of Wimbledon by hard-hitting Slovakian Dominika Cibulkova in the fourth round.

Venus Williams narrowly avoided a second-round exit at the Australian Open today after battling back to overcome a leg injury and Czech opponent Sandra Zahlavova.

Caroline Wozniacki survived her first test of the tournament to underline her status as top seed at the US Open with a fourth-round victory over former champion Maria Sharapova.

Slovakia’s Dominika Cibulkova today became the first woman into the quarter-finals of the US Open with victory over former champion Svetlana Kuznetsova.

Eighth seed Nadia Petrova overcame a poor showing in the first set to book her place in the second round of the Pilot Pen Tennis tournament in New Haven.

Serena Williams was at her irresistible best as she marked the return to her rightful place on Wimbledon's Centre Court with a straight-sets win over Dominika Cibulkova in the third round.

VENUS WILLIAMS reached the third round of the French Open for the ninth successive year yesterday, but found herself answering more questions about her outfit than her performance.

Venus Williams reached the third round of the French Open for the ninth successive year today, but found herself answering more questions about her outfit than her performance.

DINARA SAFINA and Svetlana Kuznetsova will meet tomorrow in the French Open’s second all-Russian final after winning their respective last-four matches yesterday.

Svetlana Kuznetsova set up an all-Russian French Open final with Dinara Safina by beating Australian doubles specialist Sam Stosur in three sets in today's second semi-final.

Top seed Dinara Safina reached her second successive French Open final with a straight-sets win over Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova in the last four today.

ANDY MURRAY admitted he was left helpless by Fernando Gonzalez’s booming forehand as the Chilean ended the Scot’s impressive run at the French Open at the quarter-final stage, the 12th seed Gonzalez powering his way to a 6-3 3-6 6-0 6-4 win.

Dominika Cibulkova continued her surprising play by upending 10th-seeded Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli 4-6 6-4 6-3 in a rain-delayed semi-final at the Rogers Cup on Saturday.

Jelena Jankovic missed out on another chance to become world number one after suffering a 7-5 6-2 defeat by Slovakian Dominika Cibulkova in the quarter-finals of the Rogers Cup on Friday.

Top seed Maria Sharapova admitted she felt like a different player in the second set of today’s third-round win over Karin Knapp, as she finally found some form at this year’s French Open.

Third seed Jelena Jankovic battled through pain to reach the third round of the French Open today.