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.

Andrea Petkovic will meet another first-time slam semi-finalist in fourth seed Simona Halep after they both won their French Open quarter-finals today.

Second seed Novak Djokovic was given a workout before earning his ninth straight victory over Marin Cilic to move into the fourth round of the French Open yesterday.

Serena Williams’ demise yesterday turned the ripples into shockwaves at a French Open full of surprises as Maria Sharapova assumed the mantle of title favourite.

Defending champions Rafael Nadal and Maria Sharapova both crashed out on a day of shocks at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells.

Defending champion Rafael Nadal survived a serious scare against Radek Stepanek before recovering to reach the third round of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells.

Li Na is confident she will take winning the Australian Open title in her stride.

Stanislas Wawrinka reached his first Grand Slam decider at the expense of Tomas Berdych at the Australian Open yesterday, the 28-year-old following up his stunning upset of defending champion Novak Djokovic by beating the Czech 6-3 6-7 7-6 7-6.

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.

Unheralded Slovakian Martin Klizan caused the shock of the tournament yesterday as he knocked out fifth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the second round of the US Open.

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 and Andy Murray won their opening matches at the Western & Southern Open in straight sets.

Nikolay Davydenko upset Alexandr Dolgopolov in the first round of the Western & Southern Open at Cincinnati.

Former world number one Ana Ivanovic was thrashed 6-0 6-0 by Italian Roberta Vinci in the second round of the WTA Rogers Cup in Montreal on Thursday.

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

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.

Former champion Svetlana Kuznetsova sent third seed Agnieszka Radwanska packing in comprehensive fashion in the third round of the French Open this afternoon.

Former champion Svetlana Kuznetsova sent third seed Agnieszka Radwanska packing in comprehensive fashion in the third round of the French Open.

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.

Andy Roddick produced the shock of the Sony Ericsson Open by knocking world number three Roger Federer out at the third-round stage with a 7-6 (7/4) 1-6 6-4 win.

US Open champion Samantha Stosur's struggles on home soil continued today as she made a stunning first-round exit from the Australian Open.

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.

Petra Kvitova became the first reigning Wimbledon champion to lose in the first round of the US Open in the Open era last night.

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

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.

Serena Williams sent out an ominous message to the women's game as she stormed past Maria Sharapova, booking her place in the semi-finals of the Bank of the West Classic for the loss of just four games.

Second seed Maria Sharapova battled to a 6-2 2-6 6-4 win over Daniela Hantuchova to book her place in the quarter-finals of the Bank of the West Classic - and a possible meeting with Serena Williams.

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.

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.

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

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

Wimbledon top seed Caroline Wozniacki produced a near-faultless performance as she eased into the fourth round with a 6-3 6-2 victory over Australia’s Jarmila Gajdosova.

Marcos Baghdatis was unable to mark his 26th birthday with a place in the final of the UNICEF Open after losing to Ivan Dodig.

Novak Djokovic came through one of the toughest tests of his unbeaten season to date to extend his extraordinary winning streak to 30 matches and book his place in the Mutua Madrid Open semi-finals.

World number one Rafael Nadal was one of a host of seeds to progress into the third round of the Madrid Open today, with a mouth-watering showdown against Juan Martin Del Potro awaiting the Spaniard tomorrow.

Defending champion Kim Clijsters admitted she did not have it all her own way as the moved into the fourth round of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami.

Kim Clijsters retired injured from her fourth-round match in the ATP & WTA BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells last night.