Maria Sharapova recovered from a poor second set to dump fellow Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova out of the Cincinnati Open in the first round on Tuesday night.

JELENA JANKOVIC insisted her career is “back on track” after continuing her bid to progress beyond the last 16 at Wimbledon for the first time with a fine victory over Alona Bondarenko.

Justine Henin and Kim Clijsters each cantered to victory at Wimbledon today to set up the an eye-catching all-Belgian fourth-round clash.

Venus Williams was once again forced to go the distance before sealing a 6-2 5-7 6-1 victory over lucky loser Agnes Szavay of Hungary in the quarter-finals of the Abierto Mexicano TELCEL tournament.

Anna Kournikova survived a scare in the first round of the Open Gaz de France tournament in Paris.

Defending women's champion Lindsay Davenport took three sets to overcome German qualifier Greta Arn in the second round of the Australian Open in Melbourne.