Ireland’s U17s are playing catch-up already to reach the European Championships following defeat to Serbia in yesterday’s opening elite stage qualifier.

World number one Caroline Wozniacki eased into the third round of the New Haven Open as play continued after the earlier evacuation following the after shocks of the earthquake that has hit the east coast.

World number one Novak Djokovic will meet number four Andy Murray in the final of the Western & Southern Open.

Third seed Vera Zvonareva came back from match-point down to defeat ailing German Sabine Lisicki 4-6 7-5 7-5 in the second round of the French Open this evening.

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.

Top seed Jelena Jankovic eased into the semi-finals of the Monterrey Open after a comfortable win over fifth-seeded Anastasija Sevastova.

Top seed Jelena Jankovic booked her place in the last eight of the Monterrey Open with a straightforward victory over Austria's Sybille Bammer.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova made an uncertain start to the defence of her Monterrey Open title after being pushed all the way in her first-round encounter with Eleni Daniilidou.

Caroline Wozniacki celebrated her ascent to the number one ranking by beating Jelena Jankovic to reach the final of the Dubai Duty Free Championships.

Japanese veteran Kimiko Date Krumm upset 12th seed Maria Sharapova in three sets in the first round of the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo today.

Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki felt she had justified her position as top seed after setting up a fourth-round clash with former champion Maria Sharapova at the US Open.

Top seed Caroline Wozniacki and former champion Maria Sharapova will meet in the fourth round of the US Open after enjoying embarrassingly one-sided victories today.

Jelena Jankovic’s bid for a first Grand Slam title was blown off court by a combination of Kaia Kanepi and strong, blustery winds at the US Open.

Maria Sharapova will face the new hero of American tennis for the second year running at the US Open after booking her place in the third round at Flushing Meadows.

Fourth seed Jelena Jankovic was forced to dig deep to beat Romanian teenager Simona Halep 6-4 4-6 7-5 in the first round of the US Open.

Elena Dementieva’s defence of her Rogers Cup title was ended in the third round by China’s Zheng Jie.

Former world number one Ana Ivanovic fought from a set down to dump ninth seed Victoria Azarenka out of the Cincinnati Open on Monday night.

Jelena Jankovic made a dismal fourth-round exit from Wimbledon as she retired injured in the second set after being outplayed by Vera Zvonareva.

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.

JELENA JANKOVIC was blasted off court by Samantha Stosur yesterday before claiming her opponent had played like a man.

Jelena Jankovic was blasted off court by Samantha Stosur today before claiming her opponent had played like a man.

SERENA WILLIAMS last night struggled to comprehend how she could have played so badly after becoming the second major star to fall to Samantha Stosur at this year’s French Open.

Serena Williams tonight struggled to comprehend how she could have played so badly after becoming the second modern great to fall to Samantha Stosur at this year’s French Open.

Unseeded Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez won the Italian Open today with a straight sets victory over Jelena Jankovic in Rome.

Latvian teenager Anastasija Sevastova claimed easily the biggest win of her career as she knocked out top seed Jelena Jankovic in the first round of the Monterrey Open.

REIGNING US Open champion Kim Clijsters had a day to forget as she crashed out of the Australian Open yesterday.

Justine Henin today fought back from a set down to keep her Australian Open title quest going just a month after returning from retirement.

Dinara Safina was forced to withdraw from the season-ending Sony Ericsson Championships in Doha with a back injury last night, leaving Serena Williams to end 2009 as the world's number one - a feat the American celebrated with a defeat of her sister Venus.

Dinara Safina has withdrawn from the season-ending Sony Ericsson Championships in Doha with a back injury, leaving Serena Williams to end 2009 as the world’s number one.

Jelena Jankovic, the highest-ranked player left in the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, advanced to the semi-finals today with a 6-4 6-3 win over Marion Bartoli.

Jelena Jankovic remained on course to win a third title in 2009 as she made light work of Russian Elena Vesnina in Tokyo.

RUSSIA’S Elena Dementieva and Serbia’s Jelena Jankovic became the first big name casualties at the US Open.

Teenage rising star Melanie Oudin stunned Jelena Jankovic with a brilliant fightback to knock the sixth seed out of Wimbledon.

DEFENDING champion Venus Williams launched her bid for Wimbledon singles title number six with a 6-3 6-2 win over Stefanie Voegele yesterday.

The Williams sisters both made it into round three of the French Open today - but in very contrasting styles.

Second seed Serena Williams found some welcome form on clay today to cruise into the third round of the French Open.

Seventh seed Svetlana Kuznetsova made short work of French Open debutant Claire Feuerstein to seal her place in round two at Roland Garros today.

Second seed Serena Williams has been dumped out of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in her first game in Rome after suffering a 6-2 2-6 6-1 defeat to Patty Schnyder in the second round.

Elena Dementieva has shrugged off suggestions she is the favourite to win the women’s title at the Australian Open after she extended her winning run to 14 matches with an easy 6-2 6-2 fourth-round win over Dominika Cibulkova.

Top seed and world number one Jelena Jankovic has been knocked out of the Australian Open after Marion Bartoli won their fourth-round encounter in straight sets 6-1 6-4.

Jelena Jankovic has progressed to the fourth round at the Australian Open after defeating Ai Sugiyama 6-4 6-4.

Jelena Jankovic and Ana Ivanovic both produced mixed performances as they moved into the third round of the Australian Open with straight sets victories over Kirsten Flipkens and Alberta Brianti respectively.

World number one Jelena Jankovic made a strong start to the 2009 Australian Open with a 6-1 6-3 first round victory over Austrian Yvonne Meusburger at Rod Laver Arena today.