Fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska became the first major casualty of the US Open when she was dumped out in the second round by Peng Shuai.

Andy Murray has warned the Australian Open it risks damaging the reputation of tennis after players were forced to play in searing heat in Melbourne yesterday.

Top seed Agnieszka Radwanska made smooth progress into the semi-finals of the ASB Classic in Auckland with a 6-3 6-3 win over Russia’s Elena Vesnina.

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

Kim Clijsters declared herself a work in progress after coming through her first match at the French Open in five years in reasonably comfortable fashion against Anastasiya Yakimova today.

Seventh seed Maria Sharapova swept into the second round of the French Open today for the loss of only three games against Mirjana Lucic.

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.

Top seed Marion Bartoli made a shock second-round exit from the WTA Tour Bell Challenge when she was stunned by wild card Rebecca Marino in straight sets in Quebec.