World number seven Angelique Kerber became the latest seed to exit Wimbledon as she fell to a shock defeat to Estonia’s Kaia Kanepi on another rain-affected day.

Defending champion Roger Federer was stunned by Japan’s Kei Nishikori in the last 16 of the Mutua Madrid Open.

Caroline Wozniacki earned her first WTA tour title of the season with a crushing victory over Estonia’s Kaia Kanepi in the final of the Korea Open.

Caroline Wozniacki closed in on her first WTA Tour title of the season after edging past Russia's Ekaterina Makarova to reach the final of the Korea Open in Seoul on Saturday.

Defending champion Novak Djokovic and 2004 winner Maria Sharapova are the top seeds for this year's Wimbledon Championships.

Maria Sharapova is one win away from a first French Open final after seeing off Kaia Kanepi 6-2 6-3 in the quarter-finals at Roland Garros today.

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.

Caroline Wozniacki's wait for a first Grand Slam title goes on after she was beaten 6-1 6-7 (3/7) 6-3 by Kaia Kanepi in the third round of the French Open last night.

Top seed and defending champion Juan Martin Del Potro marched into the quarter-finals of the Estoril Open in Portugal today with a 6-1 6-0, 62-minute demolition of home hope Rui Machado.

Caroline Wozniacki needed just 64 minutes to book her place in the semi-finals of her home Copenhagen Open with a 6-0 6-3 hammering of French world number 107 Alize Cornet last night.

Maria Sharapova may have dropped just two games in cruising into the third round of the Australian Open, but the Russian today denied that indicated a lack of depth in the women’s game.

Estonia’s Kaia Kanepi won her second career title as she stormed to a 6-2 6-1 win over Daniela Hantuchova in the Brisbane International final.

Serena Williams beat Bojana Jovanowski in the last 16 of the Brisbane International today – but then pulled out of the tournament with a sprained ankle.

Last year’s Wimbledon runner-up Vera Zvonareva survived a first-round scare to defeat promising young American Alison Riske 6-0 3-6 6-3 this afternoon.

Serena Williams made a winning return to tennis after almost a year out of action as she reached the second round of the AEGON Championships at Eastbourne in the UK today.

Kim Clijsters and Petra Kvitova will meet in the Open Gaz de France final tomorrow after breezing through their respective semi-finals in Paris today.

RUSSIA’S Vera Zvonareva last night reached the semi-finals of the US Open for the first time in her career with a hard-fought win over Estonia’s Kaia Kanepi.

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.

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.

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.

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

Former world number one Dinara Safina claimed back-to-back wins for the first time since the Australian Open in January to reach the third round of the Rogers Cup in Montreal.

Former world number one Dinara Safina claimed just a third win in her past 11 matches after beating first-round opponent Andrea Petkovic at the Rogers Cup in Montreal.

Venus Williams has reassured her fans that she has the desire and ability to add to her seven Grand Slam titles despite her shock Wimbledon defeat by Tsvetana Pironkova.

SERENA WILLIAMS will be the only top-20 women’s seed in the Wimbledon semi-finals after her sister Venus fell victim to the biggest shock yet in a tournament of surprises.

Rising Czech star Petra Kvitova will play a maiden grand slam semi-final against defending champion Serena Williams on Thursday after staging a stunning fightback against Estonian qualifier Kaia Kanepi.

SERENA WILLIAMS was delighted to meet some brief resistance as she made a confident start to her defence of the women’s singles title at Wimbledon yesterday.

Sam Stosur followed fellow French Open finalist Francesca Schiavone in exiting Wimbledon at the first-round stage.

US Open champion Kim Clijsters was today ruled out for six weeks with a foot injury, ruining her build-up to the French Open in May.

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.

Venus Williams kept the defence of her Abierto Mexicano Telcel tournament title on track with a straight-sets win over Kaia Kanepi.

Top seed Andy Roddick ended his losing streak against fellow American James Blake at the ATP Morgan Keegan Championships but third seed Radek Stepanek and fourth seed Tommy Haas crashed out in Memphis on Wednesday.

World-ranked one and two Dinara Safina and Serena Williams have both advanced to the second round of the China Open.

Third seed Venus Williams survived a major scare at Flushing Meadows as she came from a set down to beat Vera Dushevina on the first night at the 2009 US Open.

Kim Clijsters made a winning return to the professional circuit today with a 6-4 6-3 success against Marion Bartoli of France at the Women's Open in Cincinnati.

Maria Sharapova breezed through to the second round of the WTA LA Women’s Tennis Championships in Los Angeles with a straight-sets victory over Jarmila Groth.

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.

Dinara Safina and Ana Ivanovic crashed out of the Sony Ericsson Open in the third round today, while sisters Venus and Serena Williams advanced.

Top seed Ana Ivanovic was stunned at the US Open as she was defeated 6-3 4-6 6-3 by Julie Coin in the second round.

Venus Williams is relishing the chance to begin the defence of her Wimbledon title as she prepares to face British wild card Naomi Cavaday on Centre Court today.

Roger Federer today warned the pretenders to his Wimbledon crown he feels as good as ever ahead of his first-round match with Slovakia’s Dominik Hrbaty.

Roger Federer will begin his bid for a record sixth straight Wimbledon title tomorrow against Slovakia’s Dominik Hrbaty.