RAFAEL Nadal secured his 25th consecutive win at the French Open yesterday after dispatching Fernando Verdasco in straight sets.

Jelena Jankovic recovered from a second-set collapse against Agnieszka Radwanska to progress to the last eight of the French Open today.

Russia’s second seed Ana Ivanovic stormed into the quarter-finals of the French Open today after a 6-0 6-0 victory over Petra Cetkovska.

Katarina Srebotnik described her third-round victory over Serena Williams at the French Open as the best of her career.

A SHOCKED Serena Williams hailed an “unbelievable” performance from Katarina Srebotnik after crashing out of the French Open at the third-round stage yesterday.

Fifth seed Serena Williams hailed an “unbelievable” performance from Katarina Srebotnik after crashing out of the French Open at the third-round stage today.

Top seed Maria Sharapova admitted she only had herself to blame as she came close to becoming the first high-profile casualty in this year’s French Open.

Top seed Maria Sharapova edged through to the quarter-finals of the Bausch & Lomb Championships but second seed Anna Chakvetadze was knocked out on Thursday.

Justine Henin made a confident start to her Sony Ericsson Open challenge with a straight-sets win over Angelique Kerber on Friday.

Ana Ivanovic faced few problems as she downed Katarina Srebotnik 6-3 6-4 on the Vodafone Arena to progress to the fourth round of the Australian Open.

Venus Williams insisted her bid for a first Australian Open title remained on track despite a shaky second-round win against Frenchwoman Camille Pin.

World number one Justine Henin rallied past Russia’s Maria Sharapova, 5-7 7-5 6-3, in the final of the WTA Championships on Sunday to claim back-to-back titles at the prestigious season-ending event.

Maria Sharapova, yet to drop a game so far this Championship, is bracing herself for a tough third-round clash with veteran Ai Sugiyama on Saturday.

Second-seed Maria Sharapova put aside her injury problems to breeze past America’s Jill Craybas in straight sets in the second round of the French Open.

Second-seed Maria Sharapova put aside her injury problems to breeze past America’s Jill Craybas in straight sets in the second round of the French Open.

Second-seed Maria Sharapova had to battle before finally securing her place in the second round of the French Open on Wednesday.

Serena Williams dug deep on centre court to earn a spot in the fourth round of the Australian Open while defending champion Amelie Mauresmo continued to impress on day five at Melbourne Park.

Andre Agassi got an extra day’s rest at the US Open as both the day and night sessions were cancelled due to bad weather.

Second seed Justine Henin-Hardenne has survived an early scare to defeat Ai Sugiyama of Japan 4-6 6-1 6-0 to reach the last 16 of the US Open.

Serena Williams and “mean old lady” Lindsay Davenport made their presence felt as they both impressed to go through to the third round of the US Open.

Second seed Justine Henin-Hardenne shrugged off a 90-minute rain delay to open her US Open campaign with a straight-sets win.

Martina Hingis insists her third-round defeat at Wimbledon is only a temporary setback in her comeback to competitive tennis.

Third seed Justine Henin-Hardenne held her concentration after witnessing the collapse of a ball girl to ease through to the fourth round.

Former champion Martina Hingis will make what is sure to be an emotional return to Centre Court later today.

REIGNING champion Venus Williams snatched victory from the jaws of defeat at Wimbledon yesterday, but it was top seed Amelie Mauresmo who looked every bit a champion in waiting with a fine display on Centre Court.

Third seed and last year's runner-up Lleyton Hewitt will begin his quest for the Australian Open title with a first round match against Czech Robin Vik.

SPANISH sensation Rafael Nadal progressed to the third round of the US Open yesterday without any undue alarm, beating American wild card Scoville Jenkins in straight sets.

Maria Sharapova has won her third round match 6-2 6-4 against Katarina Srebotnik, of Slovenia at Wimbledon today.

French Open, Roland Garros, Paris, France

THE role of defending French Open champion weighed on Anastasia Myskina, as did her mother’s illness. And so her bid to repeat last year’s success ended in record time.

Anastasia Myskina’s defence of the French Open crown she won in glorious fashion last year ended with a whimper today as she crashed out in the opening round of this year’s event at Roland Garros.

Top seed Lindsay Davenport shrugged off a set and a half of sluggish form to overcome Slovenia’s Katarina Srebotnik 3-6 6-2 6-2 in the first round of the French Open on Monday.

US Open Championship, Flushing Meadows, New York

Jennifer Capriati experienced little difficulty reaching the third round of the US Open at Flushing Meadows as she overpowered Martina Sucha of the Slovak Republic 6-1 6-1.

US fifth seed Andy Roddick won a bad-tempered centre court showdown with Britain’s former US Open finalist Greg Rusedski to reach the third round of the men’s singles at Wimbledon yesterday.

Just for a few minutes Venus Williams looked uncertain, but once she realised the clouds were not going to roll by, the 2000 and 2001 champion set about the task of firing herself towards another final.

Number five seed Lindsay Davenport (Usa) has won her first set 6-3 against Rita Grande (Ita).

ANDRE AGASSI drew on his big match temperament to carry him into the last 16 of the Australian Open yesterday as Venus Williams led a clutch of top seeds into the fourth round.

The draw has been made for Wimbledon - and men's top seed Lleyton Hewitt will face Jonas Bjorkman in the first round of Wimbledon.

The seedings for the 2002 Wimbledon Championships have been announced by the All-England Club in London.

Andre Agassi has beaten Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu at Roland Garros to progress to the next round.

Top-seed Gustavo Kuerten cruised through a first-round victory in the Mexican Open defeating Spain's Felix Mantilla 6-4, 6-1.