Serena Williams will resume her title defence in the more grand surroundings of Court One today after the All England Club acquiesced to the champion’s plea to move away from the outer reaches of Wimbledon.

ANDY RODDICK acknowledged an “outstanding” performance by Feliciano Lopez after losing a match in straight sets at Wimbledon for only the fifth time in his career.

Venus Williams cruised into the fourth round of Wimbledon as she mercilessly put Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez to the sword with a 6-0 6-2 win on Court One.

Five-time champion Venus Williams rallied from a set down to beat Japan’s Kimiko Date-Krumm in a match of breathtaking drama under the roof on Wimbledon’s Centre Court.

Defending champion Kim Clijsters admitted she did not have it all her own way as the moved into the fourth round of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami.

World number one Caroline Wozniacki has suffered a setback ahead of next week’s Australian Open, crashing out in the second round of the Sydney International in straight sets at the hands of Dominika Cibulkova.

Home favourite Maria Kirilenko set up a Kremlin Cup final showdown with Victoria Azarenka of Belarus after they both eased to straight-sets victories in today’s semi-finals.

Top seed Nadia Petrova moved into the second round of the Korea Open with a comfortable 6-3 6-2 victory over Jarmila Groth of Australia in Seoul.

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.

ROGER FEDERER wasted no time in powering to the third round at the US Open in Flushing Meadows last night.

Wimbledon finalist Vera Zvonareva safely moved into the third round of the US Open today with victory over Germany’s Sabine Lisicki.

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.

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

Second seed Serena Williams was knocked out of the China Open in the third round by Nadia Petrova amid a dramatic finish.

Serena Williams will regain her world number one ranking after she beat Russia’s Ekaterina Makarova 6-3 6-2 in 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.

ROGER FEDERER feared for his French Open existence during his testing second-round win over Argentina’s Jose Acasuso 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.

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.

Second seed Serena Williams eased into the fourth round of the Australian Open today while her sister’s nemesis Carla Suarez Navarro’s dream run continues in her first appearance in the Melbourne grand slam.

Venus Williams today became the first high-profile casualty at the Australian Open after being downed 2-6 6-3 7-5 by Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro, a player ranked 40 places below her.

Elena Dementieva stretched her winning run to 12 matches as she booked her place in the third round of the Australian Open with a 6-4 6-1 win against Iveta Benesova.

Ladies' second seed Jelena Jankovic is safely into the fourth round of Wimbledon.

Jelena Jankovic strides out on to Centre Court at Wimbledon today hoping to avoid the fate of fellow Serbian and world number one Ana Ivanovic.