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.

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.

Former Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova’s bid for a third title on the grass at Edgbaston remains on course after she moved into the quarter-finals.

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.

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

TEENAGER Nicole Vaidisova bundled defending champion Amelie Mauresmo out of Wimbledon but was refusing to dream of a place in Saturday’s final.

Marion Bartoli caused a second shock in the women’s singles fourth round at Wimbledon today after fighting back from a set down to oust third seed Jelena Jankovic.

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.

WORLD number three Jelena Jankovic was delighted to reach the last 16 after surviving a major fright from a limping opponent.

FORMER Wimbledon champion Venus Williams came back from the dead to deny the “Graveyard of Champions” another scalp.

Maria Sharapova is hungrier than ever and convinced she can reclaim her Wimbledon crown next month.

JELENA JANKOVIC’S credentials as a dark horse for the French Open title were further enhanced as she won a high-quality third-round clash against Venus Williams yesterday.

FRENCH Open dark horse Lleyton Hewitt demonstrated his renowned fighting qualities to recover from two sets down to defeat former champion Gaston Gaudio in a classic match at Roland Garros yesterday.

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.

Rain seems to be the only factor capable of stalling Roger Federer as the Swiss star looks on the verge of making short work of Michael Russell in the first round of the French Open at Roland Garros.

Venus Williams joined her sister Serena in the second round of the French Open following a straight-sets win over Alize Cornet on a rain-affected second day at Roland Garros.

Britain’s Alex Bogdanovic advanced to the final qualifying round of the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells with a 6-3 6-4 win over Amer Delic.

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.

RAFAEL NADAL made sure he kept things moving along as he negotiated the first hurdle at the US Open without too much difficulty.

Rain continues to be a major problem at the final major of the tennis season.

BOTH Venus Williams and Maria Sharapova made light work of their first-round opponents at Wimbledon — before then reigniting the debate over equal prize money.

CLAY-COURT king Rafael Nadal was unable to hide his delight after setting a new record for consecutive wins on the surface, and securing his place in the second round of the French Open.

GRAND slams are often about the survival of the fittest - and there was little doubt at the end of a gruelling two weeks that Amelie Mauresmo was just that.

The big guns in the women’s singles did not wilt in the heat on day six of the Australian Open.

As Kim Clijsters battled a back injury and Mary Pierce strutted out, so the bottom half of the women’s singles opened up for Martina Hingis at the Australian Open.

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.