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

Svetlana Kuznetsova proved that she is far from a false number two seed at the Australian Open, dismissing France’s Nathalie Dechy in straight sets today – and sounding a warning to her rivals.

Andy Murray has been drawn to face Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the first round of the Australian Open which starts next Monday.

TOP SEED Justine Henin coasted into the Wimbledon third round yesterday insisting her bid for a first All England Club crown would remain unaffected by a recent injury scare.

RAFAEL NADAL was one point away from losing the first set before rallying to take command of his first-round match with American Robert Kendrick to move into the second round of the Australian Open in Melbourne.

Number one seed Maria Sharapova reached the second round of the Australian Open after battling through “one of the toughest matches I’ve played here”.

World number two Kim Clijsters played down her 44 unforced errors during her 6-3 6-4 third-round victory over Spain’s Anabel Medina Garrigues.

Martina Hingis has pulled off a shock victory against Maria Sharapova in the semi-finals of the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo.

Martina Hingis is closing in on her 15th career grand slam title after she and Mahesh Bhupathi reached the Australian Open mixed doubles final.

Lindsay Davenport moved into the quarter-finals of the US Open with a comprehensive defeat of Nathalie Dechy.

Second seed Lindsay Davenport progressed to the fourth round of the US Open with a 6-3 6-2 rout of Spaniard Anabel Medina Garrigues despite a shaky performance.

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.

Neither Nathalie Dechy of France nor Jelena Jankovic of Serbia & Montenegro will be entering the US Open in a positive frame of mind.

Number three seed Amelie Mauresmo will meet Anastasia Myskina on Centre Court this afternoon as she bids to reach the semi-finals for the second year in a row.

ANASTASIA MYSKINA’S Wimbledon fortunes took a turn for the better yesterday when the Russian number nine seed booked her place in the last eight at the All England Club.

Anastasia Myskina’s Wimbledon fortunes took a turn for the better this afternoon when the Russian number nine seed booked her place in the last eight at the All England Club.

The Wimbledon way is still an easy life for champion Maria Sharapova.

TIM HENMAN apologised for a foul-mouthed outburst after his worst Wimbledon performance for a decade yesterday.

Justine Henin-Hardenne relishes each triumph these days following her nightmare 2004 when glandular fever kept her out of action for most of the year.

The Russian contingent at Roland Garros have enjoyed a successful day with number two seed Maria Sharapova leading the charge into the women’s fourth round.

Serena Williams will face world number one Lindsay Davenport in Saturday's final after the American finally overcame France's Nathalie Dechy in three tough sets.

Serena Williams bravely fought back from the brink of defeat to beat Maria Sharapova in a thrilling Australian Open semi-final in Melbourne.

Top seed Lindsay Davenport advanced to the semi-finals of the Australian Open with a thrilling victory over local favourite Alicia Molik.

Top seed Lindsay Davenport today cruised into the Australian Open quarter-finals as sixth seed Elena Dementieva crashed out.

Lindsay Davenport admits she is amazed to find herself in the fourth round of the Australian Open as top seed and world number one.

Russia’s Anastasia Myskina today advanced to the fourth round of the Australian Open without hitting a ball.

Svetlana Kuznetsova today said she was “offended” by “appalling allegations” that she has tested positive for ephedrine.

France captain Guy Forget has blasted world number two Amelie Mauresmo for choosing to withdraw from the Fed Cup semi-final against Spain in Moscow on November 24 and 25.

Serena Williams struggled but finally booked her place in the fourth round of the US Open at Flushing Meadow.

Tommy Haas, who missed all of the 2003 season due to two shoulder operations, moved into the third round of the US Open by ousting 12th seed Sebastien Grosjean of France.

France's Mary Pierce has beaten Venus Williams in the women's singles event in Athens.

The Olympic tennis tournament could be robbed of its entry list of women players if threats to boycott the competition are carried out.

ANDY Roddick and Roger Federer reached the round of 16 at Wimbledon while thousands of fans lined up to be part of the third People’s Sunday in 127 years.

Jennifer Capriati moved a step closer to a possible quarter-final showdown with Serena Williams by seeing off Nathalie Dechy in straight sets on a half-empty court one.

Wimbledon: Seventh seed Jennifer Capriati has beaten French 25th seed Nathalie Dechy 7-5 6-1.

Second seed Kim Clijsters breezed into her sixth consecutive Grand Slam quarter-final with another comfortable straight sets victory at the Australian Open today.

Third seed Venus Williams today described her shock at being dumped out of the Australian Open in straight sets by Lisa Raymond.

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.

ANDY RODDICK and Venus Williams had the Stars and Stripes flying proudly over centre court as the two Americans powered into the fourth round at Wimbledon yesterday.

Kim Clijsters, who set off at a gallop in the first round, showed little sign of a let-up as she cantered through to the last 16 with a straight sets win over Samantha Reeves.

Womens Singles, Round 1

Lindsay Davenport has come through to the next round of the French Open in two sets against France's Nathalie Dechy.

Lindsay Davenport felt she was “lucky” to book her place in the third round of the French Open with a 7-5 6-1 win over Uzbekistan’s Iroda Tulyaganova.

Serena Williams remained on course to become the first woman to win three straight major titles since Steffi Graf in 1996 by crushing Nathalie Dechy in her third round tie at the US Open.