Serena Williams was installed as the new Wimbledon favourite after powering into the fourth round, and declared: “I wouldn’t bet against me.”

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.

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.

Seventh seed Svetlana Kuznetsova made short work of French Open debutant Claire Feuerstein to seal her place in round two at Roland Garros today.

Venus Williams was once again forced to go the distance before sealing a 6-2 5-7 6-1 victory over lucky loser Agnes Szavay of Hungary in the quarter-finals of the Abierto Mexicano TELCEL tournament.

Iva Ivanovic believes her current level of performance could carry her all the way to the French Open title.

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.

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

THIRD seed Jelena Jankovic was keen to distance herself from the favourite’s tag after kicking off her French Open campaign with a laboured first-round victory on a rain-affected day in Paris yesterday.

ANA IVANOVIC and Venus Williams remained on course for a head-to-head with easy victories at the US Open in New York yesterday.

Ana Ivanovic remained on course for a potential showdown with Venus Williams with another easy victory at the US Open in New York.