Defending champion Venus Williams suffered her first defeat at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for 10 years on a day of upsets.

There were only muted celebrations from ice-cool Canadian Eugenie Bouchard on reaching her first grand slam final at Wimbledon yesterday.

Petra Kvitova powered into her second Wimbledon final just two weeks after a hamstring injury cast doubt on her involvement.

Eugenie Bouchard is convinced she can win Wimbledon in just her second full year on tour.

There were differing fortunes for two former French Open champions in Paris today.

Former world number one Ana Ivanovic suffered a first-round exit from the Apia International in Sydney as she was beaten 7-6 (7/5) 6-2 by Lucie Safarova.

Vera Zvonareva believes the experience she gained from last year’s grand slam final appearances came to the fore as she squeezed past Lucie Safarova at the Australian Open today.

Top seed Marion Bartoli made a shock second-round exit from the WTA Tour Bell Challenge when she was stunned by wild card Rebecca Marino in straight sets in Quebec.

Top seed Elena Dementieva fought back from a set down to claim the title at the Open GDF Suez in Paris with a hard-fought 6-7 (5-7) 6-1 6-4 victory over Lucie Safarova.

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

SECOND SEED Maria Sharapova saved two match points before progressing to the quarter-finals of the French Open after an epic fourth-round clash against Patty Schnyder yesterday.

Second seed Maria Sharapova saved two match points before progressing into the quarter-finals of the French Open following an epic fourth-round clash against Patty Schnyder.

Amelie Mauresmo became the highest-profile casualty of this year’s French Open when she was dumped out of her home tournament by Lucie Safarova in straight sets today.

AMERICAN Andy Roddick and defending champion Roger Federer will meet in the Australian Open semi-final after enjoying straightforward victories at Melbourne Park.

DEFENDING champion Amelie Mauresmo’s surprise defeat to Czech youngster Lucie Safarova capped off a day of shocks in the fourth round of the Australian Open in Melbourne.

Defending champion Amelie Mauresmo's surprise defeat to Czech youngster Lucie Safarova capped off a day of shocks in the fourth round of the Australian Open in Melbourne today.

Lucie Safarova defeated Italy’s Flavia Pennetta 6-3 6-4 to win the Australian Women’s Hardcourts tournament at the Gold Coast.