Third seed Elena Dementieva was a surprise loser in the second round of the Cincinnati Open yesterday, going down in straight sets to fellow Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

Maria Sharapova recovered from a poor second set to dump fellow Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova out of the Cincinnati Open in the first round on Tuesday night.

Serena Williams today admitted she is taking great pleasure from silencing those who claimed she and sister Venus would never again hold the top two spots in the world rankings.

Top seed Elena Dementieva continued her fine form to reach the final of the Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur.

Serena Williams stepped up the defence of her Australian Open title today with a crushing straight sets third-round win over 32nd seed Carla Suarez Navarro.

Venus Williams made it a hat-trick of wins against left-handers as she overcame the plucky challenge of Australia’s Casey Dellacqua on Rod Laver Arena today.

Venus Williams claimed her second consecutive straight sets win to start her Australian Open campaign as she eased past Austria's Sybille Bammer today.

Alicia Molik set up a second-round meeting with Kim Clijsters by beating Ekaterina Makarova in the first round of the Brisbane International today.

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.

The top two seeds in the men's draw at the Pilot Pen tournament in New Haven progressed into the third round today - although it was far from easy for Nikolay Davydenko.

DEFENDING champion Venus Williams launched her bid for Wimbledon singles title number six with a 6-3 6-2 win over Stefanie Voegele yesterday.

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

Roger Federer admitted he is facing an important week in his season after breezing into the third round of the Miami Masters.

Andy Murray will face Roger Federer in the semi-finals of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells after the British number one came through a tough encounter with Ivan Ljubicic 7-5 7-6 (8/6).

ROGER FEDERER admitted he was a relieved man after narrowly avoiding a fourth-round upset at the US Open late on Tuesday night.

Elena Dementieva believes there is still room for improvement despite continuing to build on an excellent season by reaching the semi-finals of the US Open with a 6-2 6-3 victory over Patty Schnyder of Switzerland yesterday.

Elena Dementieva continued her dazzling form today to clinch a place in the US Open semi-finals at the expense of Patty Schnyder.

SECOND seed Jelena Jankovic and fifth seed Elena Dementieva have booked their spots in the quarter-finals of the US Open.

FORMER champions Maria Sharapova and Lindsay Davenport advanced to the second round at Wimbledon in contrasting styles.

Lindsay Davenport continued her remarkable progress since returning to the WTA Tour but Daniela Hantuchova was knocked out in the second round of the Bausch & Lomb Championships on Wednesday.

Maria Sharapova put up a comprehensive display to send Lindsay Davenport crashing out of the Australian Open today.

Venus Williams admits the prospect of a US Open semi-final showdown with sister Serena is “awesome”.

Serena Williams breezed into the quarter-finals of the US Open after beating Marion Bartoli 6-3 6-4 at Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Top seed Justine Henin powered into the last 16 of the US Open as she opened third-round play at Arthur Ashe Stadium with an easy victory over Russian qualifier Ekaterina Makarova.

Memories of the fractious 2003 French Open semi-final between Justine Henin and Serena Williams will come flooding back when the two giants of the women’s game go head to head in the last eight tomorrow.

Tommy Robredo admits he will be facing “the best player in the world” when he meets Roger Federer in the French Open quarter-finals.

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.

Serena Williams set up a potential quarter-final clash with reigning champion Justine Henin at the French Open after steamrolling past Dinara Safina in straight sets on Sunday.

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.

Rafael Nadal got his French Open title defence off to a winning start – but the Spanish king of clay admitted he would need to improve on a sluggish first round performance.

Jelena Jankovic hailed Serbia’s rise as a power in world tennis after making a dominant start to her French Open campaign.

Second seed Rafael Nadal and third seed Andy Roddick both recorded straight sets wins on yesterday to advance to the quarter-finals of the Pacific Life Open.

Second seed Rafael Nadal and third seed Andy Roddick both recorded straight sets wins yesterday to advance to the quarter-finals of the Pacific Life Open.

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.

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

The mighty Williams sisters powered the United States through their first-round Fed Cup match against the Czech Republic.