Facts and figures from the women's competition at the French Open, which begins from May 25.
The two Indian tennis aces won the doubles titles at the Pilot Pen tournament with Mara Santangelo and Nenad Zimonjic respectively.
Serena and Venus Williams both booked their places in the third round of the Sony Ericsson Open with victories at Key Biscayne in Miami on Saturday. World number one Serena did not sparkle but still had little trouble in her 6-2, 6-3 victory over compatriot Alexa Glatch. Serena's sister Venus got off to a slow start but found her form to defeat spirited Israeli Shahar Peer 6-3, 6-3.
Sania Mirza's challenge in the WTA Dubai Open ended on Thursday when she, along with her Italian partner Mara Santangelo, were beaten by the American-Zimbabwean combine of Liezel Huber and Cara Black in the second round.
Svetlana Kuznetsova and Anna Chakvetadze recorded contrasting victories against Italian opponents in Moscow.
In men's doubles Bhupathi and Zimonjic will next play the US-Australian duo of Eric Butorac and Ashley Fisher.
Nadia Petrova lost 6-3, 6-3 to Italy's Mara Santangelo in the second round of the Warsaw Cup.
The Russian proved too good for defending champion Mara Santangelo in the final.
Also moving up was Mahesh Bhupathi, who improved two notches to 18th in the men's doubles rankings.
Champion Amelie Mauresmo shone amid the rain clouds on Wimbledon's Centre Court with a 6-1 6-2 victory over Italian Mara Santangelo in the third round on Saturday.
The Indian ace was shown the door by the eighth seeded Italian in the second round of the Birmingham DFS Classic.
The third seeded Russian rallied to beat the American to reach the semi-finals of the Warsaw Cup.
Justine Henin beat Italian Mara Santangelo 6-2, 6-1 in the quarterfinals of the Warsaw Cup.
A quarter-final exit at the Bangalore Open notwithstanding, Sania Mirza rose one spot to 45th.
Defending champion Maria Santangelo of Italy powered her way into the finals of the Bangalore Open, beating Olga Savchuk of Ukraine 6-1, 6-0.
The Indian ace and Italy's Mara Santangelo got the better of Neha and Shikha Uberoi 6-3, 6-1 at the Bangalore Open.
They beat Amanmuradova and Poutchek in the opening round of the Bangalore Open.
The fifth-seeded Indian ace beat Tamarine Tanasugarn 6-4, 2-6, 6-1 in the second round.
The former world No 1, winner of the Australian Open in 2003 and 2005, looked rusty at the start of the match but was far too strong for the Italian.
Venus Williams beat Czech Lucie Safarova 6-1, 6-4 in the second round of the Italian Open
The Hyderabadi girl jumped one spot in the doubles rankings as well to reach 37.
The Italian staged a remarkable recovery to beat Jelena Kostanic of Croatia and capture her maiden WTA singles title.
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