Wimbledon champion Amelie Mauresmo suffered a surprise loss to unseeded Ukrainian Julia Vakulenko at the German Open on Friday, as world number one Justine Henin moved smoothly into the quarter-finals.
They beat wild cards Svetlana Kuznetsova and Amelie Mauresmo 6-4, 6-4 in the first round at the Dubai Open.
2006 Australian Open and Wimbledon winner Amelie Mauresmo has been honoured as the Player of the Year in a media vote.
The 23-year-old Federer dominated the men's game this year, winning 11 titles including three Grand Slams and the Masters Cup.
Russian Dinara Safina remained on course to retain her title, taming France's Virginie Razzano.
Amelie Mauresmo beat Kim Clijsters 6-4, 7-6 in the Diamond Games final on Sunday.
The Indian ace dropped two places to be ranked 34th in the WTA rankings
Martina Hingis of Switzerland climbed 232 places to number 117 after reaching the quarter-finals of the Australian Open.
Former champion Amelie Mauresmo suffered her earliest Australian Open defeat since 2000 when she was shocked by unseeded Australian Casey Dellacqua in the third round.
Unseeded Safarova will take on Russian Nadia Petrova, who beat holder Amelie Mauresmo of France in the other semi-final.
The Belgian beat Martina Hingis 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 to enter the semifinal of the Australian Open
The two are headed for a possible showdown in the Australian Open quarterfinal
Amelie Mauresmo received an easy passage into the final of the Advanta Championships in Philadelphia on Saturday when Maria Sharapova was forced out of the event with a sore shoulder.
China's Li Na continued her giant-killing run at the Australian Hardcourt Championships, beating fourth seed Patty Schnyder to reach the final.
The Frenchwoman, making her way back from a shoulder injury, was upset by Patty Schnyder at the Australian Hardcourt Championships.
Former world number one Amelie Mauresmo suffered a blow to her confidence before the Australian Open when she was beaten by Patty Schnyder in the quarter-finals of the Australian Hardcourt Championships on Thursday.
While Mauresmo and Davydenko made their exits, former Australian Open finalists Kim Clijsters and Marcos Baghdatis signalled their intentions with impressive victories.
Amelie Mauresmo ended Nicole Vaidisova's 18-match unbeaten streak to reach the final of the Advanta Championships.
The loss of the top two seeds was another huge blow to the Advanta Championships which has already seen the withdrawal of Venus and Serena Williams.
The Belgian, who will succeed Mauresmo as world number one, claimed the first WTA Championships.
Vera Zvonareva stunned sixth seeded Amelie Mauresmo 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the second round of the Kremlin Cup.
Amelie Mauresmo made an unspectacular return to tennis after a two-month layoff with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Romania's Ioana Raluca Olaru at the China Open.
The world number seven said she needed time off to recapture her best form.
The world No. 1 beat Justine Henin-Hardenne in the final to become the first Frenchwoman to win the crown since Suzanne Lenglen in 1925.
Henin-Hardenne out-hit fellow-Belgian Kim Clijsters in the first semi-final, while Mauresmo beat Maria Sharapova.
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.
Top seed Amelie Mauresmo, second seed Kim Clijsters and number three Justine Henin-Hardenne also won their quarter-finals.
Shocks have been notable by their absence so far and a clutch of A-list contenders eased into the men's second round.
The Indian will take on seventh seed Elena Dementieva in the first round at Wimbledon
A livid French team were preparing to launch an official protest after Italy grabbed a 2-0 lead on the opening day of their Fed Cup first round tie on Saturday. A chilly Moscow proved an inhospitable place for China as they went 2-0 down to champions Russia.
Amelie Mauresmo and Maria Sharapova lost their respective fourth round matches at the French Open
Top seed Amelie Mauresmo, Kim Clijsters and Martina Hingis also revelled in improved conditions following the rain-soaked start to the French Open.
Anabel Medina Garrigues beat top seed Amelie Mauresmo to win the Strasbourg Open.
She moved past fellow Frenchwoman Emile Loit 7-6 6-4 to reach the semi-finals of the Strasbourg Open on Thursday.
The second seed beat Yuliana Fedak of the Ukraine at the Italian Open.
The world number two suffered a surprise defeat by the Russian in the last 16 of the Italian Open.
Top seed Amelie Mauresmo suffered her second successive early exit when she lost 7-5 6-7 7-6 to Australia's Samantha Stosur in the second round of the Italian Open on Wednesday.
© 2026 Rediff.com - Investor Information - Advertise with us - Disclaimer - Privacy Policy - Sitemap - Feedback - About us - Terms of use - Grievances