World number two Ana Ivanovic suffered a surprise 6-2, 7-5 defeat by Elena Dementieva in the semi-finals of the German Open.
World number one Dinara Safina came from behind to win an epic contest with Venus Williams 6-7, 6-3, 6-4 on Friday and set up an all-Russian final at the Italian Open in Rome. Safina rallied from a set and 2-0 down to earn the right to face her compatriot Svetlana Kuznetsova, who barged past Belarussian Victoria Azarenka with a 6-2, 6-4 win.
Arsenal beat Reading 3-1on Monday to extend their club record to 27 unbeaten matches and replace Manchester United on top of the Premier League.
The second seed registered a convincing 6-0, 6-2 victory over Russian Olga Poutchkova at the Diamond Games.
World number two and top seed Caroline Wozniacki, runner-up at the south coast event last year, cruised into the semi-finals with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Australia's Ashleigh Barty.
With one giant leap Brittney Reese again rose to the occasion and became the first woman to win three long jump titles at the world championships in Moscow on Sunday.
Dylan, 75, was honoured "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition," the Swedish Academy said.
The Indo-Israeli pair survived a scare from Tatiana Poutchek and Anastasia Rodionova before making the grade.
Britain's grass season claimed its first ATP tour victims when seeds Julien Benneteau, Lee Hyung-Taik and Fernando Verdasco fell.
Wayne Arthurs defeated Sergui Tarasevitch and Chris Guccione whipped Alexandr Zotov in the dead second singles of the Davis Cup quarter-final.
Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis equalled the record for the longest women's doubles winning streak on Wednesday by advancing to the WTA Sydney International semi-finals with a straight set triumph.
The Indo-Belarussian pair will play Wayne Black and Kevin Ulyett in the penultimate round of the BNP Paribas ATP Masters tournament.
The Indo-Czech duo beat Jonas Bjorkman and Max Mirnyi to enter the final of the Pacific Life Open tennis tournament.
Russian Evgeniia Kolodko has been stripped of her shot put silver medal from the London 2012 Olympics after testing positive for banned substances in a re-test, the International Olympic Committee said on Saturday.
The Indian ace lost the first set but fought back to beat Belarus' Tatiana Poutchek in the second round of the Bangalore Open.
Daniel Nestor of Canada and Elena Likhovtseva of Russia claimed the mixed doubles title at the Australian Open.
Leander Paes and Martina Hingis eased into the mixed doubles pre-quarterfinals of the Wimbledon championships but it was curtains for Rohan Bopanna and his Spanish partner Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez.
Swede Jonas Bjorkman and his Belarussian partner Max Mirnyi won the Masters Cup doubles title with a 6-2 6-4 victory over on Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor on Sunday.
Former Wimbledon runner-up Eugenie Bouchard successfully negotiated the qualifying draw on Thursday, beating Colombian Mariana Duque-Marino 6-3, 6-2 to secure a spot in next week's main draw.
Bhupathi and Woodbridge defeated Graydon Olivier and Travis Parrott to enter the pre-quarterfinals of the Nasdaq-100 Open.
Australian Open runner-up Marcos Baghdatis lost in five sets to France's Julien Benneteau at the French Open.
The Indo-Aussie combination were beaten 6-2, 6-4 by Alona Bondarenko and Anastasia Yakimova
The Indo-Belarussian pair beat Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Gustav Kuerten in the second round of the ATP Masters.
India's Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis, on Thursday, rallied to win their 29th match in a row, to reach the Sydney International women's doubles final and break a 22-year-old world record en route.
They were beaten in men's doubles quarterfinal of the Nasdaq-100 Open tennis tournament in Miami.
The third seeds thrashed Croatian pair of Mario Ancic and Ivan Ljubicic 6-2, 6-2 in the French Open doubles event.
The second seeds went down to Wayne Black and Kevin Ulyett in the Pacific Open ATP Tennis Masters.
The duo were trailing 5-4 in the first set against American brothers Bob and Mike Bryan when rains disrupted their Masters Cup tennis match.
Richard Gasquet celebrated his 19th birthday by winning final of the Nottingham Open
Meanwhile Prakash Amritraj and Hyung-Taik Lee of Korea made a tragic exit, retiring midway through their first round doubles match.
The fourth seeds got a walkover after their opponents Rainer Schuettler of Germany and Mikhail Youzhny of Russia did not turn up.
The Indo-Belarussian pair rallied to beat Slovakia's Karol Kucera and Australia's Todd Perry in the second round at the French Open.
The Indo-Belarussian pair beat the Argentine duo of Gaston Etlis and Martin Rodriguez to keep their hopes of qualifying for the semis of the ATP Masters.
The second seeds lost to the French pair of Fabrice Santoro and Michael Llodra in the quarter-final of the men's doubles.
The Indo-Belarussian pair, who won the US Open doubles crown last year, are the top seeds at the Estoril event.
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