IMAGES from Day 9 of the Wimbledon Championships, at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, on Tuesday.
Sesil Karatantcheva failed a doping test during the French Open, L'Equipe reported
They shocked seventh seeds Elena Likhovtseva and Daniel Nestor in straight sets to advance to the second round of the US Open.
Sixth seeded Israeli Shahar Peer battled through a tough first match at the Eastbourne International on Tuesday against an injured but determined Elena Likhovtseva.
The Russian won back-to-back matches on Saturday to reach the semi-finals of the Birmingham Classic.
Daniel Nestor of Canada and Elena Likhovtseva of Russia claimed the mixed doubles title at the Australian Open.
The Indian ace and his partner Samantha Stosur lost in the quarter-finals of the mixed doubles.
With first round exit, the Indian challenge in the WTA singles event came to an end.
Anastasia Myskina won the singles and doubles titles at the Sunfeast Open
Suarez and Ruano Pascual repeated their Australian Open victory over the Russians in January to win their third consecutive grand slam title.
The Russian has confirmed her participation in the singles as well as the doubles event at the Sunfeast Open 2005.
Top seed Amelie Mauresmo joined Russian trio Elena Dementieva, Nadia Petrova and Anna Chakvetadze in the Kremlin Cup quarter-finals on Thursday.
The American ace celebrated her 700th singles victory by crushing the Russian 6-0, 6-0 to reach the quarter-finals of the Dubai Open.
The second seed swept past Russian Elena Likhovtseva 6-1, 6-0 to win her third title of the year.
The Indian ace and Elena Likhovtseva beat 15th seeds Daniel Nestor of Canada and Lina Krasnoroutskaya of Russia in the third round at Wimbledon.
Croatia's Karolina Sprem toppled an injured Elena Likhovtseva, the second seed in the semi-finals.
The holder of 18 Grand Slam singles titles said she may turn down the Wimbledon wildcard offered to her.
Mahesh Bhupathi and Elena Likhovtseva were knocked out in the first round of the mixed doubles, while Leander Paes and David Rikl crashed out of the men's double.
However Steffi Graf salvaged some pride by ending the night on a winning note in Houston.
The Indo-Russian pair shocked top seeds top seeds Paola Suarez and Todd Woodbridge in thr semis at the French Open.
The seventh seeds easily beat the Austrian pair of Patricia Wartusch and Joshua Eagle in the mixed doubles at the French Open.
The top seeds were beaten by Bob Bryan and Lindsay Davenport in the mixed doubles quarter-finals at Wimbledon.
They play Daniel Nestor of Canada and Lina Krasnoroutskaya of Russia for a berth in the quarter-finals.
They beat the third seeded pair of Mark Knowles of Bahamas and Elena Likhovtseva of Russia 6-2, 6-4 in a second round match.
The third seeded Indo-Russian pair lost to the US team of Mike Bryan and Lisa Raymond, in the mixed doubles final of the French Open.
The Indo-French pair lost their doubles quarter-final in the WTA Indian Open.
The ATP issued the latest men's tennis rankings on Monday and the top 10 list remains unchanged with Serbian tennis ace Novak Djokovic still leading the rankings.
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