Ana Ivanovic became the second high-profile player to tumble out of the Kremlin Cup in two days after losing to Dominika Cibulkova 3-6, 6-2, 7-6.
Maria Sharapova continued her mastery of Romania's Simona Halep with a high quality 6-4, 6-4 victory filled with bruising baseline rallies to edge closer to a last four berth at the WTA Finals on Tuesday.
India's Sania Mirza and her partner Cara Black of Zimbabwe could not make it to the US Open women's doubles finals after going down in straight sets to Swiss-Italian pair of Martina Hingis and Flavia Pennetta at the Flushing Meadows.
Dinara Safina won her first title on US soil with a clinical 6-4, 6-2 destruction of Flavia Pennetta in the Los Angeles Classic final on Sunday. The powerful Russian completely dominated the Italian's serve, breaking her six successive times to claim her second title of the year.
Second seed Vera Zvonareva overpowered Ashley Harkleroad 6-2, 6-1 to set up a final with Greece's Eleni Daniilidou at the Hobart International on Thursday.
Sania Mirza shocked fifth seed Flavia Pennetta in straight sets to advance to the second round of the Ordina Open in s'Hertogenbosh, Netherlands on Monday. Sania shrugged off her disappointing first match loss at the DFS Classic last week and went all out against her Italian opponent to register a convincing 6-4, 6-3 win in one hour and 12 minutes in the first round.
Maria Sharapova led a trio of Russians into the last 16 of the French Open on Saturday while a relieved fifth seed David Ferrer was given an unnerving reminder of just how effective Lleyton Hewitt's grit can be.
Venus Williams bowed out of the French Open just nine hours after sister Serena when she was beaten 7-5, 6-3 by Italian 26th seed Flavia Pennetta in the third round on Friday.
Twice winner Maria Sharapova and reigning champion Flavia Pennetta advanced to the third round of the BNP Paribas Open on Saturday, though in sharply contrasting fashion.
Italy's Flavia Pennetta stunned Wimbledon champion Venus Williams with an impressive 6-4 7-6 win to reach the Bangkok Open final.
Flavia Pennetta stunned Venus Williams with an impressive 6-4, 7-6 win to reach the Bangkok Open final.
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.
India's Sania Mirza lost 5-7, 6-1, 3-6 to Flavia Pennetta in the quarterfinal of the Hobart International WTA.
Gabriel Urpi will help Sania in her campaign at the French Open starting on Sunday.
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Sania Mirza has received another lift in her already booming career. The Indian tennis ace reached the 25th doubles final of her career at the WTA New Haven Open.
Venus Williams survived a scare before beating Danish teenager Caroline Wozniacki while Virginie Razzano got the better of Italian Flavia Pennetta in the semi-finals of the Japan Open.
Top seed Venus Williams beat Flavia Pennetta while the Russian accounted for Eleni Daniilidou of Greece in Saturday's semi-finals.
Fourth seed Maria Kirilenko overcame stiff second set resistance before prevailing over Ekaterina Ivanova to move into the pre-quarter-finals of the WTA Sunfeat Open.
Halep's near-flawless display at the All England Club marked a spectacular return to form after her world ranking dropped from first to seventh between mid-January and July.
Top seed Jelena Jankovic battled to an impressive 7-5, 6-4 win over Nadia Petrova to reach the semi-finals of the Los Angeles Classic on Friday. Jankovic, who is closing in on the world No.1 ranking, will face Dinara Safina in the last four after the Russian crushed Victoria Azarenka 6-3, 6-1.
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Jelena Jankovic eased into the last four at the BNP Paribas Open on Thursday when Ukrainian qualifier Lesia Tsurenko retired from their quarter-final with an ankle injury while trailing 6-1, 4-1.
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The Indian went down 4-6, 4-6 to eighth-seeded Flavia Pennetta in the Japan Open quarter-final.
Top seed Kim Clijsters edged past Jelena Jankovic, while Maria Sharapova beat fellow Russian Vera Zvonareva at the Acura Classic.
Former world number one Martina Hingis' first comeback tournament ended in the semi-finals when she was beaten by fourth seed Flavia Pennetta 1-6, 7-6, 6-2 at the Australian hardcourt championships on Friday.
Romania's Simona Halep kicked off her campaign for a maiden WTA Finals title in emphatic fashion with a thumping 6-0, 6-3 victory over US Open champion Flavia Pennetta in the opening match of the eight-woman season-ending tournament on Sunday.
Maria Sharapova is renowned for her sheer determination in the face of adversity but in Singapore on Saturday, the Russian was quick to cast doubt over her chances of winning the WTA Finals after an injury-ravaged second half of the season.
The Indian ace beat Flavia Pennetta 6-2, 7-6(5) at the Open Gaz de France in Paris
She along with Liezel Huber registered a straight-set victory in the women's doubles first round in France.
The Czech teenager beat Italian fourth-seed Flavia Pennetta in the final of the Australian women's hardcourt championship.
Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza conquered US Open too with new partner Bruno Soares of Brazil in New York.
She hit out at her home Swiss crowd for supporting opponent Flavia Pennetta.
The pair beat 14th seeds Elena Dementieva of Russia and Italian Flavia Pennetta in the final at the US Open.
American tennis ace Venus Williams has entered the top ten of latest WTA ranking following her victory in the Zhuhai Masters in China.
Sania Mirza won her second title in a row as she lifted the China Open trophy with Cara Black, demolishing the challenge of Vera Dushevina and Arantxa Parra Santonja in straight sets, in Beijing on Saturday.
Leander Paes and Canada's Daniel Nestor beat the Spanish combination of Fernando Verdasco and David Marrero 7-6(10-8), 6-3 in 83 minutes, while Sania Mirza and her Zimbabwean partner Cara Black beat Chinese Taipei's Yung-Jan Chan and Jie Zheng.
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