Elena Rybakina put on a brilliant performance to defeat favourite Aryna Sabalenka 64, 46, 64 and lift her first Australian Open trophy.
Sabalenka primed for Rybakina rematch with eyes on third Australian Open crown
Iga Swiatek, who beat American 13th seed Amanda Anisimova 6-0, 6-0 in the Wimbledon final on Saturday to win her sixth Grand Slam title.
List of Wimbledon women's singles champions after Iga Swiatek beat Amanda Anisimova in the final on Saturday:
Fifth seed Iga Swiatek stages revival to stay in hunt for 4th French crown.
World number one Justine Henin announced she was retiring from professional tennis with immediate effect on Wednesday.
Comeback queen Justine Henin issued an ominous warning to her rivals at the Australian Open by knocking out Russian fifth seed Elena Dementieva 7-5, 7-6 in the second round on Wednesday.
Russian Maria Sharapova produced a blistering performance to overpower world number one Justine Henin 6-4 6-0 in the Australian Open quarter-finals on Tuesday.
World number one Justine Henin brushed aside Polish teenager Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4, 6-2 in the quarter-finals of the Zurich Open on Friday to maintain her incredible run this year.
The Belgian extinguished hopes of an all-Williams final by storming into the last four with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 victory over Serena.
Dementieva will face third seed Maria Sharapova, who beat Martina Hingis, in the final of the Pacific Life Open.
The defending champion was dumped out of the French Open in the second round by 86th ranked Italian Tathiana Garbin.
The Belgian beat Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4, 6-2 to win the Qatar Open and complete a Gulf double.
Belgium's Justine Henin made a triumphant return to professional tennis with a 7-5, 7-5 win over Russia's Nadia Petrova in the Brisbane International first round on Monday.
Former world number one Justine Henin is poised to announce her comeback to professional tennis, Belgian media reported on Tuesday. Henin, 27, would make the announcement on evening news shows in Belgium, a number of newspapers reported.
The fourth-seeded Belgian will meet compatriot Kim Clijsters in the women's French Open final.
Eighth seed Justine Henin-Hardenne fought back from a set down to topple the top seed and reach the semi-finals of the Australian Open.
Williams broke down in tears at her post-match news conference when asked about the behaviour of the Parisian crowd.
With more and more players seeking early retirement, the packed tennis schedules have once again come under the scanner.
Justine Henin made a belated start to her build-up for next week's Australian Open by thumping Estonia's Kaia Kanepi 6-2, 6-0 at the Sydney International on Wednesday.
The Belgian world number one beat Amelie Mauresmo to keep the Eastbourne International title.
World number one Justine Henin brushed aside Czech teenager Nicole Vaidisova to reach the semi-finals of the Eastbourne International.
Czech Lucie Safarova stunned world number five Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia 6-3, 6-4 to set up a semi-final clash with Belgium's Justine Henin at the Paris Open on Friday.
The Belgian world number one beat France's Tatiana Golovin 2-6, 6-2, 6-1 in the final of the Stuttgart Grand Prix to land her eighth title of the year.
The Belgian was joined by Svetlana Kuznetsova, Jelena Jankovic and Tatiana Golovin in the semi-finals of the Stuttgart Open.
World number one Justine Henin was dumped out of the German Open on Thursday, losing 5-7, 6-3, 6-1 to 13th seed Dinara Safina of Russia in the third round.
Justine Henin-Hardenne beat Russian Anastasia Myskina 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 to win the Eastbourne grasscourt tournament
The world number one, who missed the Australian Open last year, posted a 6-2, 6-2 win against Japan's Aiko Nakamura.
Justine Henin eased to a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Alona Bondarenko in the rain-delayed final of the Warsaw Cup.
Justine Henin will face Frenchwoman Tatiana Golovin in the final of the Zurich Open.
Belgium's Kim Clijsters raced into the third round at Wimbledon on Wednesday courtesy of a 6-3, 6-2 win over Croatian Karolina Sprem. Justine Henin took a hesitant step towards a first Wimbledon title when she came through her second-round contest 6-3 7-5 against Germany's Kristina Barrois.
The Belgian took two hours 28 minutes to beat 16-year-old Tamira Paszek 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 at the Dubai Open.
Justine Henin-Hardenne battled her way to a 6-7, 6-4, 6-3 victory over Russia's Nadia Petrova to leave the countries level at 1-1 in Fed Cup
Henin-Hardenne has not played since the French Open in May, having been sidelined by a viral infection.
The world number one who won the Dubai Open on Saturday is hot favourite to complete a Gulf double at the Qatar Open.
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