Amelie Mauresmo reached the Dubai Open final after Serbia's Jelena Jankovic retired through injury when trailing 6-2 on Friday.
The rising Serbian star beat Martina Hingis 7-6, 6-2 to reach the semi-final of the WTA Dubai Open.
'Maria will look at it and see no one dominant. Serena Williams is the only player in the past who has been like a thorn in her side, but she feels mentally superior to most of the other and she feels she can win against them all'
Maria Sharapova was dogged by injury and controversy as she tried to get her career back on track.
Andy Roddick and Serena Williams scored contrasting wins to enter the Australian Open quarterfinals.
The world No 32 cited a left wrist injury as the reason for her withdrawal.
The Belgian saved a match point before beating the Serb in the final of the Sydney International.
She survived a ferocious fightback from China's Li Na on Thursday to book her place in the Sydney International final against in-form Serb Jelena Jankovic.
Jankovic will face Vera Zvonareva in Saturday's final after the Russian overcame American Jill Craybas.
Images from Day 9 of the 2020 French Open at Roland Garros, in Paris, on Monday.
The former world No 4 denied recent suggestions from her father that she had been kidnapped.
Jelena Jankovic beat Spain's Virginia Ruano Pascual 6-0 6-0 to reach the quarter-finals of the China Open.
Wimbledon champion Venus Williams was pushed to the limit before beating third seed Jelena Jankovic of Serbia 4-6 6-1 7-6 on Wednesday to reach the US Open semi-finals.
Since reaching the Australian Open semi-finals in 2011, Wozniacki had fallen one round earlier in each subsequent visit to Melbourne Park - which meant her journey to this season's opening Grand Slam was full of trepidation.
Top seed Maria Sharapova was stretched by Serbia's Ana Ivanovic before she claimed a 7-6 7-5 win to reach the semi-finals of the Linz Open on Friday.
Top seed Maria Sharapova won her seventh straight match on US soil by defeating holder Elena Dementieva 6-3 6-4 in the quarter-finals of the Los Angeles Classic on Friday.
Serbia's Jelena Jankovic thrashed Lourdes Dominguez Lino of Spain 6-0 6-1 in the first round of the China Open on Monday, her first outing since her U.S. Open heroics two weeks ago.
That was the only match completed before rain wiped out the rest of Tuesday's action at the US Open.
Sixth seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova was beaten by Serbian 19th seed Jelena Jankovic in the fourth round of the US Open.
Third seed Jelena Jankovic had to work very hard on Friday to quell the challenge of Czech Lucie Safarova 5-7 7-6 6-2 and reach the fourth round at Wimbledon.
A fatigued Sharapova lost to fellow-Russian Elena Dementieva while Williams was beaten Serbian Jelena Jankovic in the semi-finals of the Los Angeles Open.
A resurgent Serena Williams overcame a strong challenge from fellow-American Meghann Shaughnessy, winning 6-7, 6-1, 6-4.
The duo lost to wild card entrants Ana Ivanovic and Maria Kirilenko 7-6(2), 6-2 in the first round of the Los Angeles Open.
The Serbian has found little time to study now that she has reached number three in the world and has her sights set on Wimbledon.
Top seed Kim Clijsters edged past Jelena Jankovic, while Maria Sharapova beat fellow Russian Vera Zvonareva at the Acura Classic.
Dinara Safina and Maria Kirilenko were upset in the first round of San Diego Classic.
The Belgian battled past Jelena Jankovic 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 in the second round of the Bank of the West Classic
Russia's Vera Zvonareva rounded off a week of upsets with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia to win the Cincinnati Open on Sunday.
The Indian ace was beaten by the top seeded Swiss girl 6-7(7), 5-7 in the quarter-finals.
She will face the Serbian in the first round of Cincinnati Open in Ohio on Monday.
Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis extended their winning streak to 37 games with a straight sets victory in the opening round of the women's doubles event at the St Petersburg Ladies Trophy on Thursday.
Defending champion Nadia Petrova was also shown the door in the quarter-finals of the German Open.
Sania Mirza and Alicia Molik drubbed Jelena Kostanic and Angelique Widjaja 6-3, 6-3 in Istanbul
The Indian Aces began their 2016 IPTL campaign with an easy 30-17 win over hosts Japan Warriors at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, on Friday.
World No. 2 Novak Djokovic believes Andy Murray's wife Kim Sears deserves much credit for the British tennis star's recent success on the tennis court. The British tennis ace ended Djokovic's three-year reign at the top of the tennis world this month after defeating the Serb in straights in the summit clash of the ATP World Tour Finals. Murray dethroned Djokovic 6-3, 6-4 in a contest to earn his first title at the ATP finals and make sure he remained No. 1 until next season.
Djokovic is clubbed with Federer, Juan Martin Del Potro, David Goffin and Alexander Zverev.
Kim Clijsters beat Nadia Petrova 7-5, 6-7, 6-1 to set up a quarter-final clash with Venus Williams at the Antwerp Diamond Games.
The former world number one celebrated her long-awaited return from a serious wrist injury with a demolition job against Croatia's Jelena Kostanic in the Antwerp Open.
The Italian staged a remarkable recovery to beat Jelena Kostanic of Croatia and capture her maiden WTA singles title.
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