Joining her in the last four stage are France's Camille Pin, American Jill Craybas and Russia's Vera Zvonareva.
Elena Vesnina denied Venus Williams another comeback win, while Kristina Mladenovic roared back from a set and a break down to beat Caroline Wozniacki on Thursday to reach the semi-finals of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells.
Maria Sharapova-led Russian brigade captured four of the round of 16 berths at the Australian Open on Friday
Jelena Dokic went down to Virginie Razzano, while Elena Dementieva was beaten by Germany's Julia Schruff at the Australian Open.
Former world number four Jelena Dokic's return to competitive tennis ended abruptly on Tuesday when the Australian was bundled out of the Auckland Open in the first round.
Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza fought through a gruelling schedule to enter the last 16 of women's doubles and quarterfinals of mixed doubles by winning both her respective second-round matches on an all-win day for Indians in the US Open in New York.
Amelie Mauresmo beat American Lindsay Davenport for the first time in 12 matches to enter the semi-finals of the China Open.
The world No 1 beat the American for the first time in 12 matches to enter the semi-finals of the China Open.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Friday
IMAGES from Day 7 at Wimbledon on Monday
The third seeded Russian wore down Jelena Jankovic in the final.
Jelena Jankovic beat the Indian teenager 6-2, 7-6 (3) in the first round of the LA Open.
Martina Hingis, Flavia Pennetta, Jelena Jankovic, Thomas Johansson and other top tennis players would cross swords when the Champions Tennis League (CTL) 2015 begins on November 23.
The former world No. 4 confirmed participation for the February 7-12 WTA event.
The Indian ace went down 3-6, 2-6 in the second round of the Stanford Classic women's singles tournament.
Serena was drawn on Friday to play doubles in a potentially decisive fifth rubber in this week's Fed Cup first round tie against the Netherlands in what will be her first competitive match in over a year. The doubles rubber, which is scheduled for Sunday on an indoor hard court in Asheville, North Carolina, will be played even if one side clinches the best-of-five match series through the opening four singles matches.
The Indian went down to Thailand's Tamarine Tanasugarn in the first round qualifying match.
Jelena Jankovic will either play defending champion Maria Sharapova or Tatiana Golovin in the final.
PHOTOS from day seven of the Wimbledon championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Monday
Newly-crowned French Open champion Simon Halep said she was inspired to win her first Grand Slam title by her manager Virginia Ruzici's feats 40 years ago at Roland Garros.
Simona Halep's brave Australian Open campaign but the exhausted Romanian hit a dead end in the final as she crumbled in a thriller against Caroline Wozniacki.
Simona Halep and Caroline Wozniacki will compete for high stakes in Saturday's Australian Open final, having each needed to save match points to prevent a premature exit at Melbourne Park.
So prior to their Melbourne Park rematch, former champion Sharapova said she was primed and ready for another drawn out dog-fight against the 14th seed.
The Indian teenager upset world number 34 Jelena Kostanic 6-7, 6-4, 6-1 to enter the second round of the Dubai Open.
Dokic's father Damir told a newspaper that he had spoken to his daughter "10 or 15 days ago" and she had told him she would not play in Australia.
"I think she will win a Grand Slam. Which one and when I don't know, but definitely clay is a good surface for her."
The second seed beat Mary Pierce of France 6-3, 6-1 at the Amelia Island WTA championship in Florida.
Top seed Serena Williams turned an early challenge into an eventual cakewalk as she beat Russian-born Yulia Putintseva 7-6(2), 6-0 in the third round of the BNP Paribas Open in California on Sunday.
The Russians will clash in the semi-finals of the China Open.
Russia's Elena Vesnina ousted German second seed Angelique Kerber 6-3, 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, California on Tuesday.
PHOTOS from day three of the Wimbledon championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Wednesday.
Djokovic, the ninth seed, was originally scheduled to play Australian Open semi-finalist Chung Hyeon but the 22-year-old South Korean withdrew with a back injury about an hour before the match was due to start.
© 2026 Rediff.com - Investor Information - Advertise with us - Disclaimer - Privacy Policy - Sitemap - Feedback - About us - Terms of use - Grievances