Top seed Kim Clijsters edged past Jelena Jankovic, while Maria Sharapova beat fellow Russian Vera Zvonareva at the Acura Classic.
The Russian feels she is in much better shape than when she won the 2004 Wimbledon crown at the age of 17.
Maria Sharapova had to workk hard for a 6-0, 5-7, 6-2 win over Israel's Shahar Peer to reach the China Open quarter-finals
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The teenager from Hyderabad jumped eight places after she added 134 points at the US Open
John Farrington said the line call when Maria Sharapova was three breakpoints down on the serve changed the game away from Sania Mirza.
Wimbledon Champion Maria Sharapova overcame Mashona Washington 6-0 6-1 to claim the Japan Open.
With the skies opening over London after a summer of drought, the only entertainment on offer was the revamped Wimbledon tennis museum.
U.S. Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova, it seems, is not a big name in New York.
The respective world number ones were named as top seeds for next week's US Open.
The victory gave the unseeded American a place in the Birmingham Classic final against Russian Vera Zvonareva.
Maria Sharapova rallied to beat Kaia Kanepi on Thursday and will meet Serena Williams in the Brisbane International semi-final knowing she must drastically improve to end her run of 13 straight defeats against the world number one.
Dinara Safina beat Maria Sharapova 7-5, 2-6, 7-5 in the fourth round of the French Open
The fourth seed saved three match points as she fought back from 2-5 down in the final set to beat the American at the French Open.
Djokovic continues to lead ATP Rankings
French Open finalist Elena Dementieva says she rarely talks to fellow Russian Maria Sharapova because "we don't have anything in common".
Tatiana Golovin overcame Natalie Grandin 6-4, 7-5 to set up a semi-final clash with Maria Sharapova in Edgbaston
Elena Likhovtseva and Nadia Petrova also made it to the last four.
The blonde Sharapova -- billed the new Anna Kournikova -- was one of eight women given berths in the main draw of the grasscourt Grand Slam.
Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis lost to Nikolay Davydenko in the third round in Miami
The third seed best her fellow Russian 6-1, 6-2 to win her first Pacific Life Open.
Dementieva will face third seed Maria Sharapova, who beat Martina Hingis, in the final of the Pacific Life Open.
The two will clash for the third time this year at the Indian Wells semi-final
Maria Sharapova has lost just two games in her first two matches but the 20-year-old Russian is taking nothing for granted in her drive to defend her U.S. Open title.
It was the fourth-seeded Belgian's third Dubai and 25th career title.
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.
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