Champion Amelie Mauresmo shone amid the rain clouds on Wimbledon's Centre Court with a 6-1 6-2 victory over Italian Mara Santangelo in the third round on Saturday.
British tennis star Andy Murray has stated he hoped his decision to part ways with Amelie Mauresmo wouldn't be seen as a failure for women coaching at the top level of the game.
Former champion Amelie Mauresmo suffered her earliest Australian Open defeat since 2000 when she was shocked by unseeded Australian Casey Dellacqua in the third round.
The world number seven said she needed time off to recapture her best form.
Clijsters completed her inexorable progress to Sunday's final with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Sugiyama.
Second seed Kim Clijsters cruised into the semi-finals of the Diamond Games with a 6-2 6-1 victory over Serbia's Ana Ivanovic
The Frenchwoman quashes claims that she is an unworthy world number one.
France's Tatiana Golovin also reached the last four of the Paris Open, claiming the scalp of third seed Nadia Petrova.
Defending champion Amelie Mauresmo advanced into the final of the Rome Masters by brushing aside sixth seed Vera Zvonareva 6-2, 6-4 on Saturday.
Former Wimbledon and Australian Open champion Amelie Mauresmo pulled herself together after a three-hour rain break to beat Ukraine's Olga Savchuk 7-5, 4-6, 6-1 in the first round of the French Open. The former world number one was one of only 13 winners as rain sliced more than seven hours off the day's play with the final interruption coming as men's defending champion Rafael Nadal stood at 1-1 against Brazilian qualifier Thomas Bellucci.
France's Amelie Mauresmo thrashed Elena Bovina 6-2, 6-0 to win her fourth title of the year at the $585,000 Linz Open on Sunday.
Dinara Safina finally got to show why she is top seed on Wimbledon's showpiece court, taming former champion Amelie Mauresmo on Monday to reach the quarter-finals for the first time.
Amelie Mauresmo and Maria Sharapova lost their respective fourth round matches at the French Open
Shocks have been notable by their absence so far and a clutch of A-list contenders eased into the men's second round.
The French top seed beat the American 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 in the final of the Antwerp Diamond Games.
Andy Murray showed that he is quite prepared to think outside the box by appointing Ivan Lendl, and now he has done it again by appointing Amelie Mauresmo.
Local favourite Amelie Mauresmo confirmed her return to form when she beat Russian third seed Elena Dementieva 7-6, 2-6, 6-4 to clinch her third Paris Open title on Sunday.
2006 Australian Open and Wimbledon winner Amelie Mauresmo has been honoured as the Player of the Year in a media vote.
The world number one withdrew from the Zurich Open with a right shoulder injury.
World number one Federer is looking to become only the third man in the Open era, after John McEnroe and Ivan Lendl, to win the title three years in succession.
Defending champion Nadia Petrova was also shown the door in the quarter-finals of the German Open.
In response to questions about scheduling, Mauresmo said men's matches have more 'appeal'.
Can Iga Swiatek challenge Rafael Nadal's French Open record?
On the anniversary of the day he first walked on to the Roland Garros court 20 years ago, Rafael Nadal returned as a hero to be celebrated by a crowd that has always embraced him as one of their own.
Outsiders France face a daunting task when they take on 2014 and 2015 champions Czech Republic at the Fed Cup final in Strasbourg this weekend.
Amelie Mauresmo ended her coaching relationship with Andy Murray because she felt she could not improve the world number two any further, the former world number one said on Saturday.
List of Wimbledon women's singles champions after Iga Swiatek beat Amanda Anisimova in the final on Saturday:
Britain's world number three Andy Murray has stressed the importance of gender equality in tennis, saying the work ethic required to succeed is the same for both men and women.
After Andy Murray broke down a gender barrier by hiring Amelie Mauresmo, 18-time Grand Slam singles champion Martina Navratilova says that men's tennis will see a flurry of women coaches.
A preview of the Ladies semi-finals at Wimbledon.
Safina took advantage of Mauresmo's weak serve to clinch her third WTA title in two hours and 19 minutes.
Wimbledon's aim is to create a timeless, relaxed atmosphere "like a walk in an English country garden."
Amelie Mauresmo crushed American Meghann Shaughnessy 6-2 6-1 on Sunday to power France to their second Fed Cup title.
The return of Justine Henin has added an intriguing twist to an Australian Open women's tournament overflowing with talent and mystery.