India's leading junior beat Australia's Jennifer Elie in the girls' singles at the Australian Open.
While Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova was buried 6-0, 6-0 by Lindsay Davenport in the semi-finals.
Sharapova beat Lindsay Davenport while the defending champion beat Amelie Mauresmo in the women's singles semi-finals at Wimbledon.
The Indian ace and Elena Likhovtseva beat 15th seeds Daniel Nestor of Canada and Lina Krasnoroutskaya of Russia in the third round at Wimbledon.
"For some reason I found the power to fight, to wait for my opportunities and eventually they came," the Russian said.
The former world number one has indicated she intends, if picked for the team, to represent the U.S. at the Athens Olympics in August.
He beat Jiri Novak to hand the United States victory over the Czech Republic in the Hopman Cup.
The 20-year-old had refused to play in the tournament since she was knocked out in the first round in 2001.
The top seeds were beaten by Bob Bryan and Lindsay Davenport in the mixed doubles quarter-finals at Wimbledon.
Amelie Mauresmo shocked the world number one 6-7, 7-5, 6-3 in the semi-finals of the Amelia Island championship.
Serena Williams won her 750th career match to stay on track for her ninth Miami Open title when she beat Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan 7-5 6-3 in the third round in Florida on Saturday. The world number one improved her career record to 750-125, seventh on the all-time list and just three match wins behind Lindsay Davenport's 753. Martina Navratilova sits atop the all-time list with 1,442 wins. The 34-year-old Williams will meet Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova in the fourth round. The 15th seed defeated France's Caroline Garcia 4-6 6-2 7-6(6). Unlike the last time they met, when Williams required 54 minutes and Diyas won just two games, the 22-year-old Kazak gave the American some trouble in the heat and humidity of Miami.
Kim Clijsters swept past doubles partner Ai Sugiyama of Japan 6-3, 6-2.
They beat Slovakia in the final of the $A1 million mixed team event.
Lindsay Davenport and Jennifer Capriati will clash for a place in the final of the Bausch and Lomb championships.
The Belgian whipped Lindsay Davenport to reach the final of the Acura Classic. She meets Justine Henin-Hardenne.
List of Australian Open women's singles champions since the event began in 1922 (Australian unless stated):
The tenth seed was beaten by Slovenia's Tina Pisnik in the second round at the French Open.
The 21-year-old Dementieva dropped the first set and then rallied impresively to beat Davenport.
The 2009 champion who will next face Roger Federer, saved two match points in the fourth set of what was arguably the best of the tournament so far.
Maria Sharapova will probably have to win 10 matches to claim a second Wimbledon title this year after deciding on Friday not to request a wildcard for the championships.
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