In another quarter-final at the Dubai Open, Russian third seed Maria Sharapova beat Switzerland's Martina Hingis.
A Henin and Jankovic final may lack the pizzazz of a Maria Sharapova-Serena Williams showdown but their records this season are second to none, with the battling Belgian claiming five titles and the Serbian four.
The 20-year-old Hyderabadi maintained her doubles ranking of 26.
The Belgian extinguished hopes of an all-Williams final by storming into the last four with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 victory over Serena.
Jelena Jankovic finally ended a losing run against Maria Sharapova to claim her first grasscourt title.
The Indian ace was shown the door by the eighth seeded Italian in the second round of the Birmingham DFS Classic.
The Russian won the Istanbul Cup after her opponent Aravane Rezai retired hurt.
Fourth-seeded Venus Williams outpowered Bulgarian Tatiana Poutchek 6-1 6-2 to move into the second round of the Istanbul Cup on Tuesday.
The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) carried out a search at the National Institute of Sports in Patiala last month and seized containers of the substance from the athlete's room, its director general Navin Agarwal told Reuters by telephone.
The teenager from Hyderabad jumped eight places after she added 134 points at the US Open
U.S. Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova, it seems, is not a big name in New York.
The newly-crowned Australian Open champion will play at the Bangalore Open, from February 12-18.
The Swiss defending champion unleashed an unstoppable barrage of winners to shatter the American sixth seed and book a place in a record-equalling seventh consecutive Grand Slam final
As the world celebrated Halloween on Monday, our favourite tennis stars and footballers didn't want to be left behind in all the celebrations.
Justine Henin-Hardenne clinched the year-end number one spot and a place in the final of the WTA Championships when she ended Maria Sharapova's 19-match winning streak.
Justine Henin-Hardenne secured a place in the semi-finals of the WTA Championships and remained on course to claim the year-end number one spot with a 6-4 6-4 win over Russia's Nadia Petrova on Thursday.
Sania's Mirza's winning run at the AEGON Classic came to a halt in the semi-finals when she was beaten by Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia 6-3, 0-6, 3-6 in Birmingham on Saturday.
Both survived tough opening matches at the Pacific Life Open Masters Series.
Second seed Maria Sharapova crushed defending champion Mary Pierce 6-2 6-3, setting up a last four clash with Patty Schnyder of Switzerland, who beat number four Elena Dementieva 6-4 6-3.
The American ace beat Vera Zvonareva while US Open champion Kuznetsova accounted for Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova in the semi-finals of the China Open.
US Open, the final Grand Slam of the season, starts Monday, August 28, at Flushing Meadows in New York.
Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska moved within one win of securing a place at the WTA Finals after thrashing Czech Karolina Pliskova 6-3, 6-1 in the semi-finals of the Tianjin Open on Saturday.
Bollettieri founded the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in 1978. It was bought by the International Management Group in 1987.
A preview of the Ladies semi-finals at Wimbledon.
Dementieva will face third seed Maria Sharapova, who beat Martina Hingis, in the final of the Pacific Life Open.
Eighth seed Justine Henin-Hardenne fought back from a set down to topple the top seed and reach the semi-finals of the Australian Open.
Key facts and records of American Serena Williams and Canada's Bianca Andreescu
Defending champion Maria Sharapova was forced to drop a set before beating Patty Schnyder in the season-ending WTA Championships.
List of US Open women's singles champions, since 1912.
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