Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza advanced to the quarter-finals of the Family Circle Cup WTA tournament in Charleston, US, with a straight-set victory over Sabine Lisicki of Germany.
World number one Caroline Wozniacki moved into the quarter-finals of the Qatar Open with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Russian Nadia Petrova but third seed Francesca Schiavone was upset by China's Peng Shuai on Wednesday.
Jelena Dokic let out a huge yelp of delight after outgunning fifth seed Nadia Petrova 6-4, 7-6 at the Paris Open on Thursday to book a meeting with Kim Clijsters in the last eight.
Caroline Wozniacki finished off her preparations for next week's US Open by capturing her second title in less than a week on Saturday.
World number one Justine Henin scored and easy win over Marion Bartoli while Amelie Mauresmo went through when her Russian semi-final opponent Nadia Petrova pulled out with injury.
Czech Lucie Safarova stunned world number five Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia 6-3, 6-4 to set up a semi-final clash with Belgium's Justine Henin at the Paris Open on Friday.
Second seed Caroline Wozniacki recovered from a second-set hiccup to move into the quarter-finals of the Indian Wells WTA tournament with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-0 victory over Russian Nadia Petrova on Tuesday.
Leander Paes continued his winning run to advance to the mixed doubles' semifinals but it was curtains for Mahesh Bhupathi at the US Open.
Compatriot Elena Dementieva added her name to the tournament's lengthy casualty list when she withdrew with a left thigh muscle injury.
Justine Henin continued her remarkable return to competitive tennis with a 7-6, 7-5 victory over 19th seed Nadia Petrova to reach the semi-finals of the Australian Open on Tuesday.
Belgium's Justine Henin made a triumphant return to professional tennis with a 7-5, 7-5 win over Russia's Nadia Petrova in the Brisbane International first round on Monday.
Top seed Rafa Nadal battled through a tricky second round tie against American James Blake on Thursday to reach the quarter-finals of the $6.6 million China Open. The world number two, playing his first tournament since picking up an injury at the US Open, was far from his rampaging best but again proved his fitness by winning 7-5, 6-7, 6-3 in a 143-minute contest.
American teenager Melanie Oudin's spectacular run at the US Open gathered momentum when she beat Russian 13th seed Nadia Petrova 1-6, 7-6, 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals on Monday.
Amelie Mauresmo ended Nicole Vaidisova's 18-match unbeaten streak to reach the final of the Advanta Championships.
The Russian fourth seed beat German qualifier Angelika Bachman in the second round of the Advanta Championships.
Maria Sharapova came back from a break down in the decider to book her place in the third round of the French Open with a 6-2, 1-6, 8-6 victory over fellow Russian and 11th seed Nadia Petrova on Wednesday.
Former Wimbledon runner-up Marion Bartoli beat seventh seed Caroline Wozniacki 7-6, 6-4 at the Stuttgart Grand Prix on Thursday to set up a quarter-final against world number three Elena Dementieva. World number one Dinara Safina also moved into the last eight with a comfortable 6-4, 6-2 win over Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia and will now meet Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska.
The Indian ace had trouble returning Sharapova's serves and watched the Russian tear apart her second serve in the quarter-finals of the San Diego Classic.
Sania Mirza and Chia-Jung Chuang stunned fourth seeded pair of Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Nadia Petrova in straight sets to storm into the doubles semi-finals of the USD 220,000 the MPS Group Championships in Florida.
Sania Mirza and her Chinese Taipei partner Chia-Jung Chuang reached the doubles quarter-finals of the $ 220,000 MPS Group Championships in Florida, but not before some late scares.
The Hyderabadi girl also gained two spots to 38 in the latest doubles' rankings.
World number one Justine Henin brushed aside Czech teenager Nicole Vaidisova to reach the semi-finals of the Eastbourne International.
Champion Venus Williams was knocked out of the Family Circle Cup beaten 7-5, 6-4 by 17-year-old Tatiana Golovin of France.
Wimbledon champion Amelie Mauresmo suffered a surprise loss to unseeded Ukrainian Julia Vakulenko at the German Open on Friday, as world number one Justine Henin moved smoothly into the quarter-finals.
Sania Mirza will kick off her Australian Open campaign with a first round match against Marta Domachowska of Poland and might run into 10th seed Nadia Petrova if she clears the hurdle in the first Grand Slam of the year. Ranked a lowly 107th after her long injury layoff, Sania would take on world number 61 Domachowska hoping to get past the player who beat her in their only previous meeting in a hard-court tournament back in 2003.
Kim Clijsters beat Nadia Petrova 7-5, 6-7, 6-1 to set up a quarter-final clash with Venus Williams at the Antwerp Diamond Games.
Unseeded Safarova will take on Russian Nadia Petrova, who beat holder Amelie Mauresmo of France in the other semi-final.
Dinara Safina and Svetlana Kuznetsova muscled their way to straight-set wins on Saturday to set up an all-Russian final at the Pan Pacific Open.
Top-seeded Daniela Hantuchova slumped out of the Bali Classic on Saturday, beaten 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 by Austrian teenager Tamira Paszek in the semi-finals. In the other match, Switzerland's Patty Schnyder defeated Russian Nadia Petrova 7-5, 6-1.
The world number two suffered a surprise defeat by the Russian in the last 16 of the Italian Open.
Amelie Mauresmo pummeled Martina Hingis 6-2, 6-2 in the semi-final of the Qatar Open.
The Belgian ace made the semi-finals of the Acura Classic along with Justine Henin-Hardenne and Lindsay Davenport.
The Belgian was joined by Svetlana Kuznetsova, Jelena Jankovic and Tatiana Golovin in the semi-finals of the Stuttgart Open.
World number one Justine Henin and second seed Jelena Jankovic refused to be blown off course by recording quarter-final wins on a wild and windy day at the Toronto Cup on Friday.
Venus Williams gave a supreme effort in the Fed Cup semi-final against Russia after coming off the high of winning her fourth Wimbledon title but came up short in Sunday's decisive doubles match in Stowe, Vermont.
The Indian ace faces her Bangalore Open conqueror, Yaroslava Shvedova of Russia, in the first round of the grass court championships.
The defending champion will play eighth seed Marion Bartoli of France.
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