Venus Williams beat Czech Lucie Safarova 6-1, 6-4 in the second round of the Italian Open
Kim Clijsters beat Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova 7-5, 6-2 to win the Warsaw Cup
The second seeded Russian will play her doubles partner Anna-Lena Groenefeld, in the Family Circle Cup.
Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova cruised past American Meghann Shaughnessy in the second round of the Family Circle Cup.
Top seed Nadia Petrova fired five aces in securing her 22nd victory of the year at the Amelia Island tournament.
Second seed Patty Schnyder was beaten by fifth-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia in the quarter-finals.
Seven top 20 ranked players have already withdrawn from the event.
"If someone wants to make a fashion statement they should go on stage, not on a tennis court," she said with Sharapova in mind.
Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands broke the 23-year-old women's mile world record on Friday when she clocked four minutes 12.33 seconds in a race dedicated to former American runner Gabe Grunewald, who died from cancer last month at the age of 32.
Maria Sharapova-led Russian brigade captured four of the round of 16 berths at the Australian Open on Friday
The Indian ace and her American partner Corina Morariu will play 14th seeds Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia and Amelie Mauresmo of France in the first round.
Serena, a six-times champion in New York who is seeded 17th, will start her campaign against Polish world number 60 Magda Linette and could face Venus in the third round before a possible fourth-round showdown with Romanian top seed Halep.
Anastasia Myskina kept Russia's Fed Cup hopes alive by beating Moscow-born Tatiana Golovin in the second singles of the competition final against holders France.
Svetlana Kuznetsova overcame a dogged Shinobu Asagoe 6-1, 5-7, 7-5 on Sunday.
Hot favourites Russia will take on an under-strength France in the Fed Cup final after both nations completed 5-0 wins in the semis.
The world number two said she wants to concentrate on the 2005 season.
The Belgian defeated Russia's Maria Kirilenko 6-2, 6-1 to reach the quarter-finals of the WTA tournament on Wednesday.
Yelena Isinbayeva beat Russian team mate and bitter rival Svetlana Feofanova with a world record to claim the Olympic women's pole vault gold.
Teenage sensation Sania Mirza has jumped up by 20 places to move to a career-best 77 in the latest WTA Tour tennis rankings.
The Russian is aiming to become the first gymnast to win the same apparatus title at three consecutive Olympic Games.
The Indian ace's match against Svetlana Kuznetsova and the quarter-final against Jelena Jankovic will be telecast on March 3, from 1930 hours.
The Indian tennis sensation played superbly to beat the Russian in straight sets.
Amelie Mauresmo beat American Lindsay Davenport for the first time in 12 matches to enter the semi-finals of the China Open.
The world No 1 beat the American for the first time in 12 matches to enter the semi-finals of the China Open.
Suarez and Ruano Pascual repeated their Australian Open victory over the Russians in January to win their third consecutive grand slam title.
'I gave what I had and I played my best. Winning and losing is all part of the game,' the Indian tennis ace said.
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