Here is a list of US Open women's singles champions since the open era began in 1968:
The third seeds thrashed Croatian pair of Mario Ancic and Ivan Ljubicic 6-2, 6-2 in the French Open doubles event.
Leander Paes and Nenad Zimonjic received a bye in the first round and would meet Nicolas Kiefer and Alexander Waske
The top seeds beat the Swiss-German pair of Yves Allegro and Michael Kohlman in the quarter-finals of the Kremlin Cup.
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The fourth seeds got a walkover after their opponents Rainer Schuettler of Germany and Mikhail Youzhny of Russia did not turn up.
The top-seeded Australian meets qualifier Ivo Minar, who beat fellow Czech Radek Stepanek 6-1, 6-2 to reach his first ATP final.
IMAGES from the matches played on Day 2 of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on Tuesday.
Leander Paes-David Rikl and Mahesh Bhupathi-Max Miryni scored contrasting wins to make the quarters.
The Indians pairing with David Rikl and Max Mirnyi respectively scored contrasting wins in the first round doubles at Wimbledon.\n\n
The third seeded pair registered a comfortable 6-3, 6-4 win against Karsten Braasch of Germany and Sargis Sargsian of Armenia.
The Indo-Belarussian pair rallied to beat Slovakia's Karol Kucera and Australia's Todd Perry in the second round at the French Open.
Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi were denied entry into the Masters Cup semi-final by the Bryan brothers.
Grandmaster SP Sethuraman had to defend with the skin of his teeth but the effort was rewarding as he held higher ranked compatriot P Harikrishna to a draw in the first game of the second round of World Cup of Chess in Baku, Azerbaijan.
The Indo-Belarussian pair beat Andrei Pavel of Romania and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia Monetnegro in straight sets in the first round of the Paris Masters.
The top seeds beat third seed Zimbabwean pair of Wayne Black and Kevin Ullyett 6-3, 7-5 to win the men's doubles title.
Serena Williams overpowered German Carina Witthoeft 6-2, 6-2 to set up a third-round clash with big sister Venus at the US Open on Wednesday.
Fourth seed Angelique Kerber's bid for consecutive Grand Slam titles ended when 29th seed Dominika Cibulkova defeated the German 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the US Open third round on Saturday.
Victoria Azarenka's hopes of a remarkable comeback Australian Open victory crumbled under Angelique Kerber's winners on Wednesday but the Belarusian was pleased with solid three weeks Down Under that made her feel she had turned a corner.
The eighth seeds beat Jonas Bjorkman of Sweden and Belarussian Max Mirnyi 6-4, 6-2 in the final.
The Indian men and women missed out on the podium by a whisker as they finished fourth in both the categories at the World Team Chess Championships, in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia.
They comprehensively outplayed the Czech pairing of Frantisek Cermak and Leos Friedl in straight sets on Sunday.
Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi entered the third round of the men's doubles at Wimbledon while Paes and partner David Rikl lost their second round match.
The top seeded Indo-Belarussian pair defeated Jiri Novak\n\nand Petr Pala of the Czech Republic 6-3 6-2 in the semifinals,\n\naccording to information reaching here.
The Indo-Belarussian pair, who won the US Open doubles crown last year, are the top seeds at the Estoril event.
Nandita Saha and Visakha Vijay lost in straight games
The top seeds lost to seventh seeds Gaston Etlis and Martin Rodriguez of Argentina in the quarter-finals of the Monte Carlo Masters.\n\n
He is demanding safe exit to the former soviet republic of Belarus, The Sunday Mirror said.
In the women's event of the Nasdaq 100 Open, second seed Venus Williams joined sister Serena in the last eight.
Top seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi got a walkover in the semi-final when their opponents Cyril Suk and Martin Damm withdrew.
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