Elena Dementieva made a confident start to her claycourt campaign as she beat compatriot Alina Jidkova 6-4, 6-4
Lleyton Hewitt survived a Rainer Schuettler onslaught to advance 7-6, 2-6, 6-4 into round three of the Pacific Life Open.
Jennifer Capriati and Elena Dementieva claimed semi-final spots at the U.S. Open after a day of drama, controversy and magical tennis.
While Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova was buried 6-0, 6-0 by Lindsay Davenport in the semi-finals.
These divas will leave you gasping for breath.
The defending champions lost to Serbian Nenad Zimonjic and Russian Elena Bovina 6-1 7-6 in 69 minutes.
A shoulder injury forced her to withdraw from a semi-final with Justine Henin-Hardenne.
The second seed swept past Russian Elena Likhovtseva 6-1, 6-0 to win her third title of the year.
The Wimbledon champion beat Kristina Brandi of Puerto Rico 6-1, 6-4 at the $1.3 million Montreal Cup.
Russia's Anastasia Myskina and Elena Dementieva made a fourth round exit from the Australian Open.
Twelfth seed Patty Schnyder of Switzerland fought back to upset sixth seed Elena Dementieva 6-7, 7-6, 6-2 to reach the quarter-finals.
The International Olympic Committee dashed Russian athletes' hopes of marching behind their national flag at the Winter Games on Sunday, deciding against immediately lifting Russia's Olympic suspension after fresh doping violations
The Indian ace and Elena Likhovtseva beat 15th seeds Daniel Nestor of Canada and Lina Krasnoroutskaya of Russia in the third round at Wimbledon.
The Australian summer claimed another victim when Russia's Elena Dementieva pulled out of the Sydney International because of heat illness.
The top-seeded Australian meets qualifier Ivo Minar, who beat fellow Czech Radek Stepanek 6-1, 6-2 to reach his first ATP final.
The holder of 18 Grand Slam singles titles said she may turn down the Wimbledon wildcard offered to her.
A factbox on Anastasia Myskina, who became the first Russian woman to win a Grand Slam singles title.\n\n
Mahesh Bhupathi and Elena Likhovtseva were knocked out in the first round of the mixed doubles, while Leander Paes and David Rikl crashed out of the men's double.
With just two rounds left in the World Youth chess championship, the Indian lass need just a victory and a draw to secure the girls' under-14 title.
WGM Dronavalli Harika was held to a draw by Anna Muzychuk of Slovenia in the 8th round of the under 14 girls section of the World youth Chess Championships.
WGM Dronavalli Harika took the seventh round honours with a brilliant victory to emerge the sole leader in the under-14 girls section of the World Youth Chess Championship in Greece.
With first round exit, the Indian challenge in the WTA singles event came to an end.
The 92nd Annual Academy Awards hardly had any surprises up its sleeves. Here's a quick look at the winners.
The second seed beat Mary Pierce of France 6-3, 6-1 at the Amelia Island WTA championship in Florida.
But the Belgian will not need more surgery on her wrist after suffering an injury in the Belgian Open.
U.S. Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova beat Australian Samantha Stosur 6-4, 6-4 to reach the quarter-finals.
