India's Sania Mirza continued to stay on top of the WTA women's doubles ranking following her recent victory in the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo.
Top seed Amelie Mauresmo, Kim Clijsters and Martina Hingis also revelled in improved conditions following the rain-soaked start to the French Open.
The unseeded Indo-Belgian pair beat the Argentine duo of Jose Acasuso and Sebastian Prieto in the men's doubles at the French Open.
The seventh seeds were subdued 6-1, 7-6 (4) by Janko Tipsarevic and Mikhail Youzhny
The Belgian advanced to the German Open semi-finals with a 6-4, 7-6 victory over Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova.
Belgians Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin pounded their way into the fourth round of the Sony Ericsson Open on Sunday but Martina Hingis fell to a Polish teenager
The Slovak won her first title in five years when she beat Svetlana Kuznetsova in the Pacific Life Open final.
Daniela Hantuchova maintained her good form at Pacific Life Open with a gritty 6-2 5-7 7-6 victory over Israeli 11th seed Shahar Peer in the quarter-finals on Wednesday.
Martina Hingis cruised but top seed Maria Sharapova had to work a little harder to secure opening victories at the Pacific Life Open.
Justine Henin knocked out Swiss Patty Schnyder 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 to reach the Qatar Open semi-finals.
The rising Serbian star beat Martina Hingis 7-6, 6-2 to reach the semi-final of the WTA Dubai Open.
India's Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna progressed with their respective partners but Leander Paes' campaign ended after the veteran suffered a second-round defeat with Martina Hingis in the mixed doubles at the US Open.
Amelie Mauresmo pummeled Martina Hingis 6-2, 6-2 in the semi-final of the Qatar Open.
The two will meet in the semi-final of the Dubai Open on Friday
Maria Sharapova retired during her Pan Pacific Open semi-final against Ana Ivanovic due to a hamstring injury.
Former world number one Hingis, chasing a record fifth Pan Pacific crown, reached the last four by pulverising Australia's Samantha Stosur 6-0 6-1.
In another quarter-final at the Dubai Open, Russian third seed Maria Sharapova beat Switzerland's Martina Hingis.
Also entering the last eight of the Pan Pacific Open were Asian stars Li Na and Jie Zheng.
Indian tennis star Sania Mirza, who had a rollicking 2015 season, turned 29 on Sunday.
They needed iron willpower to stagger through scrappy quarter-finals on Wednesday and set up a heavyweight meeting in the last four.
Martina Hingis played spoilsport at the Australian Open on Monday by denying China another entry into the record books.
Fourth seed Kim Clijsters overcame a late wobble to beat Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova 6-1 7-5 on Monday and set up a mouth-watering Australian Open quarter-final against Martina Hingis.
China's Li Na scored an emphatic 6-2, 6-2 win over ninth seed Dinara Safina in the Australian Open third round.
Both made it to the fourth round of the women's singles at the Australian Open.
The Indian tennis ace was beaten by Japan's Aiko Nakamura 3-6, 2-6 in the second round at the Australian Open.
Martina Hingis crushed Maria Kirilenko 6-2, 6-1 to set up a semi-final clash with Maria Sharapova in Tokyo
The former world number one pulverised Cho Yoon-Jeong 6-0, 6-0 at the Pan Pacific Open
Dinara Safina proved she could keep a lid on her emotions when it mattered by beating Martina Hingis 6-3 3-6 7-5 in the final of the Australian women's hardcourt championships on the Gold Coast on Saturday.
India's top singles player Yuki Bhambri regained his place in top-100 as he jumped 16 places to touch a career-best rank of 89, which now ensures him a direct entry into the main draw of Australian Open.
Former world number one Martina Hingis' first comeback tournament ended in the semi-finals when she was beaten by fourth seed Flavia Pennetta 1-6, 7-6, 6-2 at the Australian hardcourt championships on Friday.
Martina Hingis continued her successful comeback to competitive tennis when she advanced to the semi-finals of the Australian hardcourt championships on Thursday.
The Swiss will be offered a wildcard for next year's Australia Open if she wants one, tournament chief executive Paul McNamee said.
The Indian tennis ace began the year at a career-best 31 on the WTA charts.
She defeated Anna-Lena Groenefeld 6-0, 7-5 to reach the second round of the Zurich Open.
The quarter-final loss at the Tashkent Open brought another plunge in her ranking.
Sania Mirza's dream run at the Korea Open came to an end as she went down guns blazing to Virginia Ruano Pascual of Spain in the women's singles quarter-finals.
The Swiss ace proved too good for Russia's Olga Poutchkova in the final.
18-year-old Russian Olga Poutchkova clinched her maiden WTA final appearance beating Uzbek qualifier Iroda Tulyaganova.
