Mahesh Bhupathi and Radek Stepanek scraped through into the third round of the Australian Open.
Sania Mirza and Liezel Huber went down 6-2, 7-5 against Anna-Lena Groenefeld and Meghann Shaughnessy.
They beat Fernando Verdasco and Anabel Medina Garrigues in the first round of the mixed doubles at Wimbledon.
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The 19-year-old Mbappe followed up a domestic treble with Paris St Germain with a string of impressive performances in France's World Cup winning campaign.
Top seed Maria Sharapova was stretched by Serbia's Ana Ivanovic before she claimed a 7-6 7-5 win to reach the semi-finals of the Linz Open on Friday.
The Indian ace and Samantha Stosur later crashed out of the mixed doubles, losing in the first round.
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Lindsay Davenport lost to Australia's Samantha Stosur 6-7, 6-4, 6-3 in the Los Angeles Open second round.
Dinara Safina and Maria Kirilenko were upset in the first round of San Diego Classic.
The Belgian battled past Jelena Jankovic 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 in the second round of the Bank of the West Classic
Martina Hingis crushed Maria Kirilenko 6-2, 6-1 to set up a semi-final clash with Maria Sharapova in Tokyo
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Sania and Michaella Krajicek lost to Elena Dementieva and Flavia Penetta in the second round of the women's doubles at Wimbledon.
Sania Mirza's advanced to the second round of the doubles main draw at Strasbourg Open.
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They set up a clash with Samantha Stosur and Paul Hanley of Australia in the semi-finals which will be played on Thursday.
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hampion Rafael Nadal and top-ranked Novak Djokovic turned in impressive displays to reach the Monte Carlo Masters quarter-finals on Thursday. Nadal, chasing a record-extending 12th Monte Carlo title, broke Grigor Dimitrov's serve on four occasions to defeat the Bulgarian 6-4 6-1.
China beat Australia 2-0 in the Fed Cup tie, while India registered a 2-1 victory over Korea to finish third.
Thomas Markle, 73, was quoted by some US media as saying that he would not attend the royal wedding to avoid embarrassing his daughter and the royal family after paparazzi shots of him seemed to indicate he had been paid to pose for photographers.
The pair beat 14th seeds Elena Dementieva of Russia and Italian Flavia Pennetta in the final at the US Open.
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Maria Sharapova edged out Samantha Stosur 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 to reach the quarter-finals of the DFS Classic grass court tournament
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The Indian ace and partner Katarina Kachlikova of Solvakia lost in the second round of the doubles event.
They went down to top seeds Australia 2-1 in the Fed Cup Asia-Oceania zonal final in Korea.
The blonde Sharapova -- billed the new Anna Kournikova -- was one of eight women given berths in the main draw of the grasscourt Grand Slam.
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The unseeded Australians beat Zimbabwean Kevin Ullyett and Liezel Huber of South Africa to win the mixed doubles title.
The Australian summer claimed another victim when Russia's Elena Dementieva pulled out of the Sydney International because of heat illness.
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