The Russian swept aside Slovenia's Katarina Srebotnik at the Linz Open on Tuesday.
Serena Williams won her third title of the year by beating Russian Vera Zvonareva 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in the Family Circle Cup final.
Unseeded Venus Williams marched into the Family Circle Cup semi-finals by beating Spain's Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-4 7-5 on Friday.
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.
Vera Zvonareva sent world number one Maria Sharapova to a stunning 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 at the Pacific Life Open.
The Wimbledon champion will begin his defence against the talented Richard Gasquet of France
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.
Amelie Mauresmo received an easy passage into the final of the Advanta Championships in Philadelphia on Saturday when Maria Sharapova was forced out of the event with a sore shoulder.
Top seed Kim Clijsters edged past Jelena Jankovic, while Maria Sharapova beat fellow Russian Vera Zvonareva at the Acura Classic.
The Belgian battled past Jelena Jankovic 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 in the second round of the Bank of the West Classic
The Indian ace was beaten by the top seeded Swiss girl 6-7(7), 5-7 in the quarter-finals.
The victory gave the unseeded American a place in the Birmingham Classic final against Russian Vera Zvonareva.
Here is a Factbox on Spaniard Garbine Muguruza, who beat American Venus Williams 7-5, 6-0 to win her first Wimbledon singles title on Saturday:
The two players bowed out in the quarter-finals of the Advanta Championships in Philadelphia.
Venus Williams swept past fellow American Lisa Raymond 6-2, 6-1 in Philadelphia on Tuesday.
Former Wimbledon runner-up Eugenie Bouchard successfully negotiated the qualifying draw on Thursday, beating Colombian Mariana Duque-Marino 6-3, 6-2 to secure a spot in next week's main draw.
The Indian ace reached a career-high 31st in the latest WTA Tour rankings despite being out of action for the last three weeks.
Sania Mirza has jumped six places in the latest WTA rankings after her semi-final appearance at the Japan Open.
The Indian ace was beaten in straight sets by Japan's Akiko Morigami.
She beat Kristina Brandi 7-6, 7-5 in the second round of the Western and Southern Financial Group Women's Open.
Jennifer Capriati rallied to beat fellow American Meghann Shaughnessy at the Advanta Championships in Philadelphia.
The American ace beat Vera Zvonareva while US Open champion Kuznetsova accounted for Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova in the semi-finals of the China Open.
Amelie Mauresmo will play Russian Vera Zvonareva in the semi-final of the Rome Masters
Elena Dementieva made a confident start to her claycourt campaign as she beat compatriot Alina Jidkova 6-4, 6-4
The French Open champion outlasted fellow Russian Vera Zvonareva in a thriller at the Acura Classic.
Following is a list of American Serena Williams' 22 grand slam singles titles as she equalled Steffi Graf's professional era record with victory at Wimbledon on Saturday
Mary Pierce edged Vera Zvonareva 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 to send France into the Fed Cup final against the United States.
The Belgian top seeds remained on course to meet in the final of the Swisscom Challenge.
Russian teenager Vera Zvonareva played the match of her life to beat third seed Venus Williams in the fourth round of the French Open.
Spain's Garbine Muguruza beat Serena Williams 7-5, 6-4 to win the French Open on Saturday and claim her first Grand Sam title. Take a look at the career of the 22-year-old.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
China's No 1 Li Na has ruled herself out of playing at the 2016 Rio Olympics, the 31-year-old said at the Australian Open on Friday.
Here is a list of US Open women's singles champions since the open era began in 1968:
Images from matches played on Day 4 at the US Open at the Flushing Meadows in New York on Thursday.
Images from Day 2 of the 2020 US Open in New York
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