Maria Sharapova continues her resurrection, reaches French Open fourth round
Fighter Maria Sharapova played only one tournament since her comeback from a career-threatening shoulder injury and she managed to overcome a miserable start to beat Kazakh world No.98 Yaroslava Shvedova 1-6 6-3 6-4 in...
Sania Mirza engaged to Indian business scholar Sohrab Mirza
Indian tennis star Sania Mirza has become engaged to 23-year-old Sohrab Mirza, a business scholar from her hometown of Hyderabad.
The 22-year-old Sania, now ranked only 95th in the world, is not planning to stop...
Agnes Szavay stuns Venus Williams in the third round of Roland Garros
Third seed Venus Williams saved a match point against Lucie Safarova in the second round, but today the American succumbed to Agnes Szavay’s first match point to lose in the third round of Roland...
Ana Ivanovic cruises into fourth round at French Open
Defending champion Ana Ivanovic beat seed No.32 Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic 6-0 6-2 to advance to the fourth round of the French Open.
The eighth-seeded Serb was taken to a tiebreaker in the...
Roland Garros names an alley after Justine Henin
Four-time Roland Garros champion Justine Henin, who quit tennis last year while still on top of the rankings, was in Paris on Thursday to attend a ceremony where she was honored with an alley...
Serena Williams into Roland Garros third round, Jelena Dokic leaves injured in tears
Second seed Serena Williams beat 133rd-ranked Virginia Ruano Pascual of Spain 6-2 6-0 to move into the third round of Roland Garros. Jelena Dokic, whose comeback I enjoy following, had to retire against fourth...
Venus Williams saves match point against Lucie Safarova to advance at Roland Garros
Third seed Venus Williams saved one match point in the deciding set and soon after converted her first to defeat 46th-ranked Lucie Safarova 6-7(5) 6-2 7-5 in the second round of the 2009 French...
Li Na: the only Asian left at Roland Garros
China’s Li Na, seeded 25th, is the only representative of Asia still alive in the singles draw of Roland Garros 2009 after the fourth day of play.
Li defeated Swiss Timea Bacsinszky 6-1 6-4 to...
Sharapova gets past Petrova, Safina cruises into French Open third round
The most interesting match-up of the day lived up to the expectations with Maria Sharapova defeating No.11 seed Nadia Petrova 6-2 1-6 8-6 in the second round of the 2009 French Open. World No.1...
Serena Williams survives Klara Zakopalova this time
American Serena Williams lost to Czech Klara Zakopalova last month, when they met on the claycourts of Marbella, but the second seed converted her ninth match point to advance to the second round of...
