Third seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus ended Russian 12th seed Maria Kirilenko's stern resistance 7-6(3) 6-2 to claim her maiden French Open semi-final spot on Wednesday.
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French Open: Maria Sharapova survives first-set wipe-out against Jelena Jankovic to reach semi-finals
Wednesday 05 June 2013
The Russian will play Victoria Azarenka for a place in the final
French Open: Former French Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova through to fourth-round
Sunday 02 June 2013
Former French Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova is through to the quarter-finals in Paris after knocking out eighth seed Angelique Kerber at Roland Garros today.
French Open: Serena Williams swats aside Sorana Cirstea to reach fourth round
Friday 31 May 2013
The world number one is bidding to win only her second singles title at Roland Garros
Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray battle through at Indian Wells
Monday 11 March 2013
Pair reach the third round of the BNP Paribas Open
'A bad day at the office': Laura Robson and Heather Watson fall to first round defeats in Indian Wells
Friday 08 March 2013
British number one was below par against Irina-Camelia Begu
David Ferrer's 'miracle' escape act sets up Novak Djokovic semi-final
Wednesday 23 January 2013
David Ferrer was already one of his sport's most dogged competitors but the prospect of succeeding Rafael Nadal as world No 4 appears to have underlined his never-say-die approach.
James Lawton: Ice baths and icy aggression point way to Australian Open triumph for Novak Djokovic
Tuesday 22 January 2013
Novak Djokovic provided an engaging picture of himself after feeding the powerful and talented Tomas Berdych into the tennis equivalent of a shredding machine.
Novak Djokovic advances to Australian Open semi-finals
Tuesday 22 January 2013
Defending champion beats Tomas Berdych over four sets
Laura Robson meets her teen match
Sunday 06 January 2013
Laura Robson seldom comes up against fellow teenagers these days, let alone one ranked higher than her, but the 18-year-old Briton had the misfortune to be drawn against one of the USA's outstanding young talents in the first round of the Hobart International yesterday.
Serena Williams looks in ominous form
Sunday 06 January 2013
Another season, another title. Serena Williams threw down a challenge to her rivals in the Australian Open, which starts next Monday, with a fine performance in the final of the Brisbane International tournament, beating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-2 6-1.
Swearing at the Australian Open? I don’t give a s***, says Andy Murray
Saturday 05 January 2013
British No 1 apologises for bad language on court – but denies any pledge to clean up his act
Andy Murray reaches last four in Brisbane
Friday 04 January 2013
British number one beat Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin this morning
Australian Open doubts for Maria Sharapova
Tuesday 01 January 2013
Russian may miss first Grand Slam of the year
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