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Ending a seven-match losing streak, Henin wins a vivacious encounter against Venus to turn up at the US Open finale. Both traded forehands, service breaks and shifts of momentum at the middle of points, but the Belgian looked every bit like the World...

Novak Djokovic and David Ferrer chalked out facile straight-set wins to sail into the semifinals of the US Open, joining Roger Federer and Nikolay Davydenko in the last four stage of the Grand Slam tournament. Third seed Djokovic outplayed 17th...

"She played unbelievable. She fought well. She deserved to win." - her opponent Serbian Jelena Jankovic. Recently chosen as one of People's Magazine's annual 100 Most Beautiful People in the World, Venus Ebone Starr Williams, a 5 time grand...

Top-seed Federer is going great guns as he produced a phenomenal display to see off a fired-up Andy Roddick 7-6 7-6 6-2 in a dazzling US Open quarter-final. The American playing in front of his home crowd showed some astonishing forehand shots but...

The Russian pair of Nadia Petrova and Elena Vesnina showed tremendous grit to tame the Amerian duo of Venus Williams and Lisa Raymond 7-5, 7-6 (7/1) in the deciding doubles to propel the side to the final of the Fed Cup. In finals, Russia, champions..

Competing in the 2007 Championships at Wimbledon, Justine Henin is hoping to complete a career Grand Slam. Henin, not having won Wimbledon, made yet another stride forward, to step closer to the title with a physically and emotionally demanding 6-4,.

Maria Sharapova was not entirely convincing even though the top seeded Russian managed to down Agnieszka Radwanska in three sets to reach the semifinals of the Istanbul Cup. Sharapova missed two tournaments with a shoulder injury and looked rusty..

Russian beauty Maria Sharapova looked rusty after a two-month gap even though the world number two managed to reach the second round of the Istanbul Cup with a straight set win against Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova. Returning to the court after a...

Unheralded Ukrainian teen Julia Vakulenko spoiled Belgian Clim Clijsters' claycourt farewell party by beating the second seed in straight sets in the second round of the Warsaw Cup. Clijsters weds Brian Lynch in July and this was her last...

Last time the two sensations met was at the fiercely contested Wimbledon semifinals in 2005; tennis world was set for another intriguing contest between Maria Sharapova and Venus Williams in the third-round match-up at the Sony Ericsson Open....