Victoria Azarenka picks herself up and Vera Zvonareva pulled a major upset in Montreal to earn semifinal berths at The Rogers Cup.

Bethanie Mattek-Sands had Kim Clijsters on the ropes at 6-4, 1-4 before the Belgian former Rogers Cup Champion could turn the tide in Montreal.

Saturday was the women’s tour at its best with tight matches and stirring comebacks in just about every quarterfinal match.

At the Sony Ericsson Bank of the West Classic, the surviving eight players will be vying for four semifinal spots today.

Determined, focused and relentless, Belgium’s top hard court player, Kim Clijsters, showed just how good the tennis mother of a tennis child can be.

3 of the four top and hottest players on the Women’s Tour will join Serena Williams and 13th seeded substitute for Serena Williams, Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli, in the semifinals of the Sony Ericsson Miami Open on Thursday.

It is safe, even easy, to say that Svetlana Kuznetsova is not a good frontrunner. She is not one of those athletes that relishes in carrying the number one bulls eye seed through an event. Svetlana is comfortable a bit down in the draw, say spots 6 – 10 and picking off higher seeds as they falter, just as unlikely candidates are now doing to her.

Professional tennis might look like an attractive gig, especially at Wimbledon, but while the money’s good for those who reach the middle rounds of main draw events, the sport is unforgiving in the way it shapes reputations. One only had to watch Friday’s third round at the Big W to understand why. There are only [...]

For women with a last name of Williams, the official release of the Wimbledon singles draws on Friday morning provided a pleasing path to tennis riches. After years of being placed on the same side of the draw, Venus and Serena stand on opposite sides of the bracket at the Big W. If you loved [...]

One has to admit this much: If you’re going to act like a diva, you might as well do so in a city like Paris. The members of the WTA Tour at least have a sense of drama, if not proper decorum. In the first week of the 2009 French Open, many of the headlines [...]