Madrid Open: Serena sails through, Venus crashes out

Serena Williams marked her first European appearance of the season with victory on the Madrid Open's striking blue clay courts on Monday, but her sister Venus crashed out in the second round.......

Sania trounced on injury comeback

Sania Mirza faltered on her comeback andwas knocked out of the DFS Classic in Birmingham, even asIndia's No 2 player Sunitha Rao rallied to enter the third round on Wednesday. Sania, who was out......

Jankovic in round two

Serbian Jelena Jankovic battled into the second round of the French Open with a 7-6, 6-2 win over Romania's Monica Niculescu on Monday. Serve andvolleyis no folly in Paris Jankovic, seeded third,......

India suffer second Fed Cup defeat

Sania Mirza's injury lay-off continued to hurt India badly, as they suffered their second successive defeat, going down 1-2 to New Zealand in the Asia/Oceania Group I Federation Cup match in......

Federer commences US Open bid against challenging Mayer

Switzerland's Roger Federer during a practice session. Photograph: Chris Trotman/Getty Images for the USTA World number two Roger Federer launches his bid for a sixth US Open title, and his first......