Michaella Krajicek's joy at winning on home grass was easily surpassed when her boyfriend stepped on court and dropped down on one knee straight after her Den Bosch Open first-round victory on Monday.
Images from Day 2 of the Wimbledon tennis championship in London, on Tuesday.
World number one Victoria Azarenka stretched her unbeaten run to 24 matches this year while Venus Williams ousted Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami on Friday.
The Indo-American duo beat Janette Husarova and Michaella Krajicek 6-3, 2-6, 11-9 in the first round.
Dutch teenager Michaella Krajicek is excited about meeting Williams as she had idolised the American while growing up.
The Indian challenge in singles at the US $175,000 Ordina Open ended on Wednesday with the disappointing twin loss of Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna in the second round of the women's and men's category respectively. While Sania lost 2-6, 2-6 loss to Dutchwoman Michaella Krajicek, Bopanna was beaten 2-6, 4-6 by Argentine Guillermo Canas.
Nadia Petrova lost 6-3, 6-3 to Italy's Mara Santangelo in the second round of the Warsaw Cup.
The two are headed for a possible showdown in the Australian Open quarterfinal
The India ace was beaten by Michaella Krajicek of the Netherlands 6-1, 6-4 on Monday night.
Sania Mirza and Leander Paes advanced to the second round of the doubles events with their respective partners at Wimbledon
Maria Sharapova pulled out before her Los Angeles Classic semi-final against Nadia Petrova with a strain in her lower left leg.
Sania Mirza lost her women's singles and doubles matches at the Australia Open on Thursday.
Top seed Nicole Vaidisova was dumped out of the Family Circle Cup on Tuesday in a second-round loss to Michaella Krajicek.
The Netherlands beat Germany 3-0 while the United States topped their group despite losing 2-1 to Sweden.
Martina Hingis cruised but top seed Maria Sharapova had to work a little harder to secure opening victories at the Pacific Life Open.
Dinara Safina entered the Paris Open second round with a 6-4, 7-5 victory over Michaella Krajicek.
The Belgian world number six will face Kaia Kanepi the final of the Hasselt Cup.
The 17-year-old beat Russian Dinara Safina 6-3, 6-4 for her third career title
The United States beat the Netherlands 2-1 to claim their third Hopman Cup title in four years.
The US Open champion will meet Francesca Schiavone in the final of the Belgian Open.
Slovakia clinched a place in the Hopman Cup final for the second successive year after they beat the Netherlands 3-0.
The Indian ace dropped two places in the latest WTA rankings.
Sania-Martina will next face ninth seeds Yung-Jan Chan and Hao-Ching Chan of Chinese Taipei, who rallied to beat unseeded Romanians Irina-Camelia Begu and Raluca Olaru 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (4).
India's Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna notched up contrasting victories in their respective doubles matches to reach the round of 16 at the US Open in New York on Saturday.
Bertens, the first Dutchwoman to reach the last 16 since Michaella Krajicek, sister of former men's champion Richard, did so in 2007, followed up her win over Venus Williams in the third round with a display of power and poise.
IMAGES from Day 7 at Wimbledon on Monday
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