Australian Open News

WIMBLEDON, England a ' Dinara Safina of Russia regrouped from a 3-0 deficit in the final set to power her way to victory over Amelie Mauresmo of France, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. Safina, the top seed despite never having won a major international title, helped shake some of the dust gathering on her ranking as the worlda TMs No.

Stretching out ... Roger Federer was too good for Tommy Haas. Photo: Reuters Richard Hinds ROGER FEDERER has moved to within one victory of standing alone atop his sport's Mount Everest, following a comprehensive victory in his Wimbledon semi-final. His win over Germany's Tommy Haas leaves the Swiss champion poised to seize a sixth Wimbledon crown ...

LLEYTON Hewitt will take greater self-belief into next month's US Open after exiting Wimbledon with a gallant quarter-final loss to Andy Roddick.

FRENCH Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova and former world No. 1 Jelena Jankovic crashed out of the third round on a day of upsets in the women's event at Wimbledon.

The top-seeded American twin Bryan brothers, Bob and Mike, landed in their fourth Wimbledon final on Thursday.

Venus Williams has easily reached her eighth Wimbledon final by routing top-ranked Dinara Safina 6-1, 6-0. The five-time champion from the U.S. won the opening nine points of Thursday's match and saved the only break point she faced in the third game of the first set.

ANDY RODDICK held his nerve, dug deep into his well of inner strength and belief and, as the shadows closed over No1 Court last night, fought his way into a semi-final showdown with Andy Murray.

A move to the United States and debuts in grand slam main draws have proved invaluable to Australia's teenage tennis star Bernard Tomic as he strives towards cracking the world's top 100.

Stretched . . . Roger Federer lost a set against Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany before advancing to the fourth round.

Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images It had seemed Ana Ivanovic could do no wrong.

Lleyton Hewitt and Andy Roddick may be two of the senior figures on the men's tour, but they have never clashed at Wimbledon - until tonight.

Serena Williams stood just one match away from setting up another family showdown in the Wimbledon final after she hurtled into the last four with a 6-2 6-3 win over Belarussian Victoria Azarenka on Tuesday.

Nestor, Zimonjic reach semis Daniel Nestor, left, clashes racquets with partner Nenad Zimonjic during their quarter-final win Tuesday over Lukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach.

The good and the good looking ... Serena Williams is the no.2 seed but has been playing on outside courts while unseeded Russian Maria Kirilenko has played on Centre Court.

TIME Wimbledon champion Chris Evert has backed the move to eradicate grunting from tennis, accusing modern-day players of cynically using the tactic at strategic moments in points.

WIMBLEDON Date: 22 June - 5 July Coverage: BBC One, BBC Two, BBC HD, Red Button, website streaming and text commentary, 5 Live, 5 Live Sports Extra, BBC iPlayer Tennis on the BBC Djokovic will hope to avenge his defeat to Haas in the Halle final this month World number four Novak Djokovic produced a professional display to overcome plucky Israeli ...

The last time they met, a Grand Slam title was on the line, the surface was clay and the weather was chilly and wet.

Second seed Serena Williams wasted little time in joining sister Venus in the quarter-finals of Wimbledon on Monday with a 6-3 6-1 demolition of unseeded Slovak Daniela Hantuchova.

Defending champion Venus Williams progressed to the quarter-finals of Wimbledon when Ana Ivanovic quit their fourth-round match due to injury.

India's Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi will be on the opposite sides of the net in the Wimbledon mixed doubles third round Monday.