Serena Williams

Defending champion and world number one Serena Williams was knocked out of the French Open by Spain's Garbine Muguruza on Wednesday as the American star stumbled to her second worst Grand Slam defeat.
      

ROME - Serbian female tennis player Ana Ivanovic qualified for the Rome WTA semifinal as she defeated Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain in the Friday match, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.

This is Ivanovic's second victory against Navarro out of the two matches they played so far.

LONDON - The best-ranked Serbian female tennis player holds the eighth place in the WTA rankings that were published on Monday, which is one notch up on last week, while Ana Ivanovic remained the world's No. 12.

Jankovic, who suffered a defeat in the Bogota final on Sunday, currently has 4,010 points, surpassing Russia's Maria Sharapova.

As No.12, Ivanovic has 3,280 points.

MIAMI - Serbia's Ana Ivanovic has reached the top 16 phase of the WTA tournament in Miami.

She defeated Italiy's Flavia Pennetta 6-4 6-3 in 3rd round on Saturday.

Ivanovic played well throughout the match and took the victory after 79 minutes on court.

Jelena Jankovic was ousted in the 1st round when she lost to Varvara Lepchenko of the US 6-3 2-6 7-6(2).

DUBAI - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic has failed to reach the semifinals of the WTA tournament in Dubai, since she lost to Serena Williams from the US 6-2 6-2 on Thursday.

This marked Williams' 9th victory in 13 matches against Jankovic.

Williams will next face the winner of the match between France's Alize Cornet and Spain's Carla Suarez Navaro.

DUBAI - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic beat Czech Republic's Lucy Safarova 7-5 6-4 on Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the WTA tournament in Dubai.

The match lasted 1 hour and 42 minutes, with Jankovic coming out on top after a great struggle and a lot of ups and downs in her game.

She will now face Serena Williams from the US, who is the top seed in Dubai.