Four-time Miami runner-up Maria Sharapova
rolled to a straight-set victory in Friday's second round, while two-time
champion Victoria Azarenka aggravated a right ankle injury and was forced to
pull out of the Sony Open tennis event.

Talented Latvian Ernests Gulbis and former
world No. 3 Nikolay Davydenko were among the Day-1 winners at the $2.23
million Barcelona Open tennis event.

Third-seeded Alize Cornet reached
the quarterfinals, while former French Open champion Francesca Schiavone
posted a first-round victory Wednesday at the $235,000 Moroccan Grand Prix.

Sixth-seeded Florian Mayer and former
top-five star Nikolay Davydenko were among Monday's first-round winners at the
Open Sud de France tennis event.

Maria Sharapova, Victoria Azarenka,
reigning champion Petra Kvitova and Serena Williams were among the second-
round winners Thursday at Wimbledon.

Reigning champion Mikhail Youzhny and
former titlist Marcos Baghdatis were a pair of winners Wednesday at the Zagreb
Indoors tennis event.

Third seed Agnieszka Radwanska, fourth-
seeded Chinese star Li Na and last week's Tokyo titlist Petra Kvitova were
among the winners Wednesday at the $5 million China Open.

Sixth seed Fabio Fognini and French
crowd favorite Gael Monfils were among Tuesday's first-round winners
at the $530,000 Nice Open, a final clay-court French Open tune-up.

Alejandro Falla defeated top-seeded Janko
Tipsarevic in three sets Friday to advance to the semifinals of the Claro
Open Colombia tennis event.

James Duckworth and Alejandro Falla
knocked off the only seeded players in action Tuesday in the first round of
the inaugural Colombia Open tennis event.

Fifth seed Philipp Kohlschreiber
and sixth-seeded Benoit Paire were among Tuesday's first-round winners at the
Heineken Open, a final hardcourt Australian Open tune-up.

Roger Federer extended his incredible run of
Grand Slam quarterfinal appearances on Sunday with a fourth-round win at the
French Open, but had to dig deep in a five-set thriller against Frenchman
Gilles Simon to do it.

World No. 1 Serena Williams needed all three
sets to win her second-round match Wednesday at the $2.37 million Western &
Southern Open, a hardcourt U.S. Open tune-up.

Dominika Cibulkova upset World No. 1
Caroline Wozniacki in the second round of the Sydney International tennis
event, a final Australian Open tuneup.

Top-seeded Spaniard David Ferrer and
reigning champion John Isner of the United States were a pair of second-round
winners Wednesday at the $450,000 Heineken Open, a final Australian Open
tune-up.