Madison Square Garden hosted four tennis
legends on Monday night, as John McEnroe faced off against Ivan Lendl and
Andre Agassi took on Pete Sampras in an exhibition event.

American teenager Taylor Townsend came up
a winner in her WTA debut, while former champion Daniela Hantuchova of
Slovakia was tested in her first-round match at the $5.186 million BNP Paribas
Open.

The season-ending WTA Championships are
on tap for next week in Istanbul, where the world's top-eight women, with the
exception of Maria Sharapova, will battle for bragging rights ... and a lot of
money.

Third-seeded Samantha Stosur advanced to
the semifinals of the Japan Women's Open on Friday.

Top-seeded and defending champion
Agnieszka Radwanska and former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki were ousted in
the second round at the Sydney International tennis event on Tuesday, while
former Wimbledon titlist Petra Kvitova moved on.

Last year's runner-up Agnieszka Radwanska
suffered a quarterfinal upset, while former world No. 1 star Venus Williams
reached the semifinals at the $2.37 million Pan Pacific Open tennis event.

Second-seeded former champion Maria
Sharapova and fourth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska cruised in their third-round
matches Friday at the Australian Open.

Third seed Sabine Lisicki posted a first-
round win Tuesday at the $235,000 U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships.

Former world No. 1 stars Rafael Nadal and
Serena Williams will be among those playing some exhibition tennis at New
York's Madison Square Garden in March.

Top seed Angelique Kerber of Germany moved
into the quarterfinals at the Citi Open tennis event with a 7-5, 6-0 win over
American Melanie Oudin Thursday afternoon.

Former champion Caroline Wozniacki secured
a quarterfinal berth without lifting her racquet Thursday at the Family Circle
Cup tennis event.

Venus and Serena Williams each won a pair
of matches Friday and will face each other in the semifinals at the Family
Circle Cup tennis event.

Two-time champion Victoria Azarenka
pulled out of the Sony Open tennis event on Friday, citing a right ankle
injury.

Reigning champion Serena Williams and
former world No. 1 Maria Sharapova were among Tuesday's second-round victors
at the $4 million Madrid Open.