Month of May , 2007

France's Paul-Henri Mathieu upset Chile's world number six Fernando Gonzalez 6-2 6-4 to reach the second round of the Estoril Open.

Elena Dementieva put retirement thoughts behind her after overcoming freezing temperatures and occasional snow flurries to beat American Meilen Tu 6-7 6-0 7-5 at the Warsaw Cup.

A pair of Frenchman killed the hopes of fans at the Munich Open after Tommy Haas was eliminated in his first-round match and Guillermo Canas was forced to withdraw from his.

Former world number one Serena Williams announced on Wednesday she has been forced to withdraw from next week's German Open in Berlin with a troublesome groin strain.

Nadia Petrova slumped to a 6-3 6-3 defeat against Italy's Mara Santangelo in the second round of the Warsaw Cup, but there was victory for American Venus Williams, who overcame Michaella Krajicek of the Netherlands 6-4 6-3.

Marat Safin joined a star-studded field including Andy Roddick Rafael Nadal, Lleyton Hewitt, Novak Djokovic and Britons Andy Murray and Tim Henman for June's Queen's Club Championships in London.

Nadia Petrova slumped to a 6-3 6-3 defeat to Italy's Mara Santangelo in the second round of the Warsaw Cup. Follow LIVE scoring by clicking on the red link or the scorecentre!

Clay court king Rafael Nadal got the better of world number one and grass court master Roger Federer to win "the battle of the surfaces" in front of his home crowd in Palma.

Second seed Kim Clijsters was eliminated in her opening match at the Warsaw Cup losing to Julia Vakulenko 7-6 (7-3) 6-3 in what was meant to be her final claycourt appearance before her planned retirement.

Top-ranked Justine Henin and fourth-seeded Jelena Jankovic recorded straight-set wins on Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals of the clay-court J&S Cup in Poland.

Second seed Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic reached the quarter-finals of the Munich Open with a 7-5 6-1 win over Chile's Nicolas Massu.

Clay court king Rafael Nadal has admitted he was worried "the battle of the surfaces" against grass court master Roger Federer would turn out to be a fiasco.

Third seed Svetlana Kuznetsova scored a gritty 3-6 6-3 6-4 victory over unseeded Venus Williams to reach the semi-finals of the Warsaw Cup.

Fifth-seeded Richard Gasquet reached the semifinals of the Estoril Open by beating Vincent Spadea of the United States 6-3, 6-4 Friday.

Twice-defending French Open champion Justine Henin continues to impress in her season debut on clay, crushing Italy's Mara Santangelo 6-2 6-1 to reach the semi-finals at the Warsaw Cup.

Tommy Robredo reached the semifinals of the Estoril Open by beating Agustin Calleri 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-3 on Friday. The second-seeded Spaniard led 5-3 in the second set before allowing his seventh-seeded opponent back into the match.

Indian tennis star Sania Mirza, is slowly but steadily getting back to the business. As part of her schedule to stage a comeback after an injury break for close to two months, the 20-year-old Sania has decided to skip the German Open starting on May 7 as she still feels that she has not regained the desired match-fitness levels.

India's tennis sensation Sania Mirza halted traffic in the heart of Kolkata Wednesday during the launch of an out-of-home brand campaign of a soft drink.

Unseeded Ukrainian Alona Bondarenko defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-2 7-6 on Saturday to set up a final against world number one Justine Henin in the Warsaw Cup.

Serb Novak Djokovic surged into his fourth final of a breakthrough season on Saturday with a 7-5, 6-1 defeat of second seed Tommy Robredo at the Estoril Open in Portugal.