Tatiana Perebiynis

Her path to the final was full of the most dangerous opponents but she passed with flying colors, and on Sunday night Serena Williams shone brightly in prime time, prevailing in an incredibly entertaining final with Jelena Jankovic for her ninth career Grand Slam singles title.
 

For the second straight day one of the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour's biggest names was ousted from the 2008 US Open, as Svetlana Kuznetsova fell in the third round of the year's final Grand Slam. Jelena Jankovic was also pushed to the limits but managed to advance into the second week. Lindsay Davenport fell.
 

It's the third round, which means it's time for the seeds to collide. Jelena Jankovic won't be playing another seed, but she can still expect a tough day at the office against Zheng Jie, while Svetlana Kuznetsova will also need to be in top form against Katarina Srebotnik. Lindsay Davenport might have to turn back time to beat Marion Bartoli, while another mother, Sybille Bammer, is looking to repeat the fourth round finish she enjoyed at Flushing Meadows last year.

It was the first day of the Nordea Nordic Light Open on Monday and while No.7 seed Kateryna Bondarenko was knocked out, No.2 seed Agnes Szavay sees herself through to the second round along with Scandinavian wildcard Emma Laine, as the Tier IV $145,000 tournament kicks off in Stockholm.
 

Rain delayed play for two hours on the second day of the Banka Koper 2008 Slovenia Open. But with the help of the floodlit courts matches continued well into the evening seeing another seed out, a win for the No.1, and a Slovenian through to the second round of the $145,000 Tier IV tournament.
 

A spirited Marion Bartoli, runner-up to Venus Williams at The Championships last year, overcame a second set slump to defeat Tatiana Perebiynis in straight sets, 6-2, 7-5.

In the first set, the 11th seeded Frenchwoman’s biggest challenge was posed by the conditions, as both players struggled to find rhythm on breezy Court 11. Indeed, across the match just 50 per cent of her first serves would hit the mark.

Anabel Medina Garrigues was previously known for being the queen of Palermo, winning that clay court title in four of six attempts; now she's building that same royal reputation on the clay of Strasbourg, winning her third title in five attempts there on Saturday with a nail-biting final victory over Katarina Srebotnik.

Marion Bartoli's quest for her first Sony Ericsson WTA Tour singles title of the season came to an abrupt end in her opener at the Internationaux de Strasbourg on Wednesday, as she was forced to drop out of the Tier III event mid-match due to a right wrist injury.
 

Second-seeded Alona Bondarenko defeated Edina Gallovits 6-4, 6-4 Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the Strasbourg International.
 
Bondarenko, who broke her Romanian opponent's serve five times, plays Switzerland's Timea Bacsinszky next.
 
Bacsinszky outlasted No. 8 Yan Zi of China 6-2, 5-7, 6-4.