Eleni Daniilidou

Serena Williams survived a busted lip and Roger Federer and Andy Murray raced into round three on a day of ice-packs and sunscreen as temperatures soared at the Australian Open on Thursday.

Defending champion Victoria Azarenka conceded just one game in a lopsided second-round romp at the Australian Open, while Serena Williams shook off an ankle injury to progress.

Defending champion Victoria Azarenka conceded just one game in a lopsided second-round romp at the Australian Open, while Serena Williams shook off an ankle injury to progress.

Pumped-up defending champion Victoria Azarenka said she was "in the zone" with her game, exactly where she wants it, as she cruised into the Australian Open third round.

Defending champion Victoria Azarenka romped into the Australian Open third round with a comprehensive straight-sets thrashing of Greek Eleni Daniilidou.

Five-time champion Serena Williams shrugged off an ankle injury to sweep into the Australian Open second round, where she was joined by world number one Victoria Azarenka.

The ASB Classic in Auckland was reduced to only three seeded players after the second round, in which second seed Julia Goerges was knocked out by Sweden's Johanna Larsson.

ATP Cincinnati Masters second seed Novak Djokovic says he has to remind himself which continent he is on as his fast-paced schedule spins swiftly with the Olympics done and the US Open near.

Tommy Haas continued the run of form which has taken him from outside the top 200 to world No. 36 as he beat Argentina's Leonardo Mayer 6-4, 7-5 at the ATP/WTA event in Washington.

Tommy Haas continued the run of form which has taken him from outside the top 200 to world No. 36 as he beat Argentina's Leonardo Mayer 6-4, 7-5 at the ATP/WTA event in Washington.

London Olympic hopefuls had mixed results at the WTA hardcourt event in Carlsbad, which offers them a final chance to warm up for the Summer Games tennis competition at Wimbledon.

London Olympic hopefuls had mixed results at the WTA hardcourt event in Carlsbad, which offers them a final chance to warm up for the Summer Games tennis competition at Wimbledon.

Irina Falconi, Gisela Dulko and Johanna Larsson all advanced to the second round at the Indian Wells tournament as their opponents withdrew with injuries.

Taiwan's Hsieh Su-wei made history on Saturday when she became the first Asian player to reach the final of the Malaysian Open, defeating Greece's Eleni Daniilidou in 105 minutes.

Second seed Jelena Jankovic reached the semi-finals of the BMW Malaysian Open Saturday without having to pick up her racquet after Ayumi Morita pulled out injured, the second withdrawal in two days.

Former world number one Jelena Jankovic scraped through the opening round of the BMW Malaysian Open on Tuesday, barely beating Caroline Garcia of France in a hard-fought three-set thriller.

Defending Australian Open champion Kim Clijsters and 2011 runner-up Li Na set course for a rematch of last year's final Monday as both started with wins at the season's first grand slam.

China's French Open champion Li Na negotiated a tough first match at the Australian Open Monday while third seed Victoria Azarenka laid down an early marker at the year's first grand slam.

Belarusian third seed Victoria Azarenka dominated young Briton Heather Watson in the Australian Open's first round on Monday as she pressed her claims for a maiden grand slam win.

Serena Williams stormed into the second round of the US Open on Tuesday with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Serbian teenager Bojana Jovanovski.