Kristina Mladenovic and Galina Voskoboeva beat Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina, while Sílvia Soler-Espinosa and Carla Suárez Navarro upset Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears in Madrid.
Spanish No.1 Carla Suárez Navarro scored a big upset in front of her home crowd at the Mutua Madrid Open on Monday - who did she beat? Maria Sharapova won her 17th clay court match in a row.
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova won her fifth WTA title - and first on clay - at the Portugal Open. And the Russian isn't scared of her next match - a first round with Victoria Azarenka in Madrid.
Kristina Mladenovic and Lucie Safarova made quite an impression in their first tournament together, winning the Premier-level Family Circle Cup doubles title in Charleston on Sunday.
Ayumi Morita battled back from a 61 41 deficit to win her first round match at the Sony Open Tennis. Elsewhere, Serena Williams' first opponent is now known, and it could be a very tricky one.
After years of struggles Olga Puchkova is hitting her stride on the WTA again, those big groundstrokes in full flight - and awaiting her in the WTA Brasil Tennis Cup semifinals is Venus Williams.
Venus Williams survived a big test against Garbiñe Muguruza in the second round of the WTA Brasil Tennis Cup on Wednesday night, rallying from 3-1 down in the third to beat the Spaniard.
She may have needed eight match points to do it, but Venus Williams beat Mirjana Lucic-Baroni in her first round match at the WTA Brasil Tennis Cup. Olga Puchkova pulled off a big upset.
Marina Erakovic was just a baby when the last New Zealander won a WTA title - that drought came to an end in Memphis on Saturday night, and the trophy couldn't have been more appropriate.
