No.1 seeds Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka, as well as No.2 seeds Nadia Petrova and Katarina Srebotnik, lost their doubles openers at the Mutua Madrid Open.
Maria Sharapova only let four winners past her and blasted 22 of her own to beat Christina McHale at the Mutua Madrid Open on Tuesday. Ana Ivanovic set up a clash with the world's No.1 teenager.
The stars of the WTA had some great quotes in Stuttgart last week, talking about everything from catastrophic matches to feeling the rhythm with your eyes closed to namesakes. Read on!
A German wildcard pair came through in a packed field in Stuttgart, Timea Babos and Mandy Minella won their second WTA doubles title of the year, and Sara Errani joined Roberta Vinci at No.1.
Down a match point in the second round of the qualifying tournament, who would have thought Bethanie Mattek-Sands would find herself in the semifinals of the main draw five days later?
Ana Ivanovic took out No.8 seed Nadia Petrova as the second round of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix wrapped up. Next up will be the No.1 seed and defending champion, Maria Sharapova.
Ana Ivanovic made a blistering start to her Porsche Tennis Grand Prix campaign on Tuesday, going down an early break but then powering past good friend Andrea Petkovic in straight sets.
Top 10 stars Maria Sharapova, Li Na and Angelique Kerber were among those taking part in WTA Live All Access Hour presented by Xerox on Monday. Watch the video here.
There was heavy hitting in the World Group play-offs, with Sabine Lisicki blasting an ace to put Germany into next year's World Group and both Williams sisters lifting their games for the US.
