Nursing a sore shoulder, Jelena Jankovic won one point with broken strings, another after falling down and the last one despite blowing a big lead.

Serbia's Ana Ivanovic returns the ball to Czech Republic's Petra Cetkovska during their fourth round match of the French Open tennis tournament, Sunday June 1, 2008 at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris.
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The Williams sisters moved closer to another Wimbledon final Tuesday, using their power tennis to cruise into the semifinals in straight sets. Defending champion and four-time winner Venus Williams beat Thailand's Tamarine Tanasugarn 6-4, 6-3, and two-time champ Serena swept 19-year-old Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 6-4, 6-0.

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Robby Ginepri leaves Paris with considerable consolation: He was the last American to lose at the French Open.

Defending champion Spain's Rafael Nadal reacts as he plays compatriot Fernando Verdasco during their fourth round match of the French Open tennis tournament, Sunday June 1, 2008 at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris.
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Five-time champion Roger Federer outclassed Mario Ancic - the last man to beat him at Wimbledon - in straight sets Wednesday to reach the semifinals and extend his grass-court winning streak to 64 matches on the first day of significant rain delays at the All England Club.

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By TW Contributing Editor, Ed McGrogan This Week's Tournaments Davis Cup World Group - First Round [Results courtesy of ATPtennis.com] RUSSIA 3, SERBIA 2 Small Sports Arena, Moscow Hard - Indoors Rubber 1: Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) d Nenad Zimonjic (SRB)...Peter Bodo

By TW Contributing Editor, Ed McGrogan Last Week's & This Week's Tournament Australian Open (ATP & WTA - Outdoor Hard - Melbourne, Australia) (In new, Plexicushion blue this week!) - Men's Singles Bracket - Women's Singles Bracket - Men's Doubles Bracket - Women's Doubles Bracket - Mixed Doubles Bracket - Boys' Singles - Girls' Singles - Boys' Doubles - Girls' Doubles - Website - Television Schedule By The Letter (This week: an Australian Open observations version of BTL, because there's so much to talk about in addition to the regular MH and BTB commentary in the MNP.  FYI.) T ...op half of the women's bracket is the more loaded side, with four quarterfinalists who "should be there," according to their seeds.  But Jelena Jankovic sticks out like a sore thumb.  She  read more »

The women's semifinals at Wimbeldon are set for today, with Venus and Serena Williams favored to set up their first all-sibling final since 2003 Wimbledon.

Venus Williams of the US., returns to Thailand's Tamarine Tanasugarn during their Women's Singles quarterfinal match on the Number One Court at Wimbledon, Tuesday, July 1, 2008.
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Serena Williams brushed aside the challenge of Agnieszka Radwanska to book her place in the Wimbledon final four where she will face unexpected semifinalist Jie Zheng of China, whose impressive run has continued as she overcame Nicole Vaidisova. Sixth seed Serena Williams defeated Polish teenager Agnieszka Radwanska with a dominant 6-4 6-0 victory. Williams posted only [...]

By TW Contributing Editor, Ed McGrogan Last Week's Tournament Pacific Life Open (ATP & WTA - Outdoor Hard - Indian Wells, United States) - Singles Final: Novak Djokovic def. Mardy Fish 6-2, 5-7, 6-3.     - Singles Semifinal: Mardy Fish def. Roger Federer 6-3, 6-2.     - Singles Semifinal: Novak Djokovic def. Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-2. - Men's Singles Bracket - Doubles Final: Jonathan Erlich/Andy Ram def. Daniel Nestor/Nenad Zimonjic 6-4, 6-4.      - Doubles Semifinal: Jonathan Erlich/Andy Ram def. Max Mirnyi/Jamie Murray 6-3, 6-4.      - Doubles Semifinal: Daniel Nestor/Nenad Zimonjic def. Richard Gasquet/Robert Lindstedt 7-5, 6-2. - Men's Doubles Bracket - Singles Final: Ana Ivanovic def. Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4, 6-3.  read more »