Easy for Azarenka in New York
World number one Victoria Azarenka laid down a marker with a 6-0 6-1 trouncing of Zheng Jie to reach the fourth round of the US Open.
World number one Victoria Azarenka laid down a marker with a 6-0 6-1 trouncing of Zheng Jie to reach the fourth round of the US Open.
Serena Williams survived by far the biggest first-week test of her Wimbledon campaign as she came from a set down to see off the gutsy challenge of 25th seed Jie Zheng.
China's Zheng Jie secured her fourth WTA Tour title after fourth seed Flavia Pennetta retired hurt in the third set of the ASB Classic final in Auckland.
Serena Williams and Svetlana Kuznetsova progressed to the quarter-finals of the Australian Open following the retirements of Victoria Azarenka and Zheng Jie respectively.
Serena Williams will play sister Venus in the Wimbledon final after she defeated Chinese wildcard Zheng Jie this evening. Defending champion Venus beat Russian fifth seed Elena Dementieva in the semi-final played earlier this afternoon.
Serena Williams reached her fourth Wimbledon final and her third against her sister Venus after wrestling aside the plucky challenge of China's Zheng Jie 6-2 7-6 (7/5) on Centre Court today.
Zheng Jie became the first Chinese player to reach a Grand Slam semi-final as the wildcard claimed an historic 6-2, 5-7, 6-1 victory over Czech 18th seed Nicole Vaidisova at Wimbledon.
Kim Clijsters began her final season with a straight-sets win over China's Zheng Jie at the Champions Challenge exhibition event in Hong Kong.
Chinese third seed Zheng Jie upset world number 11 Anastasia Myskina 6-4 6-1 in the final of the Stockholm Open today to claim her third career title.
In the WTA Tour's first all-Chinese singles final, sixth seed Zheng Jie took the title when her opponent Li Na pulled out before the start of the third set with cramp in her right leg.
Chinese duo Zi Yan and Jie Zheng saved two championship points as they claimed the Australian Open women's doubles title over Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur.
Serena Williams began the defence of her women's singles Wimbledon title with a 6-3, 6-1 defeat of China's Jie Zheng on Centre Court.