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Jelena Jankovic moved a step closer to her third straight semifinal appearance at the French Open, beating Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia 6-1, 6-2 Thursday in the second round.

Jelena Jankovic dominated her opponent before a 2 hour rain delay, and then did well enough after it to advance to the second round of the French Open by beating Petra.

Rafael Nadal broke the French Open men's record for consecutive wins when he beat Marcos Daniel of Brazil 7-5, 6-4, 6-3 Monday in the first round.

Maria Sharapova played her first tour singles match in nearly 10 months Monday, beating Tathiana Garbin of Italy 6-1, 6-7 (6), 6-3 in the first round of the Warsaw Open.

Roger Federer beats world number one Rafael Nadal beats to win the Madrid Open and extend his unbeaten run on clay.

Roger Federer was made to work before overcoming Andy Roddick 7-5, 6-7 (5/7), 6-1 in the Madrid Masters quarter-finals on Friday, his 18th career win over his old American rival.

Dinara Safina secured her first WTA Tour title since taking over the No. 1 ranking by beating fellow Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-3, 6-2 Saturday in the final of the Italian Open.

Five-times champion Roger Federer is set to lead a strongest-ever field at Halle's ATP tournament, one of the traditional warm-up events before Wimbledon, which starts on June 8.

Serena Williams still rates herself as the best player in the world even though she has been toppled from the top spot by Russia's Dinara Safina.

Reigning champion Novak Djokovic will play Roger Federer in the semi-final of the Rome Masters after they won their quarter-final matches in straight sets.