... Venus losing in the third round and Serena in the quarterfinals. Venus also was upset in the second round at the Australian Open in January, and she's won only five of her past nine matches. But form never seems to matter for the sisters when ...

... old Safin replied. "Pretty much relieved." He's a former No. 1 player who won the 2000 U.S. Open and 2005 Australian Open, but a series of injuries slowed him recently. Still, Safin came to Wimbledon ranked 24th and seeded 14th, and ...

... more to do better ... on the hard courts than on grass or clay," said the 46th-ranked Sela, who now meets 2008 Australian Open champion Djokovic. "But any Grand Slam fourth round, it's good, I think." Two marathon matches were suspended ...

... victory over 34th-ranked Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain. The only other time they played, on a hard court at the Australian Open in January, Suarez Navarro knocked off Williams in the second round. "Completely different circumstances," noted ...

... said Sharapova, who missed the U.S. Open and Australian Open. "I was just glad I could pick myself up and keep ... she couldn't bear to watch on TV. By the time the Australian Open came around in January, Sharapova found herself tuning ...

... Rafael Nadal, who supplanted Federer at No. 1 in the rankings last year and edged him in five-set Wimbledon and Australian Open finals. "I thought," Acasuso said, "I could have won this match." But this has not been a French Open for ...

... a 6-1, 6-1 loss to Martina Hingis in the 2001 Australian Open semifinals. "I said, 'Fight! Try to find some ... focus right now" is trying to add a French Open or Australian Open singles title to her collection. "Every time she ...

... Roddick won the 2003 U.S. Open, was a two-time finalist at Wimbledon and a four-time semifinalist at the Australian Open. But clay can dull his big serve and big forehand, which is why his new coach, Larry Stefanki, has Roddick changing ...

... of Nadal's bona fides for a moment the dominance on clay; the six Grand Slam titles, including at Wimbledon and Australian Open and focus on this: The 23rd-seeded Soderling never had won so much as a third-round match at any major tournament ...

... of Chile. "I always knew that I could play really, really good tennis," Soderling said. Gonzalez, the 2007 Australian Open runner-up, reached his first semifinal at Roland Garros with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-0, 6-4 victory over No ...