Lucie Safarova

Sydney International: Angelique Kerber labours past Lucie Safarova, Sloane Stephens stunned by Camila Giorgi

Kerber will meet second-seeded Venus Williams who received a bye in the first round.

Canadian Open: Caroline Wozniacki stuns World No 1 Karolina Pliskova on rain-curtailed day

Wozniacki posted her first career win over a number-one player in seven tries as she blasted eight aces in the two-hour, 56-minute centre court match.

Canadian Open: Karolina Pliskova progresses to quarter-finals; Venus Williams, Angelique Kerber crash out

Pliskova's opponent Naomi Osaka abandoned due to a muscle injury, leaving Pliskova to advance 6-2, 6-7 (4/7), 1-0.

Wimbledon 2017: Ekaterina Makarova, Elena Vesnina serve up double-bagel to win women's doubles title

Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina have now won three of the grand slam events in doubles following their triumph at the French Open in 2013 and the US Open a year later.

Wimbledon 2017: Bethanie Mattek-Sands taken to hospital after suffering horror knee injury

Bethanie Mattek-Sands collapsed to the ground after damaging her right knee as she approached the net in the first game of the deciding set against Romania's Sorana Cirstea on Court 17.

Birmingham Classic: Petra Kvitova continues comeback run, sets up final against Ashleigh Barty

Petra showed few signs of the appalling knife injuries to her left playing hand, securing a one-sided victory by 6-1, 1-0 retired over her friend and compatriot Lucia Safarova, who quit with a thigh strain.

Birmingham Classic: Petra Kvitova sails into semis, Lucie Safarova saves 3 match points in Daria Gavrilova win

Petra Kvitova, the two-time Wimbledon champion whose career was almost ended by a knife attack, reached her first semi-final in what is only her second tournament since her comeback.

Birmingham Classic: Garbine Muguruza survives scare in first round, Dominika Cibulkova knocked out

It had taken Muguruza four or five days to start afresh after her loss in Paris to Kristina Mladenovic in an atmosphere that had caused her to make strong criticisms of the hostile crowd.

Wimbledon 2017: Angelique Kerber scrambles for Grand Slam boost, faces Lucie Safarova in Birmingham Classic opener

Angelique Kerber’s chances of clinging to a small lead at the top of the world rankings may hinge on the quality of her performances at the Birmingham WTA grass court event starting Monday.

French Open 2017: Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Lucie Safarova clinch fifth women's doubles title

Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Safarova beat unseeded Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua of Australia 6-2, 6-1 for their third successive major title.