Kim Clijsters suffered a humbling third round defeat while Justine Henin narrowly avoided the same fate on an intriguing day at the Australian Open. Clijsters, one of the favourites to win the title, was blasted off court by 19th seeded Russian Nadia Petrova 6-0, 6-1 in only 52 minutes, shocking the large crowd who had come to cheer her on ...

Italy's Francesca Schiavone, the last seeded woman standing, cruised comfortably into the Kremlin Cup final with a straight-sets win over Ukraine's Alona Bondarenko here on Saturday. In Sunday's final, the eighth seed will face Olga Govortsova of Belarus, who swept aside Alisa Kleybanova of Russia 6-2, 6-1. The 29-year-old Schiavone, the 2005 runner-up, won 6-4, 6-0 in ...

Francesca Schiavone of Italy and Olga Govortsova of Belarus advanced to the final the Kremlin Cup with straight-sets victories on Saturday. Schiavone defeated Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine 6-4, 6-0 to reach her second straight final in as many weeks. Govortsova ousted Alisa Kleybanova of Russia 6-2, 6-1 to reach her ...