Britain's Andy Murray faced down his Grand Slam nemesis Roger Federer in an electrifying five-set thriller to reach the Australian Open final on Friday night.
World No 2 Li Na has just upset former world No 1 Caroline Wozniacki to make it into the last four of the Sony Open, setting up an Australian Open final's rematch with Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova in the semifinals.
World number one Serena Williams led a stampede of top seeds into the quarterfinals of the Sony Open on Monday but big sister and three-time Miami champion Venus could not join the party.
World No 2 Li Na finally made her first appearance at the Sony Open on Sunday, taming Madison Keys in an unsteady effort.
Be there twice and then you understand what it takes to get there again: That's how much Li Na's second Grand Slam championship matters for her future career.
Chinese aces dominated the Australian Open Wildcard Playoffs, which concluded in Shenzhen, Guangdong province on Sunday.
Chinese tennis players are vying for wild card entries to the Australian Open.
Li Na of China hits an overhead to Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands at the Sony Open tennis tournament in Key Biscayne, Florida, March 21, 2013.
Victoria Azarenka revels in her rivalry with Serena Williams and she could recapture the world No 1 ranking from the 15-time Grand Slam winner at the Dubai WTA Open this week.
Chinese tennis player Li Na will miss the Qatar Open next week due to the ankle injury she suffered in her Australia Open final in which she lost to Victoria Azarenka of Belarus.
Australian Open runner-up Li Na will visit doctors in Germany on Monday for treatment on her sore left ankle and is hopeful of returning to action in a fortnight, the Chinese world number five said on Thursday.
Andy Murray ran and ran until the skin on his feet came off and still it was not quite enough.
Novak Djokovic wore down Andy Murray in a gruelling four-set final to clinch the professional era's first hat-trick of Australian Open titles in attritional style on Sunday.
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