Last week's Madrid champion Serena
Williams, reigning Rome titlist Maria Sharapova, Wimbledon champ Petra Kvitova
and former world No. 1 Venus Williams were a quartet of winners Tuesday at
the $2.168 million Italian Open tennis event, a clay-court French Open
tune-up.

Reigning champion Maria Sharapova,
Wimbledon titlist Petra Kvitova and former world No. 1 Venus Williams were a
trio of winners Tuesday at the $2.168 million Italian Open tennis event, a
clay-court French Open tune-up.

Newly discovered wall writings found in Guatemala show Mayan  calendars that go well beyond 2012, the year when the vanished civilization, according to popular culture, expected the end of the world.

Former world No. 1 star Serena Williams
will lead the United States against host Ukraine in a Fed Cup playoff next
week.

Serena Williams reached a milestone in
dominating fashion on Sunday, beating Czech Lucie Safarova in straight sets to
win the championship at the Family Circle Cup tennis event.

Former champions Serena Williams, Venus
Williams and Samantha Stosur were all winners Tuesday at the $740,000 Family
Circle Cup tennis event.

Former champions Samantha Stosur and Venus
Williams were a pair of winners Tuesday at the $740,000 Family Circle Cup
tennis event.

Former champion Venus Williams was an
opening-round winner Tuesday at the $740,000 Family Circle Cup tennis event.

Rising 33rd-ranked American Christina
McHale and once-promising American Melanie Oudin each suffered first-round
losses Monday at the $740,000 Family Circle Cup tennis event.

Once-promising American Melanie Oudin
suffered a first-round loss Monday at the $740,000 Family Circle Cup.

For the first time in 2012, Victoria
Azarenka lost on Wednesday.

A day after her younger sister lost a
quarterfinal match, Venus Williams was shown the door in the round of eight at
the lucrative Sony Ericsson Open.

Caroline Wozniacki may not have any major
titles to her credit, but the former World No. 1 picked up a major victory on
Tuesday with a straight-set win over Serena Williams in the quarterfinals of
the $4.828 million Sony Ericsson Open.

Three-time runner-up Maria Sharapova
was an easy quarterfinal winner Tuesday at the $4.828 million Sony Ericsson
Open.

Venus Williams, playing in her first
tournament since the U.S. Open due to Sjogren's syndrome, posted a second-
round win over reigning Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova Friday at the Sony
Ericsson Open.