Upon her third attempt, ninth seed Marion Bartoli (pictured) beat 13-Grand Slam winner Serena Williams on Monday. The French champion will face German wildcard Sabine Lisicki in the Wimbledon quarter-final.
Marion Bartoli will be hoping to become the first Frenchwoman since Mary Pierce to reach the final at Roland Garros when she takes on defending champion Francesca Schiavone of Italy on Thursday.
France's top tennis woman Marion Bartoli had her hopes for a Miami open final dashed by Venus Williams, who logged a 6-3, 6-4 victory on her way to a fourth title bid.
Former world number one Kim Clijsters showed no sign of rust as she brushed aside France's Marion Bartoli (6-4, 6-3) in the first stage of the Cincinnati tournament to mark a triumphant return to competition two years after announcing her retirement.
Former world number one Kim Clijsters is competing at the Cincinnati tournament after over two years away from tennis. The Belgian star is facing France’s Marion Bartoli, who recently won the Stanford open against Venus Williams.
World number 14, Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli, beat American Venus Williams 6-2 5-7 6-4 to win the Stanford Classic on Sunday. This was 24-year-old Bartoli's first win at WTA Premier level.
French player Marion Bartoli (picture) has qualified for her second Stanford Classic final in a row after beating Australia's Samantha Stosur. She will face Venus Williams, who crushed Russian Elena Dementieva in two sets (6-0, 6-1).
Marion Bartoli upset fourth-seed Jelena Jankovic and qualified for the semi-final at Stanford, where she is to play Samantha Stosur, who shocked top-seed Serena Williams.
Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli clinched her first title since November 2006 after defeating China's Li Na in the final of the WTA Monterrey tournament. It's the fourth WTA title of her career.
