Serena Williams rolled past Belinda Bencic in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3, to advance to the second round of the Australian Open.
Simona Halep became the highest seeded player to exit the French Open so far as she lost to Mirjana Lucic-Baroni in the second round.
While her older sister Venus was winning the WTA event in Auckland, New Zealand, Serena Williams was losing two of four singles matches at the Hopman Cup -- and then her cool in the final.
Maria Sharapova reached the US Open's fourth round by taking five of the last six games after her opponent, Sabine Lisicki, was warned by the chair umpire about receiving coaching help.
Eugenie Bouchard defeated French Open runner-up Simona Halep 7-6 (5), 6-2 Thursday to advance to the Wimbledon final against 2011 champion Petra Kvitova.
French Open runner-up Simona Halep won the last 11 games of the match to advance to the Wimbledon semifinals with a 6-4, 6-0 victory over 2013 finalist Sabine Lisicki of Germany
