Serena Williams won a thrilling, three-set quarterfinal match Wednesday night, thwarting No. 5 seed Simona Halep 6-2, 4-6, 6-3.
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.
Move over Roger Federer, there is another guy with a share of your crown as king of the desert.
Serena Williams withdrew before her semifinal at the BNP Paribas Open on Friday night with a right knee injury, 14 years after her sister Venus did the same thing and triggered an angry reaction from fans that had driven Serena to boycott the tournament.
An error-prone Serena Williams beat Monica Niculescu 7-5, 7-5 in her first match at Indian Wells in 14 years Friday night, receiving a warm welcome from the fans in sharp contrast to the booing that drove her away as a teenager.
Fifth-seeded Ana Ivanovic struggled with her serve and lost in three sets to Czech qualifier Lucie Hradecka in first big upset of the Australian Open on Monday, Ivanovic's worst result in a major since 2011.
