Marion Bartoli, former Wimbledon champion, was barred from playing in an invitational event at Wimbledon this week after doctors expressed fears over her health

Marion Bartoli insisted that Indian is on the right path, but fans needs to patient to see more results.

Former Wimbledon champ & Mumbai Marathon ambassador reveals she has a half-Indian boyfriend & eats spicy food at Indian restaurants in London.

Marion Bartoli, who retired after winning the 2013 Wimbledon title, said world number one Serena Williams is the best player in the world when she is fit. Serena has 18 titles, four behind Steffi Graf's record of 22 Grand Slams.

Li Na, Asia's highest-ranking player in tennis history and the top seed at the WTA tournament, downed Peng, who was seeded fifth, 6-4, 7-5.

The week-long Hong Kong Tennis Open in September 2014 will be played in Victoria Park, the city's major downtown green space, and there are hopes of attracting the international stars of women's tennis.

Gasquet, who is ranked 10th in the world, won in a tight three-setter 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 in two hour 23 minutes to record his second victory over Kukushkin in as many meetings.

The 22-year-old fifth seed -- ranked 18 in the world -- took 1hr 41minutes to defeat her seventh-seeded opponent and 2011 US Open champion and record only her second win in five meetings with the Australian.

Allaster, chairman and CEO of the Women's Tennis Association, said female competitors would be quite happy to play for as long as the men if asked by the Grand Slam tournaments.

John Tomic received an eight-month suspended jail sentence on September 6 for headbutting Thomas Drouet - Bernard's training partner, breaking his nose and knocking him out in a May assault outside a Madrid hotel.