Kimiko Date-Krumm set up a potential Wimbledon showdown with defending champion Serena Williams as the Japanese veteran defeated Romania's Alexandra Cadantu 6-4, 7-5 in the second round on Thursday.

Maria Sharapova was nearly perfect in the first round of the French Open, winning all 12 games to produce a "double bagel."

Timea Babos of Hungary won her first WTA title on Sunday with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Alexandra Cadantu of Romania in the Monterrey Open final.

Top seed Roberta Vinci was ousted from the $220,000 WTA Monterrey Open on Wednesday, with Russian Nina Bratchikova upsetting the Italian 7-5, 7-5 to reach the quarter-finals.