Five times Wimbledon champion Venus Williams will play in next year's ASB Classic, organisers announced today.

Game, set - but no match. Maria Sharapova's so-called New Zealand "stalker" has apparently left the glamorous tennis star in peace.

It will be super flash - but apparently the casual tennis player won't need to serve up more cash.

Often the journey is better than the destination and so it proved at the ASB Classic.

Unseeded Hungarian Greta Arn beat defending champion Janina Wickmayer in straight sets.

Defending champion Yanina Wickmayer has reached the ASB Classic final after battling past China's Peng Shuai today.

A 31-year old with one career title provided the upset ASB Classic organisers didn't want to see yesterday.

Tennis superstar Maria Sharapova crashed out of the ASB Classic in Auckland today, losing in straight sets to unheralded Hungarian Greta Arn.