Justine Henin was all class as she reached the Australian Open quarter-finals on a day when Dinara Safina withdrew injured and Svetlana Kuznetsova crashed out to Nadia Petrova. Henin continued her amazing comeback when she outplayed fellow Belgian Yanina Wickmayer 7-6 (7/3), 1-6, 6-3 Sunday, but it was a very different story for the two Russians. Second seed Safina ...

The immediate career of Russian Dinara Safina is in limbo after a recurrence of her back problems forced the world number two out of the Australian Open on Sunday. A shattered Safina was in agony after retiring from her match with Maria Kirilenko and struggled to hold back tears as she faced the media, describing her latest injury setback as ...

Rafael Nadal set up a blockbuster Australian Open quarter-final with Andy Murray on Sunday and Justine Henin's comeback stayed on track, but there was misery for Dinara Safina who pulled out injured. On a day of upsets, the tournament ended for US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro and French Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova. Second seed Safina limped out ...