Williams sisters reach 2nd round
Associated PressVenus Williams beat Stephanie Dubois of Canada 6-2, 6-3 in the first round of the Bank of the West Classic.
Story | Conversation | July 28, 2009Petrova advances to quarterfinals
Associated PressTop-seeded Nadia Petrova beat 14-year-old American Madison Keys 6-3, 6-2 in the second round of The MPS Group Championships.
Story | Conversation | April 08, 2009Dechy joins Petrova, Kirilenko in semifinals
Associated PressUnseeded Nathalie Dechy continued her best run of the year, moving into the semifinals of the Western and Southern Financial Group Women's Open by beating sixth-seeded Aleksandra Wozniak 7-6 (4), 7-5 on Friday.
Story | Conversation | August 15, 2008Dechy ousts Srebotnik; Kirilenko, Petrova, Lisicki advance
Associated PressUnseeded Nathalie Dechy rolled through a third-set tiebreak to pull out a 7-5, 2-6, 7-6 (1) upset of fourth-seeded Katarina Srebotnik, earning a berth in the quarterfinals of the Cincinnati Women's Open.
Story | Conversation | August 13, 2008Pin, Kirilenko, Srebotnik, Dechy reach second round
Associated PressUnseeded Camille Pin of France upset seventh-seeded Russian Ekaterina Makarova 6-2, 6-0 in the first round of the Cincinnati Open.
Story | Conversation | August 11, 2008Top-seeded Peer upset by Llagostera Vives in opener at Barcelona
Associated PressNo. 1 seed Shahar Peer of Israel was bounced from the first round of the Torneo Barcelona by unseeded Nuria Llagostera Vives of Spain on Tuesday, 7-5, 6-2.
Story | Conversation | June 10, 2008Petrova defeats Osterloh in straight sets at Istanbul
Associated PressThird-seeded Nadia Petrova defeated American Lilia Osterloh 6-1, 6-2 Tuesday in the first round of the Istanbul Cup.
Story | Conversation | May 20, 2008Simon, Gicquel, Gabashvili, Gil, Minar among winners
Associated PressFifth-seeded Gilles Simon defeated Roko Karanusic 7-5, 7-5 to advance to the second round of the clay-court Estoril Open.
Story | Conversation | April 14, 2008Harkleroad, Craybas among Pacific Life Open winners
Associated PressAshley Harkleroad advanced to the second round of the Pacific Life Open, beating the Ukraine's Tatiana Perebiynis 6-2, 6-0.
Story | Conversation | March 12, 2008Radwanska polishes off Kremer in less than 90 minutes
Associated PressTop-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska advanced to the quarterfinals of the Pattaya Women's Open with a 6-2, 6-2 win Thursday over former champion Anne Kremer.
Story | Conversation | February 07, 2008Golovin, Srebotnik, Likhovtseva win at Slovenia Open
Associated PressTop-seeded Tatiana Golovin of France beat Lilia Osterloh of the United States 6-1, 1-6, 6-1 Monday in the first round of the Slovenia Open.
Story | Conversation | September 17, 2007Is there a right time to turn pro?
Greg Garber, ESPN.comAmerican John Isner and Donald Young both won their first career Grand Slam matches in the first round of the U.S. Open. But they took very different paths to get here, writes Greg Garber.
Story | Conversation | August 28, 2007Defending champ Dementieva in, Hingis, Bartoli, Safin out in Carson
Associated PressSania Mirza capped a bad day for high seeds in the EastWest Bank Classic by knocking out No. 7 Martina Hingis, 6-2, 2-6, 6-4, in a second-round match Tuesday night.
Story | Conversation | August 07, 2007Hantuchova, Chakvetadze, Bammer advance to semifinals
Associated PressThird-seeded Daniela Hantuchova couldn't quite remember if she had played qualifier Olga Govortsova before beating her 7-5, 6-3 in the quarterfinals of the Bank of the West Classic.
Story | Conversation | July 27, 2007Crowd-pleasing Mirza tops Schnyder at Bank of the West
Associated PressA huge draw in India, Sania Mirza is becoming nearly as big in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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