Top seed Petrova wins in straight sets to reach Bell Challenge semifinals

Top-seeded Nadia Petrova beat Melinda Czink of Hungary 6-1, 6-4 Friday to reach the Bell Challenge semifinals.

Wozniak tops qualifier Gullickson to advance in Quebec

Hometown favorite Aleksandra Wozniak beat qualifier Carly Gullickson 6-3, 6-2 Thursday in the second round of the Bell Challenge.

Petrova rolls over Mokh in first round of Bell Challenge

Top seed Nadia Petrova breezed past Maria Mokh 6-1, 6-2 on Tuesday in the Bell Challenge.

Coin's win an upset of epic historical proportions

Coin shocks the world NEW YORK -- When she lost in qualifying at Wimbledon -- Julie Coin almost always loses in qualifying -- the thought first cros...

Ivanovic survives scare from Dushevina; Williamses roll into second round

Top seed Ana Ivanovic survived a scare at the U.S. Open before scraping past Vera Dushevina of Russia 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 in the first round.

Scalding Del Potro has his sights set on U.S. Open

A bevy of struggling men and ailing women may allow some dark horses to inflict damage at the U.S. Open.

Nadia Petrova, of Russia, holds the championship trophy after she defeated Nathalie Dechy, of France, at the Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open tennis tournament, Sunday. Aug. 17...

Petrova dominates Dechy to win Women's Open

Second-seeded Nadia Petrova dominated unseeded Nathalie Dechy, 6-2, 6-1, to win the Western and Southern Financial Groups Women's Open on Sunday.

Dechy drops Mauresmo to reach first final in four years

Nathalie Dechy reached her first final in four years with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 upset of fifth-seeded Amelie Mauresmo in a semifinal of the Western and Southern Financial Group Women's Open on Saturday.

Dechy joins Petrova, Kirilenko in semifinals

Unseeded 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.

Mauresmo, Wozniak, King advance to quarterfinals

Fifth-seeded Amelie Mauresmo and sixth-seeded Aleksandra Wozniak easily advanced to the quarterfinals of the $175,000 Cincinnati Women's Open with straight-set wins.

Dechy ousts Srebotnik; Kirilenko, Petrova, Lisicki advance

Unseeded 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.

Pin, Kirilenko, Srebotnik, Dechy reach second round

Unseeded Camille Pin of France upset seventh-seeded Russian Ekaterina Makarova 6-2, 6-0 in the first round of the Cincinnati Open.

Radwanska, Srebotnik advance to second round

Top-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska beat Nathalie Dechy of France 6-2, 6-3 in the first round of the Nordic Light Open.

On-court battles won't challenge unassailable sibling bond

An intense intra-family competition, coupled with an unabashed friendship, is a conflict the Williams sisters have been battling for years.