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Venus Williams played a brand of tennis at the Family Circle Cup that would be hard for anyone to overcome, including little sister Serena.

Jurgen Melzer, playing with a broken big toe on his right foot, upset top-seeded John Isner 6-3, 7-6 (6) on Friday in the quarterfinals of the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships.

Top-seeded John Isner beat fellow American Donald Young 7-6 (3), 6-4 on Thursday to move to the quarterfinals of Regions Morgan Keegan Championships.

Second-ranked Petra Kvitova and No. 4 Maria Sharapova advanced with lopsided wins.

Marion Bartoli withdrew from her Kremlin Cup quarterfinal with Elena Vesnina because of illness, handing Agnieszka Radwanska a spot in the season-ending WTA Championships in Istanbul.

Igor Andreev, slowed by knee pain in a hometown tournament he won in 2005, lost to eighth-seeded Andreas Seppi of Italy 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4) Monday in the first round of the Kremlin Cup.

Maria-Jose Martinez Sanchez reached the Korea Open semifinals Friday by beating third-seeded Julia Goerges of Germany 7-6 (6), 6-1.

Julia Goerges of Germany and Spain's Maria-Jose Martinez Sanchez both advanced to the quarterfinals of the Korea Open on Thursday and will meet each other in the next round.

Top-seeded Francesca Schiavone lost to Vera Dushevina of Russia 7-6 (4), 6-2 Tuesday in the first round of the Korea Open.

Maria Sharapova moved easily into the third round of the U.S. Open with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Anastasia Yakimova.

Nineteen-year-old Christina McHale found the bright side when it comes to being the only American in the New Haven Open.

Top-seeded Vera Zvonareva of Russia beat countrywoman Vera Dushevina 6-3, 6-0 as the top five seeds advanced at the Mercury Insurance Open.

American teen Sloane Stephens upset No. 7 seed Julia Goerges 6-3, 7-5 despite a potentially costly and embarrassing mistake in a second-round match in the Mercury Insurance Open.

Dominika Cibulkova knocked Svetlana Kuznetsova out of the Madrid Open on Saturday, defeating the two-time Grand Slam champion 6-3, 6-2 in the first round of the clay-court Masters series event.

Vania King upset No. 16 seed Vera Dushevina 6-4, 7-6 (7) in the first round of the Family Circle Cup on Monday.

Bethanie Mattek-Sands beat Vera Dushevina of Russia 6-4, 6-4 in the opening round of the BNP Paribas Open.