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Top seed and former runner-up Marion Bartoli of France was one of four upset victims Tuesday at the $235,000 Strasbourg International tennis event, a final clay-court French Open tune-up.Italy's Camila Giorgi upended the former Wimbledon runner-up and 2011 Strasbourg finalist Bartoli in 6-3, 6-2 fashion at Strasbourg Tennis Club, where rain wiped out Monday's schedule.Other upsets occurred when French wild card Virginie Razzano toppled second- seeded Austrian Tamira Paszek 6-1, 6-4, American Lauren Davis knocked out sixth-seeded compatriot Christina McHale 7-5, 6-3, and Spaniard Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor erased eighth-seeded Slovakian veteran Daniela Hantuchova 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7-4).Four other seeded women avoided the upset bug, as No. 3 Alize Cornet whipped fellow Frenchwoman Mathilde Johansson, 6-3, 6-2; No. 4 Su-Wei Hsieh of Taiwan overcame German Annika Beck 6-7 (6-8), 7-5, 6-1; No. 5 Monica Niculescu of Romania fought back to best New Zealand's Marina Erakovic 6-7 (7-9), 6-3, 7-6 (7-5...
Rafael Nadal cruised into the Madrid Open quarterfinals with a 6-2, 6-3 victory Thursday over Mikhail Youzhny that featured an array of creative shots.Top-ranked Ser...
Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova reached the quarterfinals at the Madrid Open on Thursday, with the two top-ranked players winning in straight sets.Williams neede...
Second-seeded Maria Sharapova beat Sabine Lisicki of Germany 6-2, 7-5 Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Madrid Open.After breaking Lisicki late in the ...
Victoria Azarenka will not reach a third straight Madrid Open final after suffering a second-round upset Wednesday at the $4 million French Open tune-up.Russian left...
Sara Errani of Italy was the lone seeded player in action Saturday to start the Madrid Open and the 2012 French Open runner-up had an easy win against Poland's Urszu...
Maria Kirilenko of Russia defeated Sorona Cirstea of Romania 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 Saturday to reach the Pattaya Open final.Kirilenko will play for the title Sunday against ...
KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) — Thrusting a clenched fist toward the far end of the court before the final point, Venus Williams telegraphed her intentions.Her next shot p...
Former French Open champion Francesca Schiavone posted a first-round victory Wednesday at the $235,000 Moroccan Grand Prix.The sixth-seeded Italian veteran got past ...
Third-seeded Alize Cornet reached the quarterfinals, while former French Open champion Francesca Schiavone posted a first-round victory Wednesday at the $235,000 Mor...
Russia is back in the Fed Cup final, but it took a dramatic comeback against the Slovak Republic on Sunday to do it.The Slovaks appeared on the way to their first fi...
Dominika Cibulkova and Daniela Hantuchova won singles matches Saturday to give the Slovak Republic a commanding lead in their Fed Cup semifinal against Russia.Cibulk...
Host Russia will battle the Slovak Republic in a best-of-five Fed Cup semifinal in Moscow this weekend.Saturday's opening singles will pit Russian Anastasia Pavlyuch...
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will renew their rivalry in the Italian Open final Sunday.In Saturday's semifinals at the Foro Italico, Federer held off a stiff chall...
Defending champion Daniela Hantuchova ousted Vania King of the United States 7-6 (7), 6-4 Friday to reach the semifinals at the Pattaya Open.The Slovak remained unbe...
Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova won her second straight Pattaya Open title Sunday, defeating Russia's Maria Kirilenko 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-3.This was Hantuchova's fifth car...
Defending champion Daniela Hantuchova ousted Vania King of the United States 7-6 (7), 6-4 Friday to reach the semifinals at the Pattaya Open.The Slovak remained unbe...
Venus Williams lost to Daniela Hantuchova 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 in the quarterfinals Thursday, exiting Eastbourne a day after her sister was defeated but still pleased with ...
Roger Federer was ousted by Kei Nishikori of Japan with a 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 loss Thursday in the third round of the Madrid Open.Following the loss by the second-ranked S...
Top seeds Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova were a pair of straight-set third-round winners Thursday at the $4 million Madrid Open, a clay-court French Open tune-u...