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Third seed Su-Wei Hsieh came up an opening-round loser Monday at the $235,000 Pattaya Open tennis event.New Zealand's Marina Erakovic whipped Taipei's Hsieh 6-2, 6-2 on the hardcourts at Dusit Thani Hotel.Also on Day 1, Thai wild card Varatchaya Wongteanchai handled German Annika Beck 6-3, 6-3, Russian Alexandra Panova topped Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu 7-6 (8-6), 3-2, retired, and France's Mathilde Johansson dismissed Taipei's Kai- Chen Chang 6-4, 6-3.This week's top seed is former world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic. The Serbian star will open her stay against Japan's Ayumi Morita on Tuesday.Reigning two-time champion Daniela Hantuchova, seeded sixth this week, bested Russian Maria Kirilenko, this week's second seed, in last year's Pattaya finale. Hantuchova and Kirilenko are also on Tuesday's schedule.This week's winner will collect $40,000....
Top-seeded Samantha Stosur was a second-round winner Wednesday at the HP Open.The Australian Stosur rallied past Virginie Razzano of France by a 1-6, 6-2, 6-4 margin...
Frenchwoman Pauline Parmentier upset second- seeded Zheng Jie of China on Thursday in second-round action at the HP Open.Parmentier recorded six service breaks in a ...
Australia's Samantha Stosur was among the quarterfinal winners Friday at the HP Open.The top-seeded Stosur needed just 64 minutes to dispose of American Jamie Hampto...
Chinese Taipei's Kai-Chen Chang knocked off top-seed Samantha Stosur in their semifinal matchup Saturday at the HP Open.Chang smashed four aces and overcame six doub...
Seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams, former champions Ana Ivanovic and Svetlana Kuznetsova and sixth- seeded Samantha Stosur were among Sunday's first-roun...
Britain's Heather Watson earned her first career WTA title on Sunday, knocking off Chinese Taipei's Kai-Chen Chang in a three-set thriller at the HP Open.Watson smas...
Top-seeded Samantha Stosur and former world No. 1s Caroline Wozniacki and Ana Ivanovic were among the quarterfinal winners Friday at the Kremlin Cup tennis tournamen...
Samantha Stosur and Caroline Wozniacki won semifinal matches on Saturday and will meet for the title at the Kremlin Cup tennis tournament.The top-seeded Stosur ralli...
Defending champion Chanelle Scheepers of South Africa was among the winners Monday on the first day of play at the Guangzhou International.The fifth-seeded Scheepers...
Reigning champion Chanelle Scheepers was an easy second-round winner, while second-seeded Chinese favorite Zheng Jie came up a loser Wednesday at the $220,000 Guangz...
Top-seeded Marion Bartoli of France and sixth-seeded Monica Niculescu of Romania were knocked out in the first round of the Guangzhou Open on Tuesday.Taiwanese quali...
Top seed Marion Bartoli retired from her first-round match at the $220,000 Guangzhou International tennis event due to a gastrointestinal illness.The French former W...
Former Wimbledon runner-up Marion Bartoli highlighted Monday's first-round winners at the inaugural Shenzhen Open.The second-seeded Bartoli, of France, blew past wil...
Former champion Maria Sharapova and seven-time Grand Slam winner Venus Williams both cruised in their first-round matches as play commenced at the Australian Open on...
The draw for the Australian Open was revealed on Friday and reigning champion Victoria Azarenka could face five-time winner Serena Williams in the semifinals at Melb...
Top seeds Li Na and Marion Bartoli were straight-set winners Wednesday in the second round of the inaugural Shenzhen Open.The top-seeded Li battled through some trou...
Fifth-seeded Yanina Wickmayer and sixth- seeded Chanelle Scheepers both posted first-round victories Monday at the $740,000 Bank of the West Classic tennis event.The...
Olga Govortsova and Ayumi Morita were among Tuesday's first-round winners at the Taipei WTA Ladies Open.The second-seeded Belarusian Govortsova topped Chinese Zheng ...
Top-seeded Samantha Stosur was among the winners on the opening day of play Monday at the HP Open.Stosur cruised to a 6-4, 6-2 win over Japan's Erika Sema. It's been...