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Australian Open runner-up Li Na and former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki landed in the quarterfinals, while former Wimbledon titlist Petra Kvitova came up a second-round loser Wednesday at the $690,000 Aegon International tennis event, a final grass-court Wimbledon tune-up.The second-seeded former French Open champion Li was scheduled to meet Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli, but the former Wimbledon runner-up pulled out of the draw because of a viral infection on Day 3 at Devonshire Park. The oft- injured Bartoli was the Eastbourne champ two years ago.Meanwhile, the fifth-seeded 2009 Eastbourne champion Wozniacki cruised past British crowd favorite Laura Robson 6-4, 6-4 and capable Belgian Yanina Wickmayer took out the fourth-seeded 2011 Eastbourne runner-up Kvitova 3-6, 6-4, 7-5.In other second-round action involving seeds, Russian Ekaterina Makarova upended No. 3 Angelique Kerber of Germany 6-3, 6-4 and No. 6 Maria Kirilenko of Russia overcame British wild card Elena Baltacha 4-6, 6-4, 6...
Third seed Alize Cornet and fourth seed Julia Goerges managed to fit in opening-round victories Tuesday at the rainy, inaugural clay-court Nurnberger Versicherungscu...
Rain washed away Monday's scheduled opening-round action at the WTA event in Nurnberg, Germany.Four seeds were on Monday's schedule at the inaugural clay-court Nurnb...
Marion Bartoli of France beat seventh-seeded Lucie Safarova 6-4, 6-2 on Thursday to reach the semifinals of the Eastbourne championships.Bartoli next faces Austria's...
Fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska was a second- round winner Wednesday at the French Open.The 2012 Wimbledon runner-up Radwanska cruised past American Mallory Burdette...
Jamie Hampton gave the United States 10 women in the French Open's second round for the second consecutive year, beating 25th-seeded Lucie Safarova of the Czech Repu...
Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka and last year's Wimbledon runner-up Agnieszka Radwanska were a pair of winners Wednesday at the 2013 French Open.The third...
World No. 1 superstar and former champion Serena Williams, Australian Open titlist Victoria Azarenka and last year's Wimbledon runner-up Agnieszka Radwanska were a t...
Serena Williams has plenty to keep her busy. There's college classes, a relaunch of her clothing line and a possible move to Paris.And, oh yeah, there's that brand o...
Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci won singles matches Saturday to give Italy a commanding lead in their Fed Cup semifinal against the Czech Republic.Errani posted a 6-4,...
When the best-of-five semifinal between the two-time defending champion Czech Republic and host Italy swings into action on Saturday, French Open runner-up Sara Erra...
Petra Kvitova and Lucie Safarova both recorded straight-set singles victories on Saturday to give the host and two-time reigning champion Czech Republic a 2-0 lead i...
At Stade Roland Garros Paris wc-wild card; q-qualifier; ll-lucky loser First Round Men (4-6)No. 18 Sam Querrey — def. Lukas Lacko, Slovakia, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.No. 19 Joh...
Australian Bernard Tomic has recharged his form on grass, shaking off last week's hamstring concern to post a 6-3, 6-4 first round win over Briton James Ward at the ...
Andrea Petkovic upset top-seeded Jelena Jankovic 6-4, 6-3 Friday in the inaugural Nurnberger Versicherungscup.Petkovic will play either Simona Halep or Lucie Safarov...
Top-seeded and former world No. 1 Jelena Jankovic was a semifinal upset victim Friday at the hands of Germany's own Andrea Petkovic at the inaugural clay-court Nurnb...
Top-seeded Jelena Jankovic cruised past sixth-seeded Lourdes Dominguez Lino 6-4, 6-0 Thursday to set up a semifinal against Andrea Petkovic in the inaugural WTA Nurn...
Top-seeded former world No. 1 Jelena Jankovic was an easy quarterfinal winner Thursday at the inaugural clay-court Nurnberger Versicherungscup tennis event.Last week...
Former world No. 1 Jelena Jankovic saw double duty Wednesday and reached the quarterfinals at the inaugural clay- court Nurnberger Versicherungscup tennis event.The ...
Third-seeded Alize Cornet beat Pauline Parmentier 6-3, 6-4 in an all-French first-round match at the rain-drenched Nurnberger Versicherungscup on Tuesday.Rain interr...