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Red-hot Serena Williams, two-time reigning champion Maria Sharapova and Belarusian star Victoria Azarenka were a trio of easy third-round winners Thursday at the $2.37 million Italian Open, a clay- court French Open tune-up.The world No. 1 American star Williams dismantled helpless 14th-seeded Slovak Dominika Cibulkova 6-0, 6-1 in only 66 minutes.The 2002 Rome titlist Williams, fresh off her clay-court title in Madrid last week, has now won a career-best-tying 21 straight matches and will meet Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro in Friday's quarterfinals.Meanwhile, the second-seeded former No. 1 Sharapova lambasted 16th-seeded American Sloane Stephens 6-2, 6-1 and the third-seeded Australian Open champion and former top-ranked Azarenka was having her way with Ayumi Morita 6-1, 2-0 when the Japanese player retired on Day 4 at Foro Italico. Sharapova was last week's Madrid runner-up to the mighty Williams.The reigning French Open champion Sharapova is seeking a third straight Italian Open cham...
Defending champion Serena Williams and fourth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska were among Sunday's first-round winners at the Madrid Open.Williams recovered from a slow st...
Returning to the court where she won her first Grand Slam championship a year ago, Petra Kvitova overcame a shaky start and a late rain delay Tuesday to open her Wim...
Returning to the court where she won her first Grand Slam championship a year ago, Petra Kvitova overcame a shaky start and a late rain delay Tuesday to open her Wim...
Organizers of the New Haven Open have announced 2011 Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova has been granted a wildcard into the tournament.Kvitova, of the Czech Republic,...
Fifth-seeded Petra Kvitova rallied to beat Ksenia Pervak 4-6, 7-6 (0), 6-0 on Wednesday night in the second round of the Rogers Cup.Kvitova, the 2011 Wimbledon champ...
Defending champion Petra Kvitova advanced to the third round of Wimbledon by beating Elena Baltacha of Britain 6-0, 6-4 Thursday.Kvitova breezed through the first se...
Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova was upset at the Eastbourne championships Tuesday, falling to Ekaterina Makarova 7-5, 6-4 in the first round of the grass-court tour...
Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova was among the top three women's seeds to fall in the first round of the Eastbourne Championships on Tuesday.However, defending champ...
Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova reached the third round of the French Open by beating Urszula Radwanska of Poland 6-1, 6-3 Thursday.The fourth-seeded Czech won her ...
Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova reached the third round of the French Open by beating Urszula Radwanska of Poland 6-1, 6-3 Thursday.The fourth-seeded Czech was neve...
Marion Bartoli rallied to upset Petra Kvitova and reach the U.S. Open quarterfinals for the first time.The 11th-seeded Frenchwoman won 1-6, 6-2, 6-0 on Sunday. Kvito...
Serena Williams reached her eighth Wimbledon semifinal by knocking out defending champion Petra Kvitova in straight sets with another commanding serving performance ...
Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer appear back on track after early losses in Madrid last week.Top-ranked Djokovic quickly overcame an early break to cruise past Spani...
Wimbledon runner-up Agnieszka Radwanska was a second-round upset victim Tuesday at the Italian Open.Romanian qualifier Simona Halep upended the fourth-seeded Pole in...
Red-hot Serena Williams was an easy second- round winner, while last year's Wimbledon runner-up Agnieszka Radwanska was an upset victim Tuesday at the Italian Open t...
Novak Djokovic reached the third round of the Italian Open, beating Spanish qualifier Albert Montanes 6-2, 6-3 Tuesday and appearing to have no problems with his inj...
Former champion Venus Williams was a lopsided first-round loser at the Italian Open tennis event.Promising British left-hander Laura Robson whipped the former world ...
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...
Second-seeded Maria Sharapova and last year's runner-up Victoria Azarenka were a pair of first-round winners Monday at the $4 million Madrid Open.The former world No...