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Polona Hercog won her second consecutive Swedish Open title Sunday after recovering from a shaky start to beat Mathilde Johansson of France 0-6, 6-4, 7-5.The Slovenian racked up unforced errors in the first set and appeared to be headed for defeat but sharpened her focus in the second. She controlled the match to go up 5-1 in the third but then lost her concentration once again, allowing Johansson to fight back to 5-5.Hercog recovered by breaking Johansson in the next game and then serving out the match."Sometimes nerves kick in too much," Hercog said. "But I'm really glad that I managed to calm myself down in the last two games."Hercog beat Sweden's Johanna Larsson in the final last year....
No. 4 seed Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium lost to Casey Dellacqua of Australia 6-4, 6-3 in the second round of the Texas Tennis Open on Tuesday.The hard-court tournamen...
Czech Petra Kvitova defeated Russian Maria Kirilenko to win a final U.S. Open tune-up, the $637,000 New Haven Open at Yale.The second-seeded Kvitova delivered seven ...
Top seed Victoria Azarenka, reigning champion Samantha Stosur and three-time titlist Kim Clijsters were first-round winners on Day 1 at the 2012 U.S. Open.The Belaru...
Former world No. 1 star Caroline Wozniacki was an easy first-round winner Tuesday at the $500,000 Korea Open tennis event.The top-seeded Dane routed Dutch left-hande...
Top seeds Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova were among those posting wins Monday at the $4.8 million China Open tennis event.The world No. 1 Azarenka throttled F...
Second seed Maria Sharapova and reigning champion Agnieszka Radwanska were a pair of winners Wednesday at the $4.8 million China Open tennis event.The former world N...
World No. 1 Victoria Azarenka and second seed Maria Sharapova were a pair of easy third-round winners Thursday at the $4.8 million China Open tennis event.The Austra...
Defending champion Polona Hercog has advanced to the final of the Swedish Open, where she will face Mathilde Johansson of France.The 21-year old Slovenian on Saturda...
Top-seeded French Open runner-up Sara Errani and her second-seeded fellow Italian Roberta Vinci were easy Day-2 winners, while five-time Palermo champion Anabel Medi...
Seventh seed Alize Cornet was an easy opening-round winner, while last year's runner-up Polona Hercog was dismissed Monday at the $220,000 Italiacom Open.Romanian Ir...
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...
World No. 1 Victoria Azarenka and former top-ranked star Serena Williams could do battle in the U.S. Open final, as the draw for the 2012 Big Apple fortnight was rev...
Defending champion Polona Hercog has advanced to the final of the Swedish Open, where she will face Mathilde Johansson of France on Sunday.The Slovenian eased throug...
Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania beat Slovenia's Polona Hercog, last year's runner-up, with a 6-1, 7-6 (8) victory Monday in the first round of the Italiacom Open.Begu,...
Top-seeded Jelena Jankovic of Serbia advanced to the Monterrey Open final, beatting Polona Hercog of Slovenia 6-3, 6-2 on Saturday.The former No. 1-ranked Jankovic n...
PRAGUE (AP) — Anna Tatishvili of Georgia has rallied to defeat Slovakia's Magdalena Rybarikova 0-6, 7-5, 7-5 and reach the second round of the Prague Open.In other f...
ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Venus Williams came from a set down to defend her Mexican Open title, while David Ferrer defeated good friend and fellow Spaniard Juan Carlos...
Defending champion Victoria Azarenka and five-time titlist Serena Williams easily advanced in their opening- round matches on Day 2 at the Australian Open.The world ...
Fourth-seeded Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium was a first-round winner Sunday at the $220,000 Texas Open, a final U.S. Open tune- up.Wickmayer beat Heather Watson of Gre...