Tue, 04/13/2010 - 10:02 by Rakhi
Charleston, S.C. -- Alona Bondarenko and Aleksandra Wozniak were first-round winners Monday at the Family Circle Cup tennis event in Charleston, S.C.
Bondarenko of Ukraine, the No. 9 seed, dispatched American Julie Ditty 6-4, 6-2, while 12th-seeded Wozniak of Canada held on to down American Lilia Osterloh 6-3, 7-6 (11-9).
American qualifier Christina McHale rallied to overcome Russian Alla Kudryavtseva 3-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3; Rossana del los Rios of Paraguay defeated American wild card Mallory Cecil 6-0, 6-4; and German Angelique Kerber put away American wild card Alison Riske 6-2, 6-4.
Romanian Edina Gallovits dropped American Varvara Lepchenko 6-3, 6-3 and drew second-seeded Serbian star Jelena Jankovic as her second-round opponent.
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Sat, 01/16/2010 - 09:45 by shalini.bahadur
Hobart, Australia -- Alona Bondarenko won the second singles title of her career Saturday, defeating Shahar Peer to capture the Hobart International.
Bondarenko, seeded fourth, earned a 6-2, 6-4 decision over the second-seeded Peer. Bondarenko also won in Luxembourg in 2006, which was her second full year on the tour.
She will be seeded 31st at next week's Australian Open and will meet an as-yet undetermined qualifier in the opening round.
Bondarenko has not made it past the third round in any of her 20 singles appearances in major championships. She did win an Australian Open doubles title in 2007 with her sister Kateryna.
Copyright 2010 by United Press International.
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Fri, 01/15/2010 - 21:07 by Inderjit Singh
Hobart -- Alona Bondarenko upset the tournament No. 1 seed Friday and will go against second-seeded Shahar Peer in the finals of the Moorilla Hobart International.
Bondarenko, from Ukraine and seeded fourth this week, rallied for a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory over Spain's Anabel Medina Garrigues in Friday's semifinals in Australia.
Medina Garrigues looked strong in winning the first set but Bondarenko parlayed a pair of service breaks in each of the other two sets in reaching her fifth WTA title match.
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Sun, 10/25/2009 - 12:47 by shalini.bahadur
Moscow -- No. 8 Francesca Schiavone, the only seed left, trounced Alona Bondarenko 6-4, 6-0 Saturday in one semifinal at the Kremlin Cup tennis tournament at Moscow.
The Italian asserted herself after Bondarenko played a close first set, and reached the final a second week in a row. Australia's Samantha Stosur beat her 7-5, 6-1 at last Sunday's Japan Open final.
"My tennis wasn't perfect today, but it was very good," said Schiavone, who secured her victory by winning the match's last seven games. "I was aggressive at the right times and took my chances."
Olga Govortsova of Belarus was Saturday's other winner, pounding Russia's Alisa Kleybanova 6-2, 6-1.
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Wed, 08/12/2009 - 11:21 by preet_20
Cincinnati, Aug. 12: Dinara Safina bounced back after losing the first set Tuesday to beat Roberta Vinci at the Western and Southern Financial Group Women's Open in Cincinnati.
The top-ranked Russian, who was runner-up at the French and Australian Opens, beat her Italian opponent 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 in second-round play at the $2 million event.
Safina racked up 10 double faults in the match, which lasted nearly two hours.
Venus Williams of the United States also advanced Tuesday by dispatching Belarusian Olga Govortsova 6-2, 6-2.
French Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova struggled against Czech Lucie Safarova but eventually prevailed 6-3, 6-7 (2-7), 7-6 (7-4).
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Fri, 08/07/2009 - 11:49 by preet_20
Los Angeles, Aug. 7: Zheng Jie pulled off one of the most significant wins of her career Thursday, upsetting world No. 1 Dinara Safina in the third round of the Los Angeles Open.
Zheng, a semifinalist at Wimbledon last year, won the final four games of the third set to defeat Safina 7-5, 4-6, 6-4. Safina earned a service break to take a 4-2 lead in the final set.
In the quarterfinals, Zheng will take on Samantha Stosur, who recorded a 6-3, 6-2 win over sixth-seeded Ana Ivanovic. Stosur surprised Serena Williams last week in Stanford before losing in the quarterfinals.
No. 2 seed Vera Zvonareva survived an upset bid when she got past Yanina Wickmayer 7-6 (7-5), 4-6, 6-4.
Zvonareva will face Flavia Pennetta, who was a 6-3, 6-3 winner over Nadia Petrova.
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Tue, 07/07/2009 - 01:37 by surajdogra
Budapest, Hungary -- Sixth-seeded Ukrainian Alona Bondarenko started out with a win over Croat Karolina Sprem Monday in first-day action of the GDF Suez Grand Prix event.
Bondarenko got off to a lackluster start, though, dropping the first set 4-6 before eking out a 7-5 win in the second and then rolling 6-1 in the deciding set.
In other opening-round play on the red clay at Romai Tennis Academy, Italian Maria Elena Camerin also started out slow, losing her first set to Spaniard Lourdes Dominguez Lino 4-6, then knocking her out of the tournament with decisive 6-0, 6-1 sets.
Romanian Edina Gallovits eliminated Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova 7-5, 6-2.
This week's top seeds are Patty Schnyder of Switzerland and defending champion Alize Cornet of France.
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Sat, 05/23/2009 - 06:05 by harsheeb
Warsaw -- Ukrainian player Alona Bondarenko, seeded No. 8, and underdog Romanian qualifier Alexandra Dulgheru won their semifinals matches Friday in the Warsaw Open.
Bondarenko topped Britain's Anne Keothavong 6-2, 7-5 and Dulgheru knocked out the No.6 seed, Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova 6-4, 6-7 (2-7), 6-1.
The 24-year-old Bondarenko, and Dulgheru, 20, who is ranked No. 201 in the world, will meet Saturday for the title.
The clay-court tournament is considered a tuneup for the French Open, which begins Sunday.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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