Fri, 10/15/2010 - 09:20 by harsheeb
Linz -- Daniela Hantuchova and Ana Ivanovic, both former winners of the event, reached the quarterfinals Thursday at the Generali Ladies Linz.
Hantuchova, seeded second this week, defeated Carla Suarez Navarro 6-4, 6-3.
The seventh-seeded Ivanovic ousted Barbora Zahlavova Strycova 6-3, 6-2.
Hantuchova won the title in 2007 and Ivanovic was the winner a year later.
In the quarterfinals, Hantuchova will face Patty Schnyder in a rematch of the 2007 final. Schnyder recorded a 6-2, 6-0 decision over No. 8 seed Klara Zakopalova.
Ivanovic's quarterfinal opponent will be Julia Goerges, who easily got past Petra Kvitova 6-2, 6-1.
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Thu, 10/14/2010 - 03:00 by Prince damin
Linz Austria -- Daniela Hantuchova and Ana Ivanovic lost just five games between them Wednesday in advancing at the Generali Ladies Linz tennis tournament in Austria.
Hantuchova, the event's No. 2 seed, took out Kateryna Bondarenko 6-1, 6-2 in 66 minutes in a first-round match. Hantuchova piled up five service breaks, including three in the four games Bondarenko served in the second set.
The seventh-seeded Ivanovic, also playing in the first round, routed Sorana Cirstea 6-2, 6-0 in an even more rapid 46 minutes. Ivanovic claimed 89 percent of the points in the second set, including every point in Cirstea's three service games.
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Sun, 03/07/2010 - 10:36 by Rakhi
Monterrey, Mexico -- No. 2 seed Daniela Hantuchova reached the finals of the Monterrey Open Saturday, outlasting fourth-seeded Dominika Cibulkova in a semifinal match.
Hantuchova of Slovakia rallied from a set down to defeat fellow countrywoman Cibulkova 4-6, 6-3, 6-0 at the Sierra Madre Tennis Club.
With the win, Hantuchova, 26, reached her first title match since 2007. She is 3-6 lifetime in title tilts.
The day ended at Monterrey without the Slovak knowing her finals opponent. Rain forced the postponement of the second semifinal between No. 3 seed Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Anastasija Sevastova of Latvia.
The make-up was set for Sunday, with the winner facing Hantuchova later in the day.
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Sat, 03/06/2010 - 12:31 by harsheeb
Monterrey -- Daniela Hantuchova shook off a slow start Friday to defeat Vania King and earn a berth in the semifinals of the Monterrey Open.
Hantuchova, the No. 2 seed, ousted King 2-6, 6-2, 6-1. King had been trying to reach the semifinals of a WTA event for the first time in four years. Her only victory came in 2006 at the Bangkok Open.
Dominika Cibulkova set up a semifinal meeting with Hantuchova by defeating Agnes Szavay 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova also reached the semifinals with a 6-2, 6-2 decision over Klara Zakopalova.
Pavlyuchenkova will meet either Anastasija Sevastova or Alize Cornet in the semifinals.
Copyright 2010 United Press International
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Thu, 03/04/2010 - 10:26 by Rakhi
Monterrey, Mexico -- Second-seeded Daniela Hantuchova brought an end to the first round of the Monterrey Open Wednesday with a victory over Lourdes Dominguez Lino.
Hantuchova prevailed 6-3, 7-6 (8-6) to set up a second-round meeting with Kaia Kanepi.
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, the No. 3 seed, made it to the quarterfinals with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Polona Hercog.
The day's biggest upset came when Alize Cornet surprised No. 7 seed Aleksandra Wozniak 6-2, 6-3.
Other second-round winners included Vania King and Klara Zakopalova.
Copyright 2010 United Press International, Inc. (UPI).
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Thu, 09/24/2009 - 21:18 by Inderjit Singh
Seoul -- No. 1-seed Daniela Hantuchova sailed through a straight-set win Thursday and into the quarterfinals of the Korea Open tennis tournament in Seoul.
Hantuchova needed just 77 minutes to dispatch Chanelle Scheepers 6-1, 6-1. She won 74 percent of the points on serve and more than half of those when Scheepers served.
Hantuchova moves into Friday's quarterfinals and a match against Kimiko Date Krumm, who took a 4-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 win over fifth-seeded Alisa Kleybanova.
Krumm's match took nearly two and a half hours.
Defending Korea Open champion Maria Kirilenko advanced out of the second round when No. 3-seeded Francesca Schiavone retired with a hamstring injury. Kirilenko was ahead 6-1, 1-2 when play was stopped.
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Wed, 09/23/2009 - 21:46 by Inderjit Singh
Seoul -- Top-seeded Daniela Hantuchova needed a third set Wednesday but was able to advance to the second round of the $220,000 Seoul Open.
Hantuchova had Ayumi Morita on the defensive much of the match, except for the second set, before finishing off a 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 first-round win. She had seven service breaks but only one in the second set when Morita evened the match.
The third set was dominated by Hantuchova, who lost just seven points on serve in earning a second-round match with Chanelle Scheepers.
Second-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues won a second-round match Wednesday, taking out Meghann Shaughnessy 6-3, 6-1. She will meet Magdalena Rybarikova in Friday's quarterfinals.
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Thu, 08/06/2009 - 11:18 by preet_20
Los Angeles, Aug. 6: Dinara Safina and Vera Zvonareva, the top two seeds, took different paths Wednesday into the third round of the Los Angeles Women's Open.
Safina, the top seed and coming off a tournament victory at the Slovenia Open, recorded a routine 6-2, 6-4 victory over Daniela Hantuchova. That set up a third-round match with Jie Zheng, who ousted Elena Vesnina 6-4, 4-6, 6-0.
Zvonareva had a much more difficult time in getting past the second round, but she eventually defeated Shuai Peng 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (8-6). Next up for Zvonareva will be Yanina Wickmayer, who won over Jill Craybas 7-6 (7-2), 6-1.
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Wed, 08/05/2009 - 12:01 by preet_20
Carson, Calif. Aug. 5" Ana Ivanovic held off hometown heroine Vania King 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 Tuesday to advance to the second round of the LA Women's Tennis Championship.
The former No. 1-ranked Serbian was far from sharp as she scrambled to defeat King, who hails from Long Beach, just across the Interstate 405 freeway from the tournament venue in Carson, Calif.
"Vania's serve was getting me frustrated, but otherwise I felt happy the way I was moving and playing," said Ivanovic, currently ranked No. 11 in the world and playing for the first time since Wimbledon. "I really feel like I have lots of possibilities to build up from this."
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Sat, 08/01/2009 - 10:07 by preet_20
Standford, Calif. Aug. 1: Samantha Stosur stunned top-seeded Serena Williams in three sets at the Bank of the West Championship Friday.
The result prevented a potential title match-up between Williams and her sister, Venus.
Venus Williams, the second seed, won as expected later in the evening with a 6-2, 6-2 decision over Maria Sharapova.
Stosur pulled off a 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 upset that moved her into the semifinals for a meeting with Marion Bartoli.
Bartoli also pulled off a surprise by defeating fourth-seeded Jelena Jankovic 3-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-3.
Venus Williams will meet Elena Dementieva after beating Daniela Hantuchova 6-3, 6-4.
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Fri, 07/31/2009 - 10:16 by preet_20
Standford, Calif. July 30: Serena and Venus Williams both won in straight sets Thursday to move into the quarterfinals of the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford, Calif.
Serena Williams, seeded No. 1, ousted Melinda Czink 6-3, 7-6 (9-7) to set up a quarterfinal match against Samantha Stosur.
Venus Williams, the second seed, was a 6-1, 7-5 victor over Alla Kudryavtseva.
Marina Sharapova will face Venus Williams in the quarterfinal round.
In other second-round matches Thursday, Agnieszka Radwanska outlasted Daniela Hantuchova 6-4, 6-7 (6-8), 6-1 and Marion Bartoli got past Melanie Oudin 7-5, 6-4.
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Thu, 07/30/2009 - 11:29 by surajdogra
Stanford, Calif. July 30: Samantha Stosur set up a possible quarterfinal meeting with Serena Williams Wednesday by defeating Monica Niculescu at the Bank of the West Classic.
Stosur won her second-round match 6-1, 7-5 and will meet Williams in the quarterfinals if Williams can get past Melinda Czink in their second-round match Thursday.
Third-seeded Elena Dementieva reached the quarterfinals with a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Anna Chakvetadze. Dementieva will meet the winner of the match between Agnieszka Radwanska and Daniela Hantuchova.
In the other contests Wednesday, Maria Sharapova was a 6-1, 6-2 winner over fifth-seeded Nadia Petrova and Melanie Oudin completed the first round by defeating Hilary Barte 6-2, 6-1.
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