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All-Russian final set for Istanbul Cup

Sun, 08/01/2010 - 00:28 by Prince damin

Istanbul, Turkey -- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Elena Vesnina will meet for an all-Russian Istanbul Cup final after both posted semifinal wins Saturday.

Pavlyuchenkova, the No. 3 seed, collected a 7-6 (7-1), 2-6, 7-5 triumph over Jarmila Groth of Australia. Vesnina, meanwhile, came back for a 1-6, 6-0, 7-6 (7-2) decision over No. 6 seed Andrea Petkovic of Germany.

Vesnina's match was by far the most contentious of the two semifinals. She fell easily in the first set, but then regrouped and won 25 of the 32 points played in the second set.

After Vesnina and Petkovic each broke three times in a back-and-forth third set, the Russian dominated the tiebreak and went on to finish the match.

Oudin earns quarterfinal berth in Florida

Fri, 04/09/2010 - 09:55 by Rakhi

Ponte Verda, Fla. -- Fourth-seeded Elena Vesnina and No. 8 Melanie Oudin advanced to the quarterfinals Thursday at the MPS Group Championships.

Vesnina stormed past Julia Goerges 6-3, 6-2 at the Sawgrass Country Club. Oudin needed 2 1/2 hours to defeat Peng Shuai 2-6, 7-5, 7-5. The two winners will meet in the quarterfinals.

In other action, Varvara Lepchenko routed Angelique Kerber 6-1, 6-1 and Olga Govortsova defeated Anna Tatishvili 6-2, 6-2. Lepchenko and Govortsova will play Friday.

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Vesnina gains second round in Paris

Tue, 02/09/2010 - 09:28 by Rakhi Kaptiyal

Paris -- Eighth-seeded Elena Vesnina of Russia scored a straight-set victory Monday to move on to the second round of the Open GDF Suez tennis tournament in Paris.

Vesnina cruised past Romanian Alexandra Duygheru 6-1, 6-4.

In another match, Hungarian Agnes Szavay, who is unseeded, led Olga Govortsova 6-3, 1-0 when the Belarusian player withdrew from the match.

Russian Elena Dementieva is the event's top seed and Italy's Flavia Pennetta is No. 2. Both received byes to the second round.

Defending champion Amelie Mauresmo of France has retired from the women's tour.

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Wozniacki wins women's Pilot Pen final

Sun, 08/30/2009 - 03:20 by Salinder Kumar

New Haven, Conn. -- Second-seeded Caroline Wozniacki beat unseeded Elena Vesnina 6-2, 6-4 to capture Saturday's women's final at the Pilot Pen tennis tournament.

The event was a warm-up prior to the start of the U.S. Open Monday at Flushing Meadow, N.Y.

Following a lengthy rain delay at New Haven, Conn., the native of Odense, Denmark, needed just 76 minutes to win her third title this season and sixth of her career.

Saturday's final was supposed to unfold outdoors on the hard courts at the Connecticut Tennis Center at Yale University, but the persistent rain forced officials to move it inside to the Cullman-Heyman Courts.

Wozniacki claimed a $98,500 champion's check.

Mauresmo reaches Pilot Pen semifinals

Fri, 08/28/2009 - 10:42 by preet_20

New Haven, Conn. Aug. 27: Amelie Mauresmo, seeking a return to the form that once made her the top ranked player in the world, won a spot in the semifinals Thursday at the Pilot Pen.

In the final tournament prior to next week's U.S. Open, the eighth-seeded Mauresmo surprised top-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova 7-6 (11-9), 2-6, 6-3.

Kuznetsova is the reigning French Open champion and a former U.S. Open winner.

No. 2 seed Caroline Wozniacki coasted into the semifinals with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Virginie Razzano in a match that took 81 minutes. Wozniacki is seeking her second straight Pilot Pen title.

Wozniacki will face third-seeded Flavia Pennetta in the semifinals after Pennetta disposed of Magdalena Rybarikova 6-2, 6-2.

Top seeds advance in Los Angeles

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.