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Medina Garrigues in Istanbul quarterfinal

Fri, 07/31/2009 - 10:44 by preet_20

Istanbul, Turkey July 30: Third-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues rallied to defeat wild card Pemra Ozgen Thursday and earn a quarterfinal berth at the Istanbul Cup.

Medina Garrigues recorded a 2-6, 6-2, 6-0 victory that set up a quarterfinal meeting with fifth-seeded Vera Dushevina.

Andrea Petkovic, a surprise champion last week at Bad Gastein, kept her hot streak going with a 6-1, 6-0 blasting of Rossana de los Rios. Petkovic will take on No. 7 seed Olga Govortsova in the quarterfinals.

The other quarterfinal matches will see Lucie Hradecka playing Marta Domachowska and Timea Bacsinszky facing Urszula Radwanska.

Rezai, Govortsova win Istanbul openers

Tue, 07/28/2009 - 03:48 by Salinder Kumar

Istanbul, Turkey. -- Fourth-seeded Frenchwoman Aravane Rezai and seventh-seeded Belarusian Olga Govortsova were first-round winners Monday at the Istanbul Cup.

Rezai defeated Ukrainian Viktoriya Kutuzova 7-6 (7-3), 6-2. Govortsova beat Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova 6-2, 5-7, 6-4.

Wild card Turk Pemra Ozgen beat Dutchwoman Arantxa Rus 6-3, 6-7 (2-7), 6-2.

Also, Swiss Timea Bacsinszky beat Slovenian Polona Hercog 6-2, 6-2; Italian Maria Elena Camerin beat Turk Ipek Senoglu 6-0, 6-2; and Poland's Marta Domachowska beat Austrian Patricia Mayr 1-6, 6-2, 6-0.

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Top seed reaches Palermo semis

Sat, 07/18/2009 - 12:43 by surajdogra

Palermo, Italy July 17: Top-seeded Flavia Pennetta and defending champion Sara Errani moved into the semifinals of the Palermo International Friday.

Pennetta recorded a 6-4, 6-4 decision over Aravane Rezai, setting up a semifinal meeting with Tathiana Garbin.

Garbin, who won this tournament three years ago, was an easy 6-2, 6-1 winner over Olga Govortsova.

The other semifinal will send Errani against Anna-Lena Groenefeld, who advanced when second-seeded Patty Schnyder retired in the first set. Schnyder was coming off a runner-up finish last week in Budapest.

Errani, who won last year's championship match over Mariya Koryttseva, defeated Yaroslava Shevdova 6-2, 7-5 to reach the semifinals.

Wozniak moves to Aegon third round

Thu, 06/11/2009 - 02:37 by Salinder Kumar

Birmingham, England. -- No. 3-seeded Aleksandra Wozniak was a straight-set winner Wednesday in the second round of the rain-plagued $220,000 Aegon Classic in England.

Four matches were suspended Tuesday because of rain and 12 more were either suspended or postponed Wednesday.

Wozniak got her match in in an efficient 77 minutes, stopping Olga Govortsova 6-4, 6-4. The difference in the tight match was Wozniak's success on Govortsova's second serve.

There were a pair of upsets Wednesday as sixth-seeded Ekaterina Makarova was toppled 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 by Stefanie Voegele and 12th-seeded Tamarine Tanasugarn fell 7-6 (7-5), 2-6, 6-4 to Naomi Cavaday.

Venus Williams beaten at French Open

Sat, 05/30/2009 - 12:17 by preet_20

Paris -- World No. 3 Venus Williams was ousted by 29th-seeded Agnes Szavay in straight sets Friday in third-round play of the French Open in Paris.

Williams committed 23 unforced errors, including 14 in the first set when she didn't win a game as Szavay posted the first big upset of the tournament with a 6-0, 6-4 victory. The first set took just 30 minutes and, while the second was more competitive, Szavay finished off two service breaks to take the set and the match.

Dinara Safina continued her dominant play, racing by Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-2, 6-0 on Friday. Safina has lost just four games in her three matches in Paris and three times and she's 17-1 since taking over the world No. 1 ranking.