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Dushevina rips Hradecka in Istanbul final

Sun, 08/02/2009 - 22:33 by Salinder Kumar

Istanbul, Turkey. -- Russia's Vera Dushevina needed just 41 minutes to rout Lucie Hradecka and win the Istanbul Cup in Turkey Sunday -- her first championship on the WTA Tour.

Dushevina, seeded fifth, breezed to a 6-0, 6-1 victory over the eighth-seeded Czech.

Hradecka has not yet won an event on the tour.

Dushevina had lost in her three previous finals matches.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International.

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.

No. 4 seed ousted in Istanbul

Thu, 07/30/2009 - 10:56 by surajdogra

Istanbul, Turkey July 29: Fourth-seeded Aravane Rezai, the highest seed in action Wednesday, became a second-round upset victim at the Istanbul Cup.

Rezai was eliminated by Marta Domachowska 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 in the hardcourt event.

No. 5 seed Vera Dushevina advanced with a 6-0, 6-1 blasting of Maria Elena Camerin.

In the only other two matches contested Wednesday, No. 7 seed Olga Govortsova survived against Angelique Kerber 6-4, 6-7 (7-9), 6-4, and Timea Bacsinszky advanced when Mariya Koryttseva had to retire with an elbow injury. Bacsinszky had a 4-1 lead in the third set when play was halted.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International.

Safina avoids upset bug in Slovenia

Thu, 07/23/2009 - 11:09 by surajdogra

Portoroz, Slovenia July 22: Top-seeded Dinara Safina avoided a rash of upsets Wednesday with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Ksenia Pervak in the second round of the Slovenia Open.

Three seeded players were ousted Wednesday, one day after No. 2 seed Anabel Medina Garrigues was eliminated.

Maria Elena Camerin earned a quarterfinal meeting with Safina by defeating seventh-seeded Vera Dushevina 4-6, 7-5, 6-0. Safina is playing for the first time since she was defeated in the semifinals at Wimbledon by Venus Williams.

No. 4 seed Roberta Vinci fell Wednesday to Rossana de los Rios and Lucie Safarova, the sixth seed, lost to Stefanie Voegele 7-5, 2-6, 6-3.

Dushevina posts upset in Thailand

Thu, 02/12/2009 - 07:39 by Rakhi Kaptiyal

Pattaya City, Thailand -- Vera Dushevina ousted fourth-seeded Sybille Bammer in straight sets Wednesday in second-round play of the $220,000 Pattaya Open tennis tournament in Thailand.

Dushevina had a clear advantage on her first serve, winning 71 percent of those points, in a 6-4, 7-5 victory. Bammer had her serve broken in half of her 10 service games.

In another second-round match fifth-seeded Peng Shuai stopped Galina Voskoboeva 7-6 (7-4), 6-0.

The first round was completed Wednesday and three seeded players advanced.

No. 6 Tamarine Tanasugarn, a local favorite, defeated Akgul Amanmuradova 6-2, 7-6 (7-4); seventh-seeded Shahar Peer whipped Noppawan Lertcheewakarn 6-1, 6-0, and eighth-seeded Magdalena Rybarikova got by Kimiko Dare Krumm 6-2, 4-6, 6-4.

Also, Vitalia Diatchenko stopped Ryoko Fuda 6-3, 1-6, 6-3. Fuda was a replacement for third-seeded Dominika Cibulkova, who withdrew due to illness.