CHARLESTON, South Carolina: Top seed and holder Jelena Jankovic weathered a tight first set before crushing American qualifier Alexandra Stevenson 7-5 ... , 6-0 in the Family Circle Cup second round on Wednesday. Second-seeded Russian Maria Sharapova also cruised into the...
My mornings are not as full as they were when Ted Schroeder was living. In the final years of his life, Schroeder often would call me, quite early, generally. The hour meant nothing to him; he was a man who could get along without much sleep. ... My mornings are not as...
Ninth-seeded Russian Vera Zvonareva and 10th-seeded Hungarian Agnes Szavay were among Monday's first-round winners at the $1.34 million Family Circle Cup tennis event. ... Zvonareva zipped past qualifier Chia-Jung Chuang of Taipei 6-2, 6-2, while Szavay held off...
Add 1st rd: Julia Schruff (Ger) bt Galina Voskoboeva (Rus) 7-6 (7-2) 6-4, Alexandra Stevenson (USA) bt Alina Jidkova (Rus) 7-6 (8-6) 6-1 ... By Rod Gilmour and agencies Kirkland was in sublime form in goal for the visitors and twice saved point blank from Michael Essien,...
Results Saturday from the Pacific Life Open, a $3.589 million (€2.3 million) ATP and $2.1 million (€1.4 million) WTA Tour event on hardcourt at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden (seedings in parentheses): ... Second Round Novak Djokovic (3), Serbia, def. Robby Ginepri,...
Casey Dellacqua has advanced through to the quarter-finals of the Pacific Life Open at Indian Wells after upsetting seventh-seed Nicole Vaidisova. ... Dellacqua needed three sets and 85 minutes to overcome her more fancied Czech opponent 6-1 3-6 6-4 and will now face off...
Top seed Ana Ivanovic was taken to three sets by unseeded Romanian Ioana Raluca Olaru before reaching the third round of the Pacific Life Open on Saturday. ... Ana Ivanovic needed almost two hours to win her opening match at the Pacific Life Open. The Serb, runner-up at...
Casey Dellacqua - the surprise packet of this year's Australian Open - has coasted through to the second round of the Pacific Life Open at Indian Wells. ... The Aussie made light work of Russian Olga Poutchkova 6-1 6-1 in 54 minutes. The world No.56 will now face...
Australian Peter Luczak has been sent packing from the Tennis Channel Open in Las Vegas after losing to Latvian Ernests Gulbis in the second round. ... Luczak, who entered the tournament as a qualifier, was simply no match for Gulbis who dispatched of the Aussie 6-2 6-1...