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Caroline Wozniacki booked a quarter-final berth at the BNP Paribas Open Tuesday as defending champion Vera Zvonareva joined the list of former champions bowing out.

Second seed Caroline Wozniacki has conceded she needs to bring a better performance to the table after booking her place in the quarter-finals of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells.

Stosur powered through with a straight-sets win . Australia’s Samantha Stosur is expected to break into the world top 10 tennis rankings for the first time after advancing to the quarter-finals of the Indian Wells tournament in California.

SCOTLAND’S Elena Baltacha was soundly beaten by Australia’s Alicia Molik in the third round of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells.

ELENA Baltacha was devastated last night after her run in the BNP Paribas Open hit the buffers.

INDIAN WELLS : British qualifier Elena Baltacha “fought her heart out” to record the biggest win of her career when she upset seventh seed Li Na of China at the Indian Wells WTA tournament on Friday.

British qualifier Elena Baltacha “fought her heart out” to record the biggest win of her career when she upset seventh seed Li Na of China at the Indian Wells WTA tournament Friday.

Former world No. 1 Justine Henin was among Wednesday’s first-round winners at the $4.5 million BNP Paribas Open tennis event.

Alicia Molik boosted her comeback with a crushing first round victory at the WTA Indian Wells tournament.

Off to a flyer … Alicia Molik at the Australian Open wildcard tournament. ALICIA Molik’s comeback to international tennis has been significantly boosted with a wildcard into Indian Wells next week.

Sony Ericsson WTA Tour returning veterans Justine Henin and Alicia Molik lead the list of women’s wildcards for Indian Wells.

ZHENG Jie’s ability has come into question after early defeats in back-to-back tournaments since reaching the semi-finals of last month’s Australian Open.

China’s Zheng Jie was a second-round loser on Thursday at the Malaysian Open. The third-seeded Zheng, a semifinalist last month at the Australian Open, was beaten in straight sets by Taiwan’s Kai-Chen Chang, who came away with an easy 6-2, 6-3 triumph.

Fourth-seeded Alisa Kleybanova highlighted Monday’s first-round winners at the inaugural $220,000 Malaysian Open.

KUALA LUMPUR: Some of the tennis players competing in the inaugural Malaysian Open women’s tennis tournament took time out off their busy schedule to visit the Kassim Chin Humanity Foundation yesterday.

AUSTRALIA’S Alicia Molik, who returned to the WTA Tour only this year after a second career-threatening ailment, has been granted a main draw wildcard for the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Malaysia International Open.

Straight sets: Alicia Molik was knocked out 6-4, 6-4. Australia’s Alicia Molik has suffered a straight-sets defeat to German Anna-Lena Gronefeld in the second round of the Dubai Championships.

German Sabine Lisicki defeated Taiwan’s Chan Yung-jan 6-1 6-4 at the Dubai Championships on Sunday to line up a second-round clash with holder Venus Williams.

Alicia Molik, who returned to the WTA Tour only this year after a second career-threatening ailment, beat a top 20 player for the first time in three years to reach the second round of the Dubai Open here Sunday.

Comeback trail … Alicia Molik hits a backhand during her first round win over China’s Zheng Jie.

France’s Marion Bartoli and Italian Francesca Schiavone were among the first-round winners Sunday at the Dubai Tennis Championship.

At her best … Delahey’s Viktorija Rajicic is on top of the net and the world, as she represented Australia in the junior singles and doubles tournaments at the Australian Open in January.

Thursday, February 04, 2010 at 3:03 p.m. Read more: Dow Corning Tennis Classic , Midland Community Tennis Center , USTA , Local Pro When the USTA named Midland Americaa s Best Tennis Town and selected the Dow Corning Tennis Classic as the only $100,000 event the Tour, it wasna t surprising to Mike Woody, tournament […]

AUSTRALIA’S Fed Cup team will answer lingering questions in its crucial tie against Spain this weekend, says captain David Taylor.

Australia are pinning their hopes on Samantha Stosur to lead her team to the brink of a Fed Cup World Group berth with victory over Spain this weekend.

SAM Stosur’s Fed Cup campaign is the next stepping stone in her quest to gain an elusive top 10 ranking.

Following Paul McNamee’s blueprint to save Australian tennis in last week’s Sun-Herald, we asked Tennis Australia to outline theirs.

MELBOURNE: “Start Me Up” by the Rolling Stones was blaring between service games and Pat Rafter was on the court kicking the ball with his foot.

World No. 1 Serena Williams is in trouble this week in Melbourne. On Tuesday at the Australian Open the top seed played with a heavily-taped left thigh which somewhat hindered her movement, but luckily she needed little against Urszula Radwanska, rolling over the Pole 6-2, 6-1. “I’ve been having it strapped all week, all last […]

She’s eyeing a much bigger prize but Slammin’ Sam Stosur is all but guaranteed another career-high ranking even with a fourth-round Australian Open loss to Serena Williams on Monday.