The inaugural Brisbane International tennis tournament has gained more female star power with Daniela Hantuchova entering to play the 2009 season-opener. The Slovakian, currently ranked 19th in the world, joins …
Eighth-seeded Sorana Cirstea of Romania upset third-seeded Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia 7-6 , 6-2 Friday to reach the quarterfinals of the Fortis Championships.
The ASB Classic has lured one of the rising stars of women’s tennis and a second world top-20 player in Caroline Wozniacki.
Two of this week’s top-three seeds — No. 2 Anna Chakvetadze and No. 3 Daniela Hantuchova — were among Monday’s opening-round winners at the Luxembourg Championships.
Second-seeded Anna Chakvetadze reached the second round of the Fortis Championships by beating Mathilde Johansson of France 6-4, 7-6 Monday.
Eighth-seeded Alize Cornet of France highlighted Monday’s opening-round winners at the $600,000 Generali Ladies Linz tennis event.
Sixth-seeded Patty Schnyder suffered her earliest defeat since Wimbledon while No.
Daniela Hantuchova was upset during the first round of the $600,000 Zurich Open yesterday.
Russia’s Maria Kirilenko upset eighth-seeded Slovak Daniela Hantuchova 7-5, 6-2 on the opening day of the Zurich Open Monday.
Monica Niculescu overcame a leg injury to upset seventh-seeded Anna Chakvetadze 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 Tuesday in the first round of the Zurich Open.
I think we’ve spotted another shooting star on the WTA Tour. And that would be Dominika Cibulkova.
Rising teenager Victoria Azarenka beat two-time Grand Slam winner Amelie Mauresmo 6-2, 6-1 in the first round of the Zurich Open on Monday.
KREMLIN CUP: While Jankovic struggled against Vera Dushevina, Nikolay Davydenko barely broke a sweat, presenting a master class to Guillermo Garcia-Lopez AFP, MOSCOW Saturday, Oct 11, 2008, Page 19 Vera …
World No. 1 Jelena Jankovic rallied Thursday to claim a second-round victory at the $1.34 million Kremlin Cup tennis tournament in Moscow.
Marat Safin of Russia returns a shot during his match against Julien Benneteau of France at Kremlin Cup tennis tournament in Moscow, Russia yesterday.
World No. 1 and U.S. Open runner-up Jelena Jankovic highlighted Thursday’s second-round winners at the $1.34 million Kremlin Cup.
Sixth-seeded Venus Williams was upset in a tight three-set match Tuesday in the first round of the $1.34 million Kremlin Cup tennis tournament in Moscow.
Ana will play her second doubles match of the year, and her first in tournament play since June 2007, when she lines up alongside Italy’s Francesca Schiavone at the Kremlin Cup on Monday.
Venus Williams from the USA returns the ball during the first round double match with her sister Serena against Daniela Hantuchova from Slovakia and Agnes Szavay from Hungary at the Porsche Grand Prix tennis …
Laura Robson’s adventures in a Shrewsbury hangar, at her first professional tournament in Britain, have convinced Nigel Sears, the head women’s coach for the Lawn Tennis Association, that the 14-year-old has …
Andy Roddick overcame four double faults in the first set to beat Juan Carlos Ferrero 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Friday and reach the semifinals of the China Open.
A lingering right foot injury forced Daniela Hantuchova to step out of the French Open, snapping her streak of Grand Slam singles appearances to 30, and is now threatening her status for Wimbledon.
The Bank of the West Classic, a WTA pro tennis tournament slated for July 14-20 at Stanford, has finalized a field that will include five of the top 10 players in the world: Serena Williams , defending Bank of …
The comeback kid has now done it twice in a row, lending serious credence to the slogan on the sponsor-supplied T-shirt she wore Wednesday at the French Open.
RUSSIA’S formidable battalion of women’s tennis talent, spearheaded by Maria Sharapova, now has serious competition from a growing army of fellow eastern Europeans.
Eight-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams has entered the 2008 Bank of the West Classic, giving the longest-running women-only rofessional tennis tournament in the world commitments from four of the top 10 …
Ashley Harkleroad, the 61st-ranked American who lost to Serena Williams 6-2, 6-1 on Sunday in the first round of the French Open, said she posed for the August edition of Playboy magazine.
Two former prep stars at area high schools have been named all-West Coast Conference for the Santa Clara University baseball team.
Sebastien Grosjean and Daniela Hantuchova both withdrew from the French Open on Friday because of injuries.
Daniela Hantuchova is holding out hope she can play Roland Garros and stretch her streak of Grand Slam singles appearances to 30, but ultimately her immediate French Open future depends on whether she can put …
