
STUTTGART, Germany, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Ukrainian Alona Bondarenko beat Greek Eleni Daniilidou 7-6 (7-5), 6-1 Monday at the $650,000 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix.
Bondarenko's reward will be a second-round match against Serbian star Jelena Jankovic who won last week's China Open.
Chinese Na Li beat Czech Nicole Vaidisova 6-1, 6-2 to set up a second-round match with world No. 1 Serena Williams. Austrian Sybille Bammer beat German Tatjana Malek 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 and next plays Olympic gold medalist Elena Dementieva of Russia.
This week's top seeds include U.S. Open champion Serena, U.S. Open runner-up and former world No. 1 Jankovic, French Open and Olympic runner-up Dinara Safina and Dementieva. Wimbledon champ and former top-ranked Venus Williams is also playing here this week.
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MINNEAPOLIS, June 2 (UPI) --
Minnesota Vikings fullback Jerome Felton was out on bail Saturday after being arrested for driving while intoxicated, jail records indicate.
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MONTECITO, Calif., June 3 (UPI) --
U.S. actress Drew Barrymore married art consultant Will Kopelman Saturday at her estate in Montecito, Calif., E! Online reported.
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MIAMI, June 1 (UPI) --
U.S. weather forecasters say the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is expected to be about average, despite the rare late-May landfall of Beryl.
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