BAD GASTEIN, Austria, July 24 (UPI) -- Kaia Kanepi and Karin Knapp collected first-round victories Tuesday at the $175,000 Gastein Ladies clay-court tennis tournament in Austria.

EASTBOURNE, England, June 18 (UPI) -- Fifth-seeded Czech Nicole Vaidisova was among Monday's first-round tennis winners at the $600,000 International Women's Open.

ISTANBUL, Turkey, May 22 (UPI) -- Fourth-seeded Venus Williams lost just three games Tuesday in cruising through her first-round match at the $200,000 Istanbul Cup tennis tournament. Williams rolled by Tatiana Poutchek 6-1, 6-2, and earned a second-round pairing against Aravane Rezai in t

WARSAW, Poland, May 3 (UPI) -- Defending champion Kim Clijsters Thursday lost in straight sets to Julia Vakulenko in the second round of the J&S Cup Tennis Tournament at Warsaw, Poland.

WARSAW, Poland, May 1 (UPI) -- Elena Dementieva rallied from a set down Tuesday and won her first-round match at the J&S Cup clay-court tennis tournament in Warsaw, Poland. Snow flurries and blustery conditions greeted the players at the outdoor tournament. Dementieva and her opponent

ACAPULCO, Mexico, March 2 (UPI) -- Tathiana Garbin was defeated in the quarterfinals of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel tennis tournament Thursday, leaving the event without its top four seeds.

DOHA, Qatar, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- Fifth-seeded Patty Schnyder claimed a three-set victory Tuesday in first-round play of the $1.34 million Qatar Open tennis tournament.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Feb. 19 (UPI) -- Seventh-seeded Na Li was upset in opening-round play Monday of the $1.5 million Dubai Duty Free Women's Open tennis tournament.

MELBOURNE, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Maria Sharapova dropped just three games Thursday in cruising into the third round of the Australian Open.