MIAMI, March 27 (UPI) -- Tamira Paszek, who at 17 is one of the emerging prospects on the WTA circuit, won her opening round match Thursday at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami.

PARIS, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Defending champion Nadia Petrova was a first-round upset victim Tuesday at the $600,000 Open Gaz de France tennis tournament in Paris.

MELBOURNE, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Second-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova and three other Top 10 players collected straight-set wins Thursday in second-round play at the Australian Open.

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Top seeds Vera Zvonareva and Maria Kirilenko collected second-round victories Wednesday at the ASB Classic tennis tournament in New Zealand.

BANGKOK, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- Second-seeded Venus Williams dropped just two games Friday in advancing to the semifinals of the $200,000 Bangkok Open tennis tournament.

BANGKOK, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Venus Williams recorded a pair of victories Thursday and advanced of the quarterfinals of the $200,000 Bangkok Open tennis tournament.

BANGKOK, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Jelena Jankovic retired due to illness during her match Wednesday at the $200,000 Bangkok Open.

BANGKOK, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- Aleksandra Wozniak knocked off eighth-seeded Ioana Raluca Olaru in first-round action at the $200,000 Bangkok Open tennis tournament.

TOKYO, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Venus Williams Thursday won her eighth consecutive match and advanced to the semifinals of the $175,000 Japan Open tennis tournament.