STRASBOURG, France, May 20 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues withdrew Wednesday from the $220,000 Strasbourg International tennis tournament in France due to a back injury.

MELBOURNE, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- Serbian Jelena Jankovic, the No. 1 seed, will go against Austria's Yvonne Meusburger in the first round of the Australian Open, which begins Monday.

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Russian Elena Dementieva posted a 7-5, 6-3 win Tuesday over Taipei's Yung-Jan Chan in the first round of the WTA ASB Classic.

BANGALORE, India, Feb. 14 (UPI) -- Three of the top seeds advanced Tuesday at the Sony Ericsson International tennis tournament in Bangalore, India.

BANGLAORE, India, Feb. 13 (UPI) -- Third-seeded Vasilisa Bardina was pushed to a third-set tiebreaker Tuesday before advancing in the Sony Ericsson International tennis tournament in India. Bardina defeated Kristina Barrois, 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 7-6 (7-3), to take the first-round victory in the

FLUSHING MEADOWS, N.Y., Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Two-time defending champion Roger Federer and second-seeded Rafael Nadal were straight-sets winners Wednesday at the U.S. Open in Flushing Meadows, N.Y.

FLUSHING MEADOWS, N.Y., Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Rain caused a delay in the start of play Tuesday, the second day of the 2006 U.S. Open, and play had not started by early afternoon.

LISBON, Portugal, May 2 (UPI) -- Second-seeded Argentine Gisela Dulko and 2005 runner-up Na Li of China posted first-round wins Tuesday at the women's Estoril Open in Portugal.