Maria Kirilenko plays Na Li on day 5 at the US Open Tennis Championships in New York
Na Li of China hits a forehand to Maria Kirilenko of Russia on day 5 at the US Open Tennis Championships at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on September 4, 2009. UPI/John Angelillo
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SEOUL, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Kimiko Date Krumm, who took 12 years off from competitive tennis, Friday knocked top-seeded Daniela Hantuchova out of the Korea Open in Seoul.
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- No. 1-seed Daniela Hantuchova sailed through a straight-set win Thursday and into the quarterfinals of the Korea Open tennis tournament in Seoul.
EASTBOURNE, England, June 15 (UPI) -- No. 1-seeded Elena Dementieva, despite some service problems, was a first-round winner Monday at the $600,000 Aegon International tournament in England.
ESTORIL, Portugal, May 7 (UPI) -- Defending champion Maria Kirilenko was among three highly seeded players failing to advance in quarterfinal play at the $220,000 Estoril Open in Portugal.
ESTORIL, Portugal, May 6 (UPI) -- Defending champion Maria Kirilenko of Russia beat Argentina's Maria Emilia 6-3, 6-0 Wednesday in a second-round match at the Estoril Open at Estoril, Portugal.
ESTORIL, Portugal, May 4 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic led Monday's first-round winners at the Estoril Open.
BARCELONA, Spain, April 18 (UPI) -- Maria Kirilenko and Roberta Vinci won their semifinal matches Saturday to set up a showdown in Sunday's Barcelona Open title match.
BARCELONA, Spain, April 15 (UPI) -- Defending champion Maria Kirilenko reached the third round of the Barcelona Ladies Open Wednesday with a straight-sets win over Severine Bremond.
BARCELONA, Spain, April 14 (UPI) -- Defending champion Maria Kirilenko dropped just two games Tuesday in collecting a first-round win at the $220,000 Barcelona Ladies Open tournament in Spain.
