US Open Championship in New York

Lindsay Davenport of the U.S.A. serves to France's Marion Bartoli in the first set of third-round action at the U.S. Open tennis championship at the U.S. National Tennis Center on August 29, 2008 in Flushing Meadows, New York. (UPI Photo/Monika Graff)

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Ivanovic wins Linz, Austria, quarterfinal

LINZ, Austria, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- Former world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic was among Friday's quarterfinal winners at the $600,000 Generali Ladies Linz tennis event in Linz, Austria.

Top seeds reach Linz quarterfinals

LINZ, Austria, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Ana Ivanovic and Vera Zvonareva, the tournament's top two seeds, earned quarterfinal berths Thursday at the Generali Ladies Linz in Austria.

Radwanska wins, Schnyder loses in Zurich

ZURICH, Switzerland, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- Fifth-seeded Pole Agnieszka Radwanska won but sixth-seeded heavy Swiss crowd favorite Patty Schnyder was upset Tuesday in first-round play at the Zurich Open.

Ivanovic falls to 4-4 since French Open

TOKYO, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- World No. 3 Ana Ivanovic was beaten in three sets Thursday in second-round play at the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament in Tokyo.

Chakvetadze an early upset loser in Tokyo

TOKYO, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- Eighth-seeded Anna Chakvetadze was ousted by qualifier Kaia Kanepi in first-round play Tuesday at the $1.34 million Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament in Tokyo.

Kuznetsova, Dementieva, Davenport win

FLUSHING MEADOWS, N.Y., Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Russians Elena Dementieva and Svetlana Kuznetsova and American Lindsay Davenport were among the winners Monday on the first day of the 2008 U.S. Open.

Safina wins third 2008 WTA event

MONTREAL, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Russian Dinara Safina won her third WTA title of the year Sunday, easily beating Dominika Cibulkova in the championship match of the Rogers Cup in Montreal.

Cibulkova, Safina in final at Rogers Cup

MONTREAL, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- Unranked Dominika Cibulkova and seventh-seeded Dinara Safina won semifinal matches Saturday to reach the $1.34 million Rogers Cup final.

Top seeds all gone in Rogers Cup

MONTREAL, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- Dominika Cibulkova surprised Jelena Jankovic in straight sets Friday, leaving the Rogers Cup with a seed no higher than No. 7 going into the semifinals.

Schnyder, Bartoli advance in Rogers Cup

MONTREAL, July 28 (UPI) -- Swiss veteran Patty Schnyder and French former Wimbledon runner-up Marion Bartoli were first-round winners Monday at the $1.34 million Rogers Cup in Montreal.