WOMEN'S DUBAI TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Monica Niculescu from Romania returns the ball from the third seated player Jelena Jankovic from Serbia on the third day of the Dubai Tennis Championships, Tuesday February 17, 2009. Jankovic won the match 6-3, 62. (UPI Photo/Norbert Schiller)
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STANFORD, Calif., July 30 (UPI) -- Samantha Stosur set up a possible quarterfinal meeting with Serena Williams Wednesday by defeating Monica Niculescu at the Bank of the West Classic.
STANFORD, Calif., July 28 (UPI) -- Third-seeded Elena Dementieva and fifth seed Nadia Petrova won their opening round matches Monday at the Bank of the West Classic at Stanford, Calif.
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Shuai Peng dropped a set Friday but still was able to lead four of the top five seeds into the semifinals of Uzbekistan's $145,000 Tashkent Open.
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Shuai Peng used a straight-set victory Thursday to earn a spot in the quarterfinals of the $145,000 Tashkent Open tennis tournament in Uzbekistan.
TASHKENT, Ukraine, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Second-seeded Olga Govortsova and crowd favorite Akgul Amanmuradova were upset losers Tuesday at the $145,000 Tashkent Open in Uzbekistan.
WIMBLEDON, England, June 25 (UPI) -- World No. 1 Ana Ivanovic fought off two match points Wednesday before claiming a tough second-round Wimbledon three-set win from Nathalie Dechy.
PARIS, May 26 (UPI) -- Third-seeded Serb Jelena Jankovic and Venus Williams were winners Monday at the French Open, where rain washed out 18 women's matches.
BANGALORE, India, March 4 (UPI) -- Seventh-seeded Vera Zvonareva survived a three-set match but No. 8-seeded Maria Kirilenko wasn't as lucky at the $600,000 Bangalore Open in India.
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.