Pironkova celebrates her win over Venus Williams at the Wimbledon Championships
Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova celebrates her Quarter-Final win over American Venus Williams at the Wimbledon championships in Wimbledon on June 29, 2010. UPI/Hugo Philpott
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MELBOURNE, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- World No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki had just 12 unforced errors Monday in an opening-round, straight-set victory over Anastasia Rodionova at the Australian Open.
HOBART, Australia, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- No. 1-seeded Yanina Wickmayer edged into the second round of the Moorilla Hobart International with a tight win in the Australian tennis tournament.
PALERMO, Italy, July 15 (UPI) -- No. 1-seeded Flavia Pennetta advanced to the semifinals of the SNAL Open tennis tournament in Italy with a straight-set victory Friday.
BRUSSELS, May 17 (UPI) -- French Open champion Francesca Schiavone started her final tune-up before returning to Paris with a straight-set win at the Brussels Open.
BARCELONA, Spain, April 26 (UPI) -- No. 3-seeded Tsvetana Pironkova was one of four seeded players to lose Tuesday during the first round of the Barcelona Ladies Open tennis tournament in Spain.
PORTOROZ, Slovenia, July 21 (UPI) -- Third-seeded Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark and fourth-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues advanced Monday in the first round of the Slovenia Open.
BUDAPEST, Hungary, July 10 (UPI) -- Katalin Marosi, a Hungarian wild card entry, ousted third-seeded Tsvetana Pironkova Thursday in the Gaz de France Grand Prix tennis tournament in Hungary.
BUDAPEST, Hungary, July 7 (UPI) -- Tsvetana Pironkova and Lucie Safarova were easy winners Monday in first-round play at the $175,000 Gaz de France Grand Prix tennis tournament in Hungary.
WIMBLEDON, England, June 24 (UPI) -- Second-seeded Jelena Jankovic and No. 3 Maria Sharapova were easy winners Tuesday in first-round action at The Championships at Wimbledon.
ISTANBUL, Turkey, May 23 (UPI) -- Elena Dementieva and Agnieszka Radwanska, the tournament's top two seeds, Friday advanced to the finals of the $200,000 Istanbul Cup.
