SYDNEY, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Russians Dinara Safina and Elena Dementieva won straight-set victories Monday in the first round of the Medibank International, a final Australian Open tune-up.

BRISBANE, Australia, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- Victoria Azarenka of Belarus broke Marion Bartoli six times and downed the Frenchwoman 6-3, 6-1 Sunday in the championship match of the Brisbane International.

BRISBANE, Australia, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- France's Amelie Mauresmo downed Ana Ivanovic in straight sets Thursday, ending the top-seeded Serbian star's bid to win the Brisbane International in Australia.

BRISBANE, Australia, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Ana Ivanovic fought off two match points to beat Roberta Vinci Wednesday and advance to the quarterfinals of the Brisbane International in Australia.

BRISBANE, Australia, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Last year's runner-up Victoria Azarenka and former Wimbledon finalist Marion Bartoli were Tuesday winners at the Brisbane International.

ZURICH, Switzerland, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Unheralded Flavia Pennetta joined Venus Williams and two others in Friday's quarterfinal winners circle at the Zurich Open tennis tournament in Switzerland.

ZURICH, Switzerland, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Slovak Daniela Hantuchova and Frenchwoman Amelie Mauresmo were both first-round losers Monday at the $600,000 Zurich Open in Switzerland.

MOSCOW, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- Sixth-seeded Venus Williams was upset in a tight three-set match Tuesday in the first round of the $1.34 million Kremlin Cup tennis tournament in Moscow.

STUTTGART, Germany, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Second-seeded Jelena Jankovic upended Venus Williams in three sets in Saturday's semifinals at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany.