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Rosol, Garcia-Lopez reach Bucharest final
Lukas Rosol of the Czech Republic ousted three-time champion Gilles Simon 6-2, 6-3 on Saturday to reach his first career final at the BRD Tiriac ...
Sharapova edges Ivanovic to reach Porsche GP semi
Top-seeded Maria Sharapova got through another tough test in outlasting Ana Ivanovic 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 on Friday to advance to the semifinals of the ...
Gilles Simon reaches semifinals in Bucharest
Three-time champion Gilles Simon reached the semifinals of the BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy on Friday, while top-seeded Janko Tipsarevic was eliminated.
Nadal wins 2 matches to reach Barcelona semifinals
Seven-time winner Rafael Nadal won back-to-back matches to advance to the semifinals of the Barcelona Open on Friday. After rain forced several ...
Sharapova needs more than 3 hours to win
Top-seeded Maria Sharapova needed three sets and more than three hours Thursday in her clay-court debut of the year to overcome Lucie Safarova of the ...
Top seed Tipsarevic into Bucharest quarters
Top-seeded Janko Tipsarevic marched into the BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy quarterfinals with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Santiago Giraldo of Colombia on Thursday
Almagro, Monaco to meet in Barcelona Open quarters
Nicolas Almagro and Juan Monaco both won third-round matches at the Barcelona Open on Thursday before rain forced the rest of the matches to be ...
Wozniacki loses in 1st round of Porsche GP
Jelena Jankovic beat Samantha Stosur 6-4, 6-4 to advance to the second round of the Porsche Grand Prix on Wednesday. But another former No. 1 in the ...
Nadal eases past Berlocq to advance at Barcelona
Defending champion Rafael Nadal eased his way to the third round of the Barcelona Open with a 6-4, 6-2 win against Carlos Berlocq of Argentina on ...
Ivanovic beats Petkovic in 1st round in Stuttgart
Serbia's Ana Ivanovic defeated Andrea Petkovic of Germany 6-3, 6-2 Tuesday in the first round of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix. Ivanovic needed just ...
Berlocq advances to face Nadal in Barcelona Open
Carlos Berlocq of Argentina set up a second-round match against defending champion Rafael Nadal at the Barcelona Open by defeating Daniel ...
Wimbledon announces 40 percent hike in prize money
This year's singles champions at Wimbledon will each receive 1.6 million pounds ($2.4 million) after the All England Club increased overall prize ...
Viktor Troicki advances to 2nd round in Bucharest
Viktor Troicki advanced to the second round of the Nastase Tiriac Trophy by beating Marinko Matosevic of Australia 7-6 (5), 6-3 on Monday.
Nadal returns to Barcelona after Monte Carlo loss
After his eight-year winning run in Monte Carlo was ended by Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal is quickly refocusing on winning an eighth title at the ...
Italy beats Czechs to reach Fed Cup final
Roberta Vinci put Italy into the Fed Cup final, beating Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-3 Monday to clinch a 3-1 win in a series ...
Russia beats Slovakia 3-2 in Fed Cup semis
Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina won the decisive doubles match Sunday as Russia completed a 3-2 comeback victory over Slovakia to reach the Fed ...
Kvitova cuts Italy's lead to 2-1 in Fed Cup semis
The Czech Republic's Petra Kvitova rallied to beat seventh-ranked Sara Errani 2-6, 6-2, 6-0 Sunday after a five-hour rain delay and cut Italy's lead ...
Djokovic beats Nadal to win Monte Carlo Masters
For the first time in nine years, the Monte Carlo Masters trophy belongs to someone other than Rafael Nadal. The Spaniard's record reign at the ...
Germany beats Serbia 3-2, advances in Fed Cup
Germany came from behind to beat Serbia 3-2 in their Fed Cup playoff Sunday and qualify for next season's top-tier World group competition.
Poland beats Belgium in Fed Cup
Poland took an insurmountable 3-1 lead over Belgium on Sunday to secure its place in Fed Cup World Cup II and relegate the hosts to the Euro-Africa ...
Spain beats Japan 4-0 in Fed Cup playoff
Spain won a reverse singles and a doubles match to beat Japan 4-0 in their Fed Cup World Group playoff on Sunday. Carla Suarez downed Ayumi Morita ...
Slovakia leads Russia 2-0 in Fed Cup semifinals
Slovakia stunned heavily favored Russia by jumping to a 2-0 lead after the opening singles in the Fed Cup semifinals on Saturday. Dominika Cibulkova ...
Nadal vs Djokovic in Monte Carlo final again
Novak Djokovic will have a crack at toppling Rafael Nadal in the Monte Carlo Masters final for a second straight year. Despite their respective injury ...
Germany and Serbia tied 1-1 in Fed Cup playoff
Germany and Serbia were level 1-1 after the opening singles Saturday in their Fed Cup relegation playoff. Angelique Kerber beat Bojana Jovanovski 7-5, ...
Errani and Vinci give Italy 2-0 lead over Czechs
Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci gave Italy a commanding 2-0 lead over the two-time defending champion Czech Republic in the Fed Cup semifinals Saturday.