CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic beat Andrea Petkovic of Germany in straight sets on Monday in the first round of the Generali Ladies, a US$220,000 WTA Tour event played indoors at the Intersport Arena.
ESPN (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic defeated Andrea Petkovic of Germany 6-1, 6-4 in the first round of the Generali Ladies.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
LINZ, Austria -- Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic defeated Andrea Petkovic of Germany 6-1, 6-4 Monday in the first round of the Generali Ladies.
Sports World (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
Welcome to watch here TORAY PAN PACIFIC OPEN live sytreaming on September 30, 2009 EVENTS ARE Center (from 10.30hrs) 1 Black/Huber vs Pennetta/Raymond Live sreaming 2. Marion Bartoli vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 3. Jelena Jankovic vs Elena Vesnina live streaming (NB 13.00hrs) 4. Maria Sharapova vs Alisa Kleybanova live streamin 5. Agnieszka Radwanska vs Andrea Petkovic (NB 17.00hrs) 6. Victoria Azarenka...
Craig Hickman's Tennis Blog (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
... the top seeds fall in Tokyo. The world No. 1 Dinara Safina is out. The No. 2 seed Venus Williams , out. The No. 5 seed and Roland Garros champion Svetlana Kuznetsova , out. All of them to qualifiers. Who will take advantage of such bare, bare branches? :: Getty Chang Kai-chen of Taiwan reacts with joy just after defeating world number one player Dinara Safina of Russia during their second round...
hectorshona (Free subscription) | 08/02/2009
Lucie Hradecka of Czech Republic would be facing Vera Dushevina of Russia in the final of Istanbul Cup. Hradecka, the 8th seed, had a difficult test in front of her against Andrea Petkovic. Even though, Hradecka was able to register a victory against the German, the match was clearly a long-drawn one. For Dushevina though, the test was much easier. Russian was able registering a comfortable victory...
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 08/02/2009
ISTANBUL, Turkey, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Fifth-seeded Vera Dushevina and eighth-seeded Lucie Hradecka were Saturday's semifinal winners at the Istanbul Cup tennis tournament. Both women will have a chance to earn their first career title when they play Sunday. Dushevina downed Switzerland's Timea Bacsinszky 6-2, 6-4. Hradecka rallied to beat Germany's Andrea Petkovic 6-7 (5-7), 7-5, 7-5. I'm so happy because...
Fox News (Free subscription) | 08/01/2009
Vera Dushevina of Russia will play Lucie Hradecka of the Czech Republic in the Istanbul Cup final. The fifth-seeded Dushevina beat Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland 6-2, 6-4, and the eighth-seeded Hradecka defeated Andrea Petkovic of Germany 6-7 (5), 7-5, 7-5 in Saturday's semifinals. Dushevina has never won a WTA title, while Hradecka will play her second Tour singles final of the year after finishing...
CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 08/01/2009
Vera Dushevina of Russia will play Lucie Hradecka of the Czech Republic in the Istanbul Cup final. Dushevina beat Timea Bacsinszky 6-2, 6-4, and Hradecka defeated Andrea Petkovic 6-7 (5), 7-5, 7-5 in Saturday's semifinals.
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 08/01/2009
ISTANBUL, Turkey, July 31 (UPI) -- No. 3 Anabel Medina Garrigues, the highest seed left, lost 6-1, 6-2 to fifth-seeded Vera Dushevina at Friday's Istanbul Cup quarterfinals. The victory by the 22-year-old Dushevina made her 2-1 lifetime against Medina Garrigues and set up a semifinal match Saturday against Timea Bacsinszky, an easy 6-0, 6-1 winner against overmatched Urszula Radwanska. I'm in really...
Tennishead (Free subscription) | 08/01/2009
Womens Singles: Semi-final (5) Vera Dushevina (Rus) bt Timea Bacsinszky (Swi) 6-2 6-4 (8) Lucie Hradecka (Cze) bt Andrea Petkovic (Ger) 6-7 (5-7) 7-5 7-5
Fox News (Free subscription) | 07/31/2009
Fifth-seeded Vera Dushevina reached the semifinals of the Istanbul Cup Friday by routing No. 3 Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain 6-1, 6-2. Dushevina won 16 of 19 points on Medina Garrigues' second serve and broke her opponent five times. The Russian will next play Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland, who needed just 50 minutes to beat Urszula Radwanska of Poland 6-0, 6-1. In the other semifinal, Andrea...
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 07/31/2009
ISTANBUL, Turkey, July 30 (UPI) -- Third-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues rallied to defeat wild card Pemra Ozgen Thursday and earn a quarterfinal berth at the Istanbul Cup. Medina Garrigues recorded a 2-6, 6-2, 6-0 victory that set up a quarterfinal meeting with fifth-seeded Vera Dushevina. Andrea Petkovic, a surprise champion last week at Bad Gastein, kept her hot streak going with a 6-1, 6-0 blasting...
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 07/29/2009
ISTANBUL, Turkey, July 28 (UPI) -- Top seeds Vera Zvonareva of Russia and Patty Schnyder of Switzerland were upset victims Tuesday at the Istanbul Cup. Ukrainian Mariya Koryttseva defeated Zvonareva, the No. 1 seed, 6-2, 1-6, 6-4. Paraguay's Rossana de los Rios beat Schnyder, seeded second, 7-6 (7-3), 2-6, 6-3. In other action, No. 3 Spaniard Anabel Medina Garrigues ousted Belarusian qualifier Anastasiya...
WTA Backspin by Todd Spiker (Free subscription) | 07/28/2009
This weekend in Portoroz, in the first hard court event of the 3rd Quarter, Dinara Safina won her third singles title of the season to get her U.S. Open preparation off to a great start. Uh-oh. Here we go again? Remember, Safina heading toward a slam with a full head of steam isn't anything new. A year ago, the Russian won the U.S. Open Series and Silver in Beijing, only to fall in the Open SF. A year...
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