Top-seeded Schiavone defeats Bacsinszky to reach Prague Open final against Bammer

September 24th, 2009 No. 2-seed Shahar Peer advances at Tashkent OpenTASHKENT, Uzbekistan — Second-seeded Shahar Peer of Israel beat Kathrin Woerle of Germany 6-2, 6-4 Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the Tashkent Open. The 46th-ranked Peer is looking for her second straight title after winning the Guangzhou Open last weekend.

September 24th, 2009 Kirilenko, Hantuchova reach quarters at Korea OpenSEOUL, South Korea — Defending champion Maria Kirilenko of Russia advanced to the Korea Open quarterfinals on Thursday by beating Francesca Schiavone, who retired with an injury early in the second set. Kirilenko was leading the third-seeded Schiavone 6-1, 1-2 in the second round when the Italian, who had taken a medical time-out in the first set with an apparent right thigh injury, retired.

September 10th, 2009 Williams sisters reach US Open doubles finalNEW YORK — Serena and Venus Williams are back in the U.S. Open women's doubles final for the first time in a decade.

August 1st, 2009 Dushevina, Hradecka reach Istanbul Cup finalISTANBUL — 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 the semifinals on Saturday.

July 31st, 2009 Dushevina, Bacsinszky reach Istanbul semisISTANBUL — Fifth-seeded Vera Dushevina reached the semifinals of the Istanbul Cup Friday by routing No. 3-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain 6-1, 6-2.

July 23rd, 2009 Cornet rallies to beat Mayr at Bad GasteinBAD GASTEIN, Austria — Top-seeded Alize Cornet of France rallied to beat Patricia Mayr of Austria 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 Thursday in the second round of the Gastein Ladies. The 28th-ranked Cornet did not win a point on her second serve in the opening set but quickly found her rhythm to win back-to-back matches for the first time on the WTA Tour since February.

July 19th, 2009 Soderling defeats Monaco to win Swedish OpenBASTAD, Sweden — Robin Soderling beat Juan Monaco 6-3, 7-6 (4) to win the Swedish Open on Sunday for his fourth ATP Tour title and first on clay. The second-seeded Soderling became the first Swedish winner of the tournament since 2000 when his coach, Magnus Norman, won the title.

July 19th, 2009 Bammer beats Schiavone in Prague Open finalPRAGUE — Sybille Bammer of Austria has beaten top-seeded Francesca Schiavone 7-6 (4), 6-2 to win the Prague Open. Bammer broke Schiavone twice for a 4-0 lead in the first set on Sunday before the Italian rallied tied the score at 5-5.

July 18th, 2009 Monaco beats Robredo to reach Swedish Open finalBASTAD, Sweden — Juan Monaco has routed two-time defending champion Tommy Robredo 6-0, 6-2 to reach the Swedish Open final. Monaco broke the third-seeded Robredo three times in the opening set on Saturday and raced to a quick 5-1 lead in the second after securing two more breaks of the Spaniard's serve.

July 18th, 2009 Semifinals suspended at Prague Open due to rainPRAGUE — Both semifinal matches at the Prague Open have been suspended because of rain. Second-seeded Sybille Bammer of Austria was leading No.

July 17th, 2009 Top-seeded Schiavone reaches semis at Prague OpenPRAGUE — Top-seeded Francesca Schiavone routed Kateryna Bondarenko 6-1, 6-1 on Friday to advance to the semifinals of the Prague Open. The 30th-ranked Schiavone, who reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon last month, will next play either fourth-seeded Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain or Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland in one of Saturday's semifinals.

July 10th, 2009 Szavay, Bondarenko reach Budapest semifinalsBUDAPEST, Hungary — Fourth-seeded Agnes Szavay of Hungary defeated qualifier Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland 6-2, 6-3 Friday to reach the semifinals of the Budapest Grand Prix. Szavay won the last four games of the first set after breaking Bacsinszky for a 3-2 lead, and continued to control the play in the second.

June 30th, 2009 Dementieva reaches Wimbledon semifinalsWIMBLEDON, England — Fourth-seeded Elena Dementieva of Russia has reached the Wimbledon semifinals after a comfortable 6-2, 6-2 win over Francesca Schiavone of Italy. Dementieva took a 5-0 lead in the first set and converted both of her break points in the second to seal the win in 66 minutes.

June 18th, 2009 Defending champion Ferrer loses in quartersDEN BOSCH, Netherlands — Ivan Navarro upset defending champion David Ferrer 6-4, 6-2 Thursday in a match between Spaniards to reach the Ordina Open semifinals. Navarro next plays Raemon Sluiter of the Netherlands.

June 8th, 2009 Faulk of US wins 110 hurdles at meet in PraguePRAGUE — Dexter Faulk of the United States has won the men's 110-meter hurdles at the Josef Odlozil Memorial Grand Prix, posting the fifth fastest time in the world this year. Faulk finished in 13.21 seconds at the meet in Prague on Monday.