Petra Kvitova, Ioana Raluca Olaru advance to second round at Generali Ladies in Linz

October 8th, 2009 Mauresmo considering retiring from tennisPARIS — Former No. 1 Amelie Mauresmo is considering retiring from tennis.

October 7th, 2009 Tsonga, Gasquet advance at Japan OpenTOKYO — Second-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France defeated Mischa Zverev of Germany 6-4, 6-3 Wednesday to advance to the second round of the Japan Open. The 24-year-old Tsonga had 10 aces and saved four of five break points at Ariake Colosseum.

October 5th, 2009 Wawrinka, Greul advance to 2nd round at Japan OpenTOKYO — Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland defeated American John Isner 6-4, 6-4 on Monday in the first round of the Japan Open. Seventh-seeded Wawrinka converted five of seven break point opportunities in the match that lasted 1 hour, 33 minutes at Ariake Colosseum.

September 30th, 2009 Unseeded Chang ousts Safina at Pan Pacific OpenTOKYO — Top-ranked and defending champion Dinara Safina has been knocked out in the second round of the Toray Pan Pacific Open by Taiwanese qualifier Chang Kai-chen. Chang, ranked 132nd in the world, earned a 7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-5 win Monday over the Russian to advance to the third round of the $2 million tournament.

September 30th, 2009 Safina, Kuznetsova ousted at Pan Pacific OpenTOKYO — Top-ranked and defending champion Dinara Safina was knocked out in the second round of the Toray Pan Pacific Open on Monday by Taiwanese qualifier Chang Kai-chen only hours before fellow Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova was ousted in another upset. Safina was serving for the match in the third set when she double-faulted to give up a break.

September 6th, 2009 Serena Williams still awaiting true test at OpenNEW YORK — Serena Williams is still waiting for her first true test of this U.S. Open. The defending champion's fourth-round match was competitive for all of four games Sunday, before Williams took 10 in a row to beat No.

August 25th, 2009 Top-seeded Davydenko advances at Pilot PenNEW HAVEN, Conn. — Top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko credits one good return at the end of a 22-point tiebreaker with sending him into the third round of the Pilot Pen tennis tournament.

July 30th, 2009 Medina Garrigues, Hradecka advance in Istanbul CupISTANBUL — Third-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain has beaten wildcard Pemra Ozgen of Turkey 2-6, 6-2, 6-0 to advance to the quarterfinals of the Istanbul Cup. Medina Garrigues is to meet fifth-seeded Vera Dushevina of Russia in the quarterfinals.

July 26th, 2009 Petkovic beats Olaru to win Gastein LadiesBAD GASTEIN, Austria — Andrea Petkovic of Germany captured her first WTA Tour title on Sunday, beating Ioana Raluca Olaru of Romania 6-2, 6-3 at the Nuernberger Gastein Ladies. The 98th-ranked Petkovic has won eight titles on the lower ranked ITF circuit, but had never before reached a WTA quarterfinal.

July 25th, 2009 Olaru, Petkovic advance to Gastein Ladies finalBAD GASTEIN, Austria — Ioana Raluca Olaru of Romania and Andrea Petkovic of Germany both reached their first career WTA Tour final Saturday at the Nuernberger Gastein Ladies. Olaru upset top-seeded Alize Cornet of France 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, and Petkovic routed Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan 6-2, 6-1.

July 25th, 2009 Petkovic beats Shvedova to reach Gastein finalBAD GASTEIN, Austria — Andrea Petkovic of Germany has beaten Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan 6-2, 6-1 to reach her first career WTA Tour final at the Nuernberger Gastein Ladies. Petkovic will play either top-seeded Alize Cornet or Ioana Raluca Olaru in Sunday's final.

July 24th, 2009 Petkovic downs Groenefeld in Gastein quarterfinalsBAD GASTEIN, Austria — Andrea Petkovic has rallied to beat Anna-Lena Groenefeld 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-1 and reach her first career semifinal at the Nuernberger Gastein Ladies. The seventh-seeded Groenefeld hit 11 double faults on Friday.

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 22nd, 2009 Defending Gastein Ladies champ upset in 2nd roundBAD GASTEIN, Austria — Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia upset defending champion Pauline Parmentier of France 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 Wednesday in the second round of the Nuernberger Gastein Ladies. Parmentier served 10 double faults, while the sixth-seeded Rybarikova had seven aces.

June 21st, 2009 LONDON - Maria Sharapova has written off her hopes of recapturing her Wimbledon Ladies' title. Back in 2004 she crushed Serena Williams in straight sets to become champion, but the Russian beauty is just back from 10 months out with a shoulder injury.