Suarez Navarro beats Govortsova to reach quarterfinals in Austria

October 14th, 2009 Suarez Navarro reaches Generali Ladies quartersLINZ, Austria — Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain defeated Olga Govortsova of Belarus 6-3, 6-4 Wednesday to reach her sixth quarterfinal of the season at the Generali Ladies. The 34th-ranked Suarez Navarro dropped serve early in the opening set but saved three more break points.

October 13th, 2009 6th-seeded Cirstea of Romania loses in AustriaLINZ, Austria — Sixth-seeded Sorana Cirstea of Romania struggled with her serve Tuesday, losing to Julia Goerges of Germany 6-3, 6-3 in the opening round of the Generali Ladies. The 79th-ranked Goerges converted six of 13 break points.

October 13th, 2009 Top-seeded Pennetta beats Shaughnessy in AustriaLINZ, Austria — Top-seeded Flavia Pennetta of Italy routed Meghann Shaughnessy of the United States 6-1, 6-1 Tuesday in the opening round of the Generali Ladies. Pennetta had lost both previous matches to Shaughnessy.

October 12th, 2009 Carla Suarez Navarro advances in LinzLINZ, Austria — Fourth-seeded Carla Suarez Navarro eased past Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia 6-2, 6-4 Monday in the first round of the Generali Ladies. The 34th-ranked Spaniard had three breaks in the opening set and added four more in the second at the indoor Intersport Arena.

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 23rd, 2009 Shvedova, Peer advance at Tashkent OpenTASHKENT, Uzbekistan — Top-seeded Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan beat Ekaterina Ivanova of Russia 7-5, 6-2 Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the Tashkent Open. Fifth-seeded Stefanie Voegele of Switzerland and Monica Niculescu of Romania also advanced to the quarterfinals.

September 14th, 2009 Govortsova advances at Guangzhou OpenGUANGZHOU, China — Sixth-seeded Olga Govortsova of Belarus beat Han Xinyun of China 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 Monday to reach the second round of the Guangzhou Open. In two other first-round matches in the WTA tournament, Panova of Russia defeated Yurika Sema of Japan 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (7) and Akgul Amanmuradova of Uzbekistan downed Rika Fujiwara of Japan 6-3, 6-2.

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 Davydenko beats Chardy to reach quarterfinalsHAMBURG — Qualifier Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay upset eighth-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany 6-4, 7-6 (8) Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the German Open. Second-seeded Nikolay Davydenko ended Jeremy Chardy's bid for a second title in two weeks by beating the Frenchman 6-3, 6-3.

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.

June 29th, 2009 Dementieva 1st to reach quarterfinals at WimbledonWIMBLEDON, England — Fourth-seeded Elena Dementieva has become the first player to reach the quarterfinals at Wimbledon after beating fellow Russian Elena Vesnina 6-1, 6-3. Dementieva faced little resistance in the first set Monday and never faced a break point in the match.

June 27th, 2009 Venus Williams moves into 4th round at WimbledonWIMBLEDON, England — Venus Williams has powered her way into the second week of Wimbledon, defeating Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain 6-0, 6-4 Saturday to reach the fourth round. Williams is trying to become the first woman since Steffi Graf in 1991-93 to win three consecutive titles at the All England Club.

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.

May 30th, 2009 Roddick reaches French Open 4th round for 1st timePARIS — Andy Roddick reached the fourth round of the French Open for the first time in his career by beating Marc Gicquel of France 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 on Saturday. Roddick is only the second American to reach the fourth round at Roland Garros since Andre Agassi in 2003, the same year Roddick won his only major title at the U.S.