Timea Bacsinszky beats Yanina Wickmayer in 3 sets to reach Luxembourg final

October 23rd, 2009 Wickmayer, Bacsinszky through to Luxembourg semisLUXEMBOURG — Yanina Wickmayer defeated Kirsten Flipkens 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-1 in an all-Belgian match Friday to reach the semifinals of the Luxembourg Open. She will play Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland, who beat Katarina Srebotnik 6-7 (3), 6-1, 6-4.

October 22nd, 2009 Wickmayer reaches quarters in LuxembourgLUXEMBOURG — Yanina Wickmayer edged Alize Cornet 7-5, 7-6 (6) Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the Luxembourg Open. Wickmayer will play another Belgian, Kirsten Flipkens, on Friday.

October 21st, 2009 Flipkens reaches quarters in LuxembourgLUXEMBOURG — Kirsten Flipkens defeated third-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues 7-5, 6-3 Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the Luxembourg Open. Qualifier Flipkens will play the winner of the match between Yanina Wickmayer and Alize Cornet.

October 20th, 2009 Clijsters advances to 2nd round in LuxembourgLUXEMBOURG — Kim Clijsters won her first match since capturing the U.S. Open, defeating Meghann Shaughnessy 6-2, 6-2 Tuesday to reach the second round of the Luxembourg Open.

October 17th, 2009 Wickmayer, Kvitova reach Generali Ladies finalLINZ, Austria — The top two seeded players of the Generali Ladies lost Saturday, leaving Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium and Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic to play for the title. No. 3 Wickmayer beat top-seeded Flavia Pennetta of Italy 7-6 (5), 6-3, and Kvitova upset second-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 6-3, 6-2.

October 15th, 2009 Radwanska, Wickmayer reach quarters in LinzLINZ, Austria — Second-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska advanced to the Generali Ladies quarterfinals with a 6-4, 7-5 win Thursday over Alize Cornet of France. Her younger sister Urszula Radwanska lost to seventh-seeded Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic 6-4, 6-4.

September 12th, 2009 Wozniacki wins to make first Grand Slam finalNEW YORK — Carolina Wozniacki has moved into her first Grand Slam final, with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Yanina Wickmayer at the U.S. Open. The No. 9 Wozniacki overcame an early break in the second set of the semifinals Saturday night in Armstrong Stadium and won the last four games to close out the win over the 50th-ranked player from Belgium.

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 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 19th, 2009 Schiavone and Bammer in Prague Open finalPRAGUE — Top-seeded Francesca Schiavone has outlasted Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 in a rain-delayed semifinal at the Prague Open to set up a title match against Sybille Bammer. Schiavone needed more than 2 hours, 30 minutes on Sunday to prevail in windy conditions against the unseeded Bacsinszky.

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 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 20th, 2009 Becker wins 1st ATP title at Ordina OpenDEN BOSCH, Netherlands — German qualifier Benjamin Becker won his first ATP title on Saturday, beating Dutch wild card Raemon Sluiter 7-5, 6-3 at the Ordina Open. Earlier, Tamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand became the first player to successfully defend the Ordina Open women's title by beating Yanina Wickmayer 6-3 7-5.

June 20th, 2009 Tanasugarn beats Wickmayer to retain Ordina titleDEN BOSCH, Netherlands — Tamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand has become the first player to successfully defend the Ordina Open women's title by beating Yanina Wickmayer 6-3 7-5. Tanasugarn broke the 19-year-old Belgian in the seventh and ninth games of the first set on Saturday.