Venus Williams was among the first-round winners Saturday on the opening day of play at the China Open.

It's amazing how quickly Shahar Pe'er metamorphosed from the next great hope into the forgotten woman of Israeli sports.

Sophie Gustafson is finally an LPGA Tour winner again, cruising to a four-stroke victory over top-ranked Lorena Ochoa in the LPGA Challenge yesterday in Danville, Calif.

After falling all the way down to No. 68 in the world last month, Shahar Pe'er climbed on Monday to No.

Suddenly, everything is going well for Shahar Peer. For the first time in her career she won her second consecutive title, and extended her winning streak to 10 matches.

Spain's Anabel Medina Garrigues and Italy's Francesca Schiavone were among the winners in the first round of the Korea Open, while fourth-seeded Sorana Cirstea of Romania was sent home.

Local star Akgul Amanmuradova displayed tremendous grit and determination disposing off Ekaterina Bychkova of Belarus to enter the quarterfinal round of the 11th edition of the Tashkent Open a Sony Ericsson WTA tour event being played at the Olympic Tennis School Tennis Courts.

Darya Kustova of Belarus came back from being four match points down to upset eighth seeded Galina Voskoboeva of Kazakhstan and make it to the quarterfinals of the 11th edition of the Tashkent Open a Sony Ericsson WTA tour event being played at the Olympic Tennis School Tennis Courts.

The efforts of Uzbekistan Tennis Federation had been deservedly recognized by the International Tennis Federation at the Annual General Meeting, which was held in Madrid in July 2009.