Alona Bondarenko News

Serena Williams , making a furious comeback after a yearlong injury hiatus, needed just 16 minutes to win her first set over Alona Bondarenko at the Rogers Cup in Toronto on Tuesday night and went on to a 6-0, 6-3 victory.

Top-seeded Maria Kirilenko advanced to the second round of the Guangzhou Open by beating Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine 6-4, 6-2 Tuesday.

The Belarusian Azarenka handled overmatched Swede Johanna Larsson 6-1, 6-3 in 70 minutes at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Day 2 of the fortnight.

At 5-foot-9, and without a single dominant stroke, David Ferrer is hardly the prototypical top-five player.

By Rusty Hall GRAPEVINE -- Before making her run to the Wimbledon semifinals in July, Sabine Lisicki won the grass-court tune-up in Birmingham, England.