Iveta Benesova News

Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova took more than two hours to put defending champion Czech Republic in control of its Fed Cup tie with Germany, while Italy's Francesca Schiavone surprisingly lost to give Ukraine a boost on Saturday.

Iveta Bensova of Czech Republic serves a ball to Germany's Sabine Lisicki during a first round Fed Cup World group tennis match between Germany and Czech Republic in Stuttgart, Germany Saturday Feb.

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Come-from-behind wins by Iveta Benesova and Petra Kvitova Saturday put the Czech Republic within one win of clinching its Fed Cup quarterfinal against Germany.

Petra Kvitova will play in Saturday's second opening singles rubber in the Fed Cup quarterfinal between her reigning champion Czech Republic team and a host German squad.

The Australian Open has been very fun to watch so far, with the usual suspects being the favorites this year.

Sania Mirza had a productive day at the Australian Open today as the Indian ace reached the quarter-finals of both the women's doubles and the mixed doubles events with Elena Vesnina and Mahesh Bhupathi respectively.

Victoria Azarenka walks a fine line on court, her demons bubbling just below the surface, but the tempestuous world number three would rather feed off the full spectrum of emotion than live life in black and white.

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Victoria Azarenka of Belarus celebrates her win over Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic in their fourth round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Jan.

Just before she walked on court, Greta Arn said she was looking forward to the "privilege" of playing her first match against Serena Williams.

Victoria Azarenka became the first woman to reach the quarter-finals of the Australian Open courtesy of a straight-sets win over Iveta Benesova.

Azarenka, currently ranked world No. 3, took the first set 6-2 with little trouble in her sixth Australian Open event.

THIRD seed Victoria Azarenka is the first big gun through to the Australian Open fourth round after downing rising German Mona Barthel in straight sets at Melbourne Park.

World No.1 Caroline Wozniacki has joined in-form third seed Victoria Azarenka in the fourth round of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park.

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Grand slam debutant Nina Bratchikova scored her second upset of the Australian Open on Wednesday, beating Italian Alberta Brianti in straight sets to march into the third round.