Iveta Benesova News

You can help put the Heart in the Fed Cup final next month. The ITF today announced that the inaugural Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Heart Award will be presented at the Fed Cup final between host Italy and the United States.

Anabel Medina Garrigues, seeded third, outfought Arantxa Parra Santonja Monday in the opening round of the Luxembourg Open.

Third-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain and sixth-seeded Sabine Lisicki of Germany were a pair of first-round winners Monday at the $220,000 Luxembourg Open.

DUAL NRL premiership winner Paul Whatuira is in hospital for psychiatric assessment after being arrested in connection with two assaults.

LINZ, Austria: Top-seeded Flavia Pennetta of Italy routed Meghann Shaughnessy of the United States 6-1, 6-1 in the opening round of the Generali Ladies on Tuesday.

Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain defeated Olga Govortsova of Belarus 6-3, 6-4 on Wednesday to reach her sixth quarterfinal of the season at the Generali Ladies.

Top seed Flavia Pennetta highlighted Tuesday's opening-round winners at the Generali Ladies Linz tennis event.

Maria Sharapova recovered from a slow start to advance to the quarterfinals of the Toray Pan Pacific Open with a 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 win over Alisa Kleybanova.

Amazing upset, but she 'still needs to improve': Chang. Chang Kai-chen of Taiwan, previously unknown at the top of the world rankings, says that beating world number one Dinara Safina of Russia in the Pan Pacific Open has boosted her confidence.

Former No. 1 Sharapova served to go up 6-5 in the final set and then broke Benesova to close out the match in 1 hour, 39 minutes and set up a semifinal with either Magdalena Rybarikova or Agnieska Radwanska, who play later Thursday.

Former world No 1 Maria Sharapova has progressed into the quarter-finals of the Pan Pacific Open.

Dinara Safina arrived in Tokyo aiming to regain her top form, but instead suffered another dose of tennis torment as the World No.

A long, hard summer for Venus Williams nearly turned into a premature autumn for a two-time United States Open champion.

Tennis Week is teaming with legendary coach Nick Bollettieri to provide previews and in-depth analysis of the US Open.

New Haven, Connecticut: Two-time major champion Amelie Mauresmo got off to a quick start at the WTA Pilot Pen tournament, stopping Japanese ace Ai Sugiyama 6-4, 6-1 in the first round on Monday.

Ricky Hatton welcomed Muhammad Ali to his gym Wednesday and said that not even a meeting with The Greatest could persuade him to get back in the ring again.

Top-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova turned a seemingly routine win into a long struggle to reach the Pilot Pen quarterfinals in a 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 win over Belgian qualifier Yanina Wickmayer on Wednesday.

Sam Querrey didn't only advance to the Pilot Pen Tennis tournament quarterfinals with a 7-5, 6-3 victory against German Bjorn Phau Wednesday.

The No. 1 seeds in the men's and women's draws advanced to the quarterfinals at the Pilot Pen tennis tournament on Wednesday.

Larry Millson TORONTO - Last updated on Monday, Aug. 17, 2009 07:09PM EDT C anadian content at the Rogers Cup took a hit with three first-round singles losses on Monday, leaving the nation's hopes to Aleksandra Wozniak of Montreal who plays Tuesday.