Marion Bartoli News

The third-seeded Frenchwoman saw off her South African opponent, the seventh seed, 6-3 6-1 in one hour and nine minutes.

Top-seeded Marion Bartoli and No. 2 Tamira Paszek were both eliminated from the first round of the Strasbourg International on Tuesday.

All of Monday's scheduled opening-round action was postponed because of rain at the $235,000 Strasbourg International tennis event, a final clay-court French Open tune-up. Seven matches, including ones for top seeds Marion Bartoli of France and Tamira Paszek of Austria, were pushed back to Tuesday at Strasbourg Tennis Club.

Most of the top names on the WTA tour are at rest this week, but some big names such as former No.

Petra Kvitova, the No. 8-ranked women's player in the world, has committed to return to the Nutmeg state and defend her New Haven Open championship this summer.

The player field has been announced for the Aegon Classic, staged on the grass courts of the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham from June 9-16. Joining the previously-named British number one Laura Robson, British number two Heather Watson, and France's world number 14 Marion Bartoli are Italians Roberta Vinci, who rose to a career high of world ... (more)

Ekaterina Makarova of Russia ended world No. 3 Victoria Azarenka's perfect start with a 1-6, 6-2, 6-3 victory Wednesday in the second round of the Madrid Open.

Serena Williams moved her Madrid Open title defense into the third round after beating Lourdes Dominguez Lino of Spain 6-2, 7-5 on Tuesday.

When top seed Marion Bartoli and then later No. 2 seed Dominika Cibulkova both lost in their opening round matches at this week's Portugal Open, you knew the event was now officially a free-for-all for those left in the draw.

Pablo Carreno-Busta of Spain upset fifth-seeded Julien Benneteau in the first round of the Portugal Open on Tuesday, defeating the Frenchman 6-3, 6-4. In the women's event, top-seeded Marion Bartoli also exited the tournament.

Top-seed Marion Bartoli of France fell at the first hurdle in the WTA Portugal Open when she lost 6-0 1-6 6-4 to China's Peng Shuai.

Top seed Marion Bartoli bowed out of the Oeiras Open in Estoril in the first round after losing 0-6 6-1 4-6 to Shuai Peng.

Sandwiched between busy weeks in Stuttgart and Madrid is a lovely smaller event between Lisbon and the ocean.

British top two Laura Robson and Heather Watson have signed up to play the Aegon Classic in Edgbaston ahead of Wimbledon.