Tathiana Garbin News

Patty Schnyder of Switzerland and Hungarian native Agnes Szavay were among the second-round winners Thursday at the GDF Suez Grand Prix tennis tournament.

Second-seeded Alize Cornet of France defeated Galina Voskoboeva of Kazakhstan 6-3, 6-1 Tuesday in the first round of the Budapest Grand Prix.

Virginie Razzano almost had to go topless, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga danced a jig and Gael Monfils dived around like a stunt man as a spectacular French trio advanced into week two at Roland Garros on Saturday.

Australian 30th seed Samantha Stosur completed the French Open quarter-final line-up by easing to a 6-1, 6-2 victory over France's Virginie Razzano in Paris overnight.

Show court schedules for Saturday at the French Open : Play begins on all courts at 0900 GMT Court Philippe Chatrier Samantha Stosur , Australia, vs.

Serena Williams during her match against Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez of Spain. Photo: Reuters May 31, 2009 - 7:57AM Ten-time Grand Slam title winner Serena Williams angrily denounced her Roland Garros opponent as a 'cheat' on Saturday as two of the world's top 10 crashed to shock French Open defeats.

Samantha Stosur returns fire to Russia's Elena Dementieva during today's third round win.

Paris Venus Williams made a great escape into the French Open last 32 today while 13th seeded Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli merely made an exhausting list of excuses for her second round defeat.

Venus Williams saved a match point before beating her Czech opponent, and Jelena Jankovic joined the seven-time Grand Slam champion in the third round of the French Open on Thursday by defeating a Slovak.

Japanese interest in the singles competition at the French Open ended Monday after Ayumi Morita was dumped out in the first round of the women's draw with a straight-sets defeat to Italian Tathiana Garbin.

Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird is in need of yet another jockey. Mike Smith , who rode the gelding to a second-place finish Saturday in the Preakness Stakes, won't ride him in the Belmont Stakes June 6 because of a previous commitment.

Alona Bondarenko's pre-match preparation typically includes listening to music on her iPod to take her mind off her impending match.

Maria Sharapova has become something of an expert in the kitchen during her frustrating injury-enforced absence from the tennis court and has made spaghetti carbonara her speciality.

Wearing strips of white tape on her right shoulder, Maria Sharapova played her first singles match on tour in nearly 10 months, and while she won Monday, her game showed signs of rust.

Maria Sharapova made a winning return to tennis after a nine-and-a-half-month injury lay-off here on Monday, defeating Italy's Tathiana Garbin 6-1, 6-7, 6-3. By Telegraph staff and agencies Last Updated: 6:00PM BST 18 May 2009 She's back: Maria Sharapova needed three sets to beat Tathiana Garbin The 22-year-old Russian has seen her world ranking ...

She arrived early, to spend time with family. Now Aleksandra Wozniak will play in the Warsaw Open in Poland.

MONTE CARLO: Rafael Nadal became the first player to win five straight Monte Carlo Masters titles by beating Novak Djokovic 6-3, 2-6, 6-1 on Sunday.

Italy's Roberta Vinci dominated Russia's Maria Kirilenko in straight sets Sunday to win the title at the Barcelona Ladies Open.

U.S. Open runner-up Jelena Jankovic was an easy opening-round winner Tuesday at the inaugural Andalucia Tennis Experience.

Chinese Li Na and Argentine Gisela Dulko were among Thursday's first-round victors at the $4.5 million Sony Ericsson Open.