Jelena Jankovic beats Venus Williams for Stuttgart final, to meet Nadia Petrova
Second seed Jelena Jankovic edged sixth-seeded Venus Williams 6-7(8) 7-5 6-2, improved to 5-3 lifetime against the American, and set up a Porsche Tennis Grand Prix final against Nadia Petrova.
Russia’s Petrova advanced to the...
Wozniacki back to Top 10, faces Petrova in Sofia final
Top two seeds will meet in the final of the Qatar Airways Tournament of Champions Sofia - No.1 Caroline Wozniacki and No.2 Nadia Petrova.
The first to advance was Wozniacki, with a 6-4 6-1 victory...
Sharapova gets past Petrova, Safina cruises into French Open third round
The most interesting match-up of the day lived up to the expectations with Maria Sharapova defeating No.11 seed Nadia Petrova 6-2 1-6 8-6 in the second round of the 2009 French Open. World No.1...
Ivanovic continues to win in Stuttgart
Ana Ivanovic followed her successful weekend in Stuttgart, during which she scored great victories over Top 2 German WTA stars – world No.6 Angelique Kerber and world No.28 Mona Barthel – in the Fed...
Ana Ivanovic loses to Nadia Petrova in the first round of Eastbourne
Ana Ivanovic’s career is still in free fall. The latest disappointment is that her Wimbledon preparations have been cut short as she lost to Nadia Petrova in the first round of the AEGON International...
Nadia Petrova beats Venus Williams to advance to French Open quarters
Seed No.19 Nadia Petrova survived three match points against home favorite Aravane Rezai in the third round, but her next match against second seed Venus Williams saw less drama as the Russian won 6-4...
Battling Ivanovic beats Jankovic, advances to Los Angeles final
World No.5 Ana Ivanovic extended her head-to-head superiority over Jelena Jankovic to 4-1 defeating her 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 in an all-Serbian semifinal at the East West Bank Classic.
The Ivanovic vs. Jankovic match was a...
Paszek wins Eastbourne, Petrova victorious in s’-Hertogenbosch
The last two tournaments before Wimbledon are over and we have Tamira Paszek and Nadia Petrova lifting trophies.
Paszek crowned a dream week at the AEGON International with her first Premier-level title. The Austrian came...
Rome: Petrova outplays Serena before crumbling in the second and third set
In the first set of the second-round meeting between Nadia Petrova and Serena Williams at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Petrova seemed to be striding towards ending Williams' winning streak on clay, but already in...
Melanie Oudin ousts another Russian to reach US Open quarterfinals
World No.70 Melanie Oudin can now be called the slayer of the Russians, as the 17-year-old American hope defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the first round, fourth seed Elena Dementieva in the second, seed No.29...