Defending champion Stosur out in straight sets to Vesnina in Charleston

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Second seed and last year's titlist Samantha Stosur crashed out of the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, falling to unseeded Elena Vesnina 6-4 6-1 in the third round. After a 4-2 lead in the first...

Patty Schnyder says goodbye to Charleston after 15 years

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World No.40 Patty Schnyder lost in the first round of the Family Circle Cup to Chanelle Scheepers 6-4 6-4, after saving nine match points, and will never again play in singles at the tournament...

Siegemund shocks Venus in Charleston, ends unlucky 2017 stretch

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Coming to the Volvo Car Open, world No.37 Laura Siegemund had won only one singles match in 2017, but at the Premier-level tournament in Charleston the German was victorious in two three-setters, the last one...

Samantha Stosur demolishes Vera Zvonareva in the Family Circle Cup final

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Samantha Stosur won her second singles title on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour by impressively storming past Vera Zvonareva 6-0 6-3 in the final of the Family Circle Cup in Charleston. Before we knew it...

Hometown favorite Shelby Rogers makes Charleston quarterfinals for the first time

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Charleston native Shelby Rogers had previously won just one main-draw match at her home tournament, but this week the 24-year-old beat qualifier Veronica Cepede Royg in the first round, then outlasted top seed Madison...

Hantuchova upsets Jankovic in Charleston, Wozniacki advances to semis

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Eighth seed Daniela Hantuchova upset second seed Jelena Jankovic 1-6 6-3 6-3 to advance to the semifinals of the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, where she will face fourth seed Samantha Stosur who advanced...

Georges, Sevastova, Keys, Bertens reach the Volvo Car Open semis

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After the high-powered, flashy environs of Indian Wells and Miami, the women's tour has set up shop this week in the decidedly lower-key southern environs of Charleston, South Carolina, home of the Volvo Car...

Zvonareva withdraws; Safina, Jankovic in Charleston final

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Ninth seed Vera Zvonareva retired from the semifinals of the Family Circle Cup at the moment fellow Russian Dinara Safina, seeded four, lead 6-3, 0-1. Zvonareva had to give up the match due to...

Sloane Stephens wins her third WTA title of 2016 & OMG a Volvo car

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On her five previous trips to Charleston, Sloane Stephens had won just one main-draw match, while this year she raced all the way to the trophy, saving one match point in the quarterfinals against...

Charleston welcomes Patty Schnyder on her WTA return

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Patty Schnyder quit tennis in 2011, then divorced, gave birth to a baby girl, started doing acupuncture for dogs, and after playing on the ITF circuit since July 2015 in Darmstadt, the 37-year-old entered her...
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