Cornet moves into second round

Results from the second day of the WTA Nuremberg Open on Tuesday (x denotes seeding): Julia Cohen (USA) bt Tereza Smitkov (CZE) 7-6 (7/2), 6-3 Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) bt Alexandra Panova (RUS) 6-2, 6-2 Alize Cornet (FRA x3) bt Pauline Parmentier ...

A host of seeded players made it safely through the first round of the WTA Nurnberger Versicherungscup on Tuesday, though top seed Jelena Jankovic will have to wait after poor weather ended her match early in Germany, with the Serbian leading ...

UPDATE 7-Tennis-Nuremberg Cup women's singles round 1 results 7:13pm BST June 11 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Nuremberg Cup Women's Singles Round 1 matches on Tuesday Julia Cohen (U.S.) beat Tereza Smitkova (Czech Republic) 7-6(2) 6-3 ...

**** **** Nurnberg, Germany Total Prize Money: $235,000 TUESDAY'S FIRST ROUND MATCHES ----------------------------- Jelena Jankovic (1) vs. Arantxa Rus Klara Zakopalova (2) vs. Polona Hercog Alize Cornet (3) vs. Pauline Parmentier Julia Goerges (4) ...

WORLD No. 83 Kimiko Date-Krumm saw age catch up with her yesterday as the 42-year-old Japanese slid out at the French Open, losing her opening round match to Australian ninth seed Samantha Stosur. The veteran strove as best she could but was no ...

After two years of struggling, the French, the 81st worldwide, managed to beat the seeded No. 6, Czech Tomas Berdych Can Monfils beat Berdych? in the first round of Roland Garros. The Guadeloupian achieved it: This is the first beautiful moment of ...

Rafael Nadal hopped, spun and threw an overhand punch toward his friends and family, stirring memories of past celebrations on his favorite stage. After more than 90 minutes of tense tennis, Nadal had finally won a set, leaving him only 20 sets from ...

French Open 2013 has begun. The tournament that kicked off on 26 May and concludes on 9 June will feature events like singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair players will also play in singles and doubles. American tennis ...

PARIS, May 27: Rafael Nadal's bid for an historic eighth French Open title was almost spectacularly derailed on Monday by big-hitting German Daniel Brands. Defending champion Nadal dropped the opening set of a Grand Slam for the first time in his ...