Rains disrupts WTA play again in Nuremberg

Maria Sharapova from Russia hits a backhand against Lucie Safarova from Czech Republic in her second round match of the WTA tennis tournament in Stuttgart, Germany, Thursday, April 25, 2013. STUTTGART: Top-seeded Maria Sharapova needed three sets ...

PALERMO, Italy -- Roberta Vinci put Italy into the Fed Cup final, beating Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-3 Monday in a series postponed a day because of rain. Complete results Need the scores from any match played in today's ...

Errani opened with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Lucie Safarova before Roberta Vinci followed with a 6-4, 6-1 victory over eighth-ranked Petra Kvitova on the red clay at the Palermo tennis club. Vinci earned her second straight-set win over Kvitova in less ...

The Indo-American duo will next face 11th seeded Rusian-Czech pair of Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Lucie Safarova email this article Subject line: Your Email: Send me a copy: Recipients Id: Type address separated by commas Enter the characters shown in the ...

Sharapova, the defending champion, needed more than 3 hours to overcome Lucie Safarova a day earlier. This one was an hour shorter but perhaps just as intense. "It was hard to get my body going, I needed some time to warm up a little," Sharapova ...

Serena won her 13th straight match by defeating sixth-seeded Lucie Safarova, 6-4, 6-1.

The semifinal opens Saturday with seventh-ranked Sara Errani facing the 25th-ranked Lucie Safarova.

Sara Errani (ITA) bt Lucie Safarova (CZE) 6-4 6-2 Roberta Vinci (ITA) bt Petra Kvitova (CZE) 6-4 6-1 Sunday Sara Errani (ITA) v Petra Kvitova (CZE) Roberta Vinci (ITA) v Lucie Safarova (CZE)S Flavia Pennetta/Francesa Schiavone (ITA) v Andrea ...

Samantha Stosur has made an ideal start to her grass-court campaign but she admits keeping it going on her least-favoured surface is the real challenge. Stosur began her Wimbledon tune-up with an impressive 6-2, 6-3 win over Russian eighth seed ...