Kvitova advances in Poland

Results from day five of the WTA Katowice Open on Friday (x denotes seeded player): Petra Kvitova (CZE x1) bt Petra Martic (CRO) 6-3, 6-2 Alexandra Cadantu (ROM) bt Shahar Peer (ISR) 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 Annika Beck (GER) bt Maria Elena Camerin (ITA) 7-6 ...

KATOWICE, Poland, April 12 (UPI) -- Kvitova, a former Wimbledon champion, eliminated Croat Petra Martic 6-3, 6-2 in 69 minutes and will face Romanian qualifier Alexandra Cadantu Saturday. Vinci needed just 67 minutes to get past Czech wild card ...

Petra Kvitova made a successful start in her bid to win the BNP Paribas Katowice Open, beating Misaki Doi 6-4 6-4 in her opening match. The top seed recovered from a second set blip that saw her lose four out of five games to triumph after one hour ...

Petra Kvitova beat Misaki Doi 6-4 6-4 in PolandTop two seeds Petra Kvitova and Roberta Vinci eased through to round two at the BNP Paribas Katowice Open.Number one Kvitova came through 6-4 6-4 against Misaki Doi and was delighted to get through her ...

Top seed Petra Kvitova highlighted Wednesday's winners at the inaugural Katowice Open.The world No. 8 former Wimbledon champion got past Japan's Misaki Doi 6-4, 6-4 in a first-round match on the indoor surface at Spodek.Kvitova was joined in the ...

Top seeds Petra Kvitova and Roberta Vinci were a pair of easy quarterfinal winners Friday at the inaugural Katowice Open.The former Wimbledon champion Kvitova drilled Croat Petra Martic 6-3, 6-2, while the Italian veteran Vinci vaulted past helpless ...

Source: PerthNow FORMER French Open champion Francesca Schiavone has won her first title in nearly a year, beating Lourdes Dominguez Lino 6-1 6-3 in the Grand Prix SAR final. The sixth-seeded Schiavone was dominant in the first set, breaking the ...

STUTTGART: Caroline Wozniacki lost in the first round of the Porsche Grand Prix on Wednesday, falling to Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain 7-6 (6), 6-1. The former top-ranked Dane squandered a 3-0 lead in the first set and never recovered after losing ...

Results from the third day of the US $235,000 WTA tournament in Marrakech on Wednesday (x denotes seeding): 2nd rd Alize Cornet (FRA x3) bt Karin Knapp (ITA) 1-6, 7-5, 6-0 Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) bt Maria Teresa Torro (ESP) 6-2, 6-1 1st rd Flavia ...