Aces
Jheng Jie scored a straight sets 6-2, 6-3 upset over fifth seed Shahar Peer yesterday at the Family Circle Cup.
Venus Williams cruised past Vasilisa Bardina 6-2, 6-1 also yesterday in Charleston. (Venus Williams takes only 49 minutes to advance at Family Circle Cup)
Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams will be playing World Team Tennis this summer. (Serena, Sharapova sign for World TeamTennis Pro League)
Tickets for the 2007 Sony Ericsson Championships in Madrid are now on sale. (Sony Ericsson Championships)
Faults
Patty Schnyder lost her third straight opening round match yesterday. The sixth seed was defeated by Peng Shuai 1-6, 6-3, 6-3
Stars On Court Today
Be sure to check out the rest of today’s schedule at the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour’s Order of Play page.
CHARLESTON: Jelena Jankovic vs. Mara Santangelo, Venus Williams vs. Yung-Jan Chan, Tatiana Golovin vs. Shuai Peng, Ana Ivanovic vs. Vera Zvonareva, Lisa Raymond/Samantha Stosur vs. Shuai Peng/Tiantian Sun
USA Television Listings for Thursday
Round of Sixteen – ESPN2 – 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm (live)
Notable Results from Wednesday at the Family Circle Cup
Singles – Second Round
(2) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. (Q) Anastasia Rodionova (RUS) 6-1, 6-1
(4) Dinara Safina (RUS) d. Eleni Daniilidou (GRE) 6-3, 6-4
Zheng Jie (CHN) d. (5) Shahar Peer (ISR) 6-2, 6-3
Peng Shuai (CHN) d. (6) Patty Schnyder (SUI) 1-6, 6-3, 6-3
(7) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) d. Gisela Dulko (ARG) 6-0, 6-7(5), 6-4
(9) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) d. Meilen Tu (USA) 6-1, 6-3
(10) Tatiana Golovin (FRA) d. Jill Craybas (USA) 6-0, 6-1
Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) d. (11) Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
Venus Williams (USA) d. Vasilisa Bardina (RUS) 6-2, 6-1
Doubles – Second Round
(2) Black/Huber (ZIM/RSA) d. Kudryavtseva/Müller (RUS/GER) 6-3, 6-3
(4) Safina/Srebotnik (RUS/SLO) d. Granville/Kostanic Tosic (USA/CRO) 7-6(1), 7-5
Looking for tickets to the Family Circle Cup or the USA’s Fed Cup tie against Belgium? Check out On the Baseline’s ticket page for more information today!
