Aces and Faults: Amelie Mauresmo Uncertain about Eastbourne

Aces

Jelena Jankovic has called on the Serbian government to help improve court conditions in Serbia. (Jankovic Wants Better Courts For Serbians)

Looking for a tennis coach in the USA or another country? Check out Tennis Lessons – the place to find a pro! (Tennis Lessons)

Steffi Graf is celebrating her thirty-eighth birthday today.

Prince has designed two new Speedport tennis racquets. (Prince Unveils New O3 Speedport Tour and Black Racquets)

The WTA Tour website’s reader poll this week is on which player will be Justine Henin’s biggest competition at Wimbledon. (Weekly Poll)

Maria Sharapova and Jelena Jankovic scored opening round in straight sets yesterday at the DFS Classic. (Maria Sharapova Safely Into 3rd Round)

Net Cords

Amelie Mauresmo’s thigh injury may keep her from competing at Eastbourne next week. (Mauresmo ready for title defence)

Faults

Top seed Francesca Schiavone lost to Agnes Szavay 6-1, 6-1 in the second round of the Barcelona KIA yesterday. (Schiavone falls in Barcelona)

Top Results on Wednesday

DFS Classic Second Round
(1) Maria Sharapova (RUS) d. (Q) Lilia Osterloh (USA) 6-4 6-0
(2) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) 6-4 6-1
(5) Marion Bartoli (FRA) d. (WC) Naomi Cavaday (GBR) 6-3 6-1
(6) Alona Bondarenko (UKR) d. Chan Yung-Jan (TPE) 6-3 6-4
(Q) Ayumi Morita (JPN) d. (7) Ai Sugiyama (JPN) 6-4 1-6 6-2
(8) Mara Santangelo (ITA) d. Sania Mirza (IND) 6-3 3-6 7-6(6)
*Rain postponed two doubles matches.

Barcelona KIA Second Round
(Q) Agnes Szavay (HUN) d. (1) Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 6-1 6-1
(3) Emilie Loit (FRA) d. Camille Pin (FRA) 6-1 6-1
(4) Kaia Kanepi (EST) d. (Q) Maria Emilia Salerni (ARG) 6-3 6-0
Edina Gallovits (ROU) d. (5) Lourdes Domínguez Lino (ESP) 6-4 6-2

(See the Complete Results)

Stars On Court Today

You can check out the rest of today’s schedule at the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour’s Order of Play page.

DFS Classic: Sharapova vs. Paszek, Hantuchova vs. Daniilidou, Kirilenko vs. Jankovic
Barcelona KIA: Loit vs. Pennetta, Gallovits vs. Kanepi, Razzano vs. Kudryavtseva, Szavay vs. Shaughnessy