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Jankovic, Safina move into LA semis

Sat Jul 26, 2:15 AM ET

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Top seed Jelena Jankovic battled to an impressive 7-5 6-4 win over Nadia Petrova to reach the semi-finals of the Los Angeles Classic on Friday.

  • Andy Murray of Britain celebrates a point against Novak Djokovic of Serbia at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament in Toronto, July 25, 2008. (Mark Blinch/Reuters)
    Djokovic falls, Nadal survives scare in Toronto Sat Jul 26, 1:40 AM ET

    TORONTO (Reuters) - Defending champion Novak Djokovic lost to Andy Murray in the Toronto Masters quarter-finals but Wimbledon champion Rafael Nadal survived a scare to advance on Friday.

  • Andy Murray of Britain salutes the crowd after defeating Novak Djokovic of Serbia at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament in Toronto July 25, 2008. (Mark Blinch/Reuters)
    Murray ends Djokovic reign as Toronto champion Fri Jul 25, 9:28 PM ET

    TORONTO (Reuters) - Briton Andy Murray ended Novak Djokovic's reign as Toronto Masters champion by beating the world number three 6-3 7-6 to reach the semi-finals on Friday.

  • Venus Williams of the U.S. sits on the grass after slipping during her finals match against her sister Serena at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London July 5, 2008. (Toby Melville/Reuters)
    Venus out of next week's Montreal Cup Fri Jul 25, 6:40 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Wimbledon champion Venus Williams has withdrawn from next week's Montreal Cup, the WTA Tour said on Friday.

  • Gilles Simon of France serves to Marin Cilic of Croatia at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament in Toronto July 25, 2008. (Mark Blinch/Reuters)
    Simon sets up Toronto semi final against Kiefer Fri Jul 25, 5:09 PM ET

    TORONTO (Reuters) - Gilles Simon continued his magical hardcourt campaign by beating Croatian Marin Cilic 3-6 6-2 6-3 on Friday to reach the Toronto Masters semi-finals.

  • Jelena Jankovic of Serbia reacts during her match against Tamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London June 30, 2008. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
    Ruthless Jankovic maintains course for top ranking Fri Jul 25, 2:43 AM ET

    LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) - Top seed Jelena Jankovic remained on course to become the world's top ranked player when she eased to a 6-3 6-2 triumph over Melinda Czink in the third round of the Los Angeles Classic on Thursday.

  • Rafael Nadal of Spain shakes his head after defeating Igor Andreev of Russia at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament in Toronto July 24, 2008. (Mark Blinch/Reuters)
    Nadal and Djokovic ease into Toronto quarters, Roddick out Fri Jul 25, 12:45 AM ET

    TORONTO (Reuters) - Rafael Nadal and defending champion Novak Djokovic eased into the last eight of the Toronto Masters on Thursday, while a racket-smashing Andy Roddick suffered a shock upset.

  • WTA suspends on-court coaching experiment Thu Jul 24, 8:02 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The WTA Tour has indefinitely suspended its two-year experiment with on-court coaching.

  • Jelena Jankovic of Serbia reacts during her match against Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London June 28, 2008. (Kieran Doherty/Reuters)
    Jankovic shakes off rust to battle past King Thu Jul 24, 1:21 AM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Top seed Jelena Jankovic overcame some early jitters before battling to a 7-5 6-2 victory over Vania King at the Los Angeles Classic on Wednesday, the Serb advancing to the third round on a day of several upsets.

  • Serena Williams withdraws from L.A. event with injury Tue Jul 22, 7:00 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Second seed Serena Williams has withdrawn from the Los Angeles Classic with a knee injury, the tournament announced on its website on Tuesday,

  • Stosur overpowers Peer in Los Angeles opener Tue Jul 22, 2:16 AM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Unseeded Australian Samantha Stosur scored the biggest upset in the opening round of the Los Angeles Classic on Monday, easing to a 6-1 6-1 victory over 12th seeded Israeli Shahar Peer.

  • Jankovic hoping to crown ranking milestone with slam win Tue Jul 22, 1:07 AM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Jelena Jankovic's childhood ambition of topping the world rankings could be realized with victory at this week's Los Angeles Classic but the injury-prone Serbian would love to embellish the feat with a grand slam win.

  • Smooth sailing for seeds at Toronto Masters Tue Jul 22, 1:01 AM ET

    TORONTO (Reuters) - Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic was the only seeded player to fall on a rain-interrupted opening day of the Toronto Masters on Monday.

  • Roger Federer of Switzerland practices at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament in Toronto, July 21, 2008. REUTERS/Mike Cassese
    Federer focused on Olympic gold not grand slam glory Mon Jul 21, 9:20 PM ET

    TORONTO (Reuters) - World number one Roger Federer launches his Olympic preparations and his North American hardcourt campaign this week at the Toronto Masters, targeting Beijing gold as his top priority for the remainder of the year.

  • Rafael Nadal of Spain hits a ball during a practice session at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament in Toronto, July 21, 2008. REUTERS/Mark Blinch
    Rafael Nadal replaces Roger Federer as number one: Becker Mon Jul 21, 6:47 PM ET

    TORONTO (Reuters) - The ATP computer says otherwise but Boris Becker believes Rafael Nadal has already replaced Roger Federer as the world number one.

  • Two more tennis players sanctioned for gambling Mon Jul 21, 1:07 PM ET

    LONDON (Reuters) - The Czech Republic's Frantisek Cermak and Slovakia's Michal Mertinak became the latest players to be banned and fined for betting on tennis matches, the ATP said on Monday.

  • Marion Bartoli of France returns the ball to Bethanie Mattek of the U.S. during their match at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London June 27, 2008. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
    Canadian Wozniak wins Stanford title Mon Jul 21, 1:07 AM ET

    STANFORD, California (Reuters) - Canadian qualifier Aleksandra Wozniak captured her first career title by defeating sixth seed Marion Bartoli of France 7-5 6-3 in the final of the Stanford Classic on Sunday.

  • Tursunov beats Blake to reach Indianapolis final Sat Jul 19, 11:13 PM ET

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - Defending champion Dmitry Tursunov fought back from a set down to upset top seed James Blake 4-6 6-3 6-4 and reach the final of the Indianapolis Championships on Saturday.