Tatjana Maria

Bulgaria's Viktoriya Tomova advanced to the round of 16 at the Seoul UTA 500 tennis tournament, with money prize of 922,572 dollars, after defeating Germany's Tatjana Maria with scores of 6-2, 1-6, 6-0 in the first round. This victory marks Tomova's third consecutive win over Maria.

PARIS - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic was kicked out of Roland Garros in the first round by world number 111, Germany's Tatjana Maria, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 on Tuesday.
    
It took the German 145 minutes to defeat the Serb and level their head-to-head to 1-1.
    
Maria will next play Frenchwoman Alize Cornet.
    

PARIS - Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the current world number one in men's tennis, was on Friday drawn to play Yen-Hsun Lu of Chinese Taipei in the Roland Garros opener.

Djokovic could face arch-rival Rafael Nadal of Spain in the semi-finals.

CHARLESTON - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic pulled out of the Family Circle Cup in the third round with a right foot injury, giving Montenegrin qualifier Danka Kovinic a walkover into the quarterfinals early Friday CET.

CHARLESTON - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic has reached the third round of the Charleston WTA tennis tournament by beating Tatjana Maria 6-3, 6-7 (6-8), 6-1 in the second round late Tuesday CET.

Jankovic, the current world number 17, and Maria, who ranks 13th, played an extraordinary match that featured as many as 13 break points won.