Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

Paris – Tamara Zidanšek continues to make Slovenian tennis history as she has advanced to the semi-finals of the French Open. The 23-year old defeated Paula Badosa of Spain in Tuesday’s quarter-finals in Paris in three sets (7:5, 4:6 and 8:6).

Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, world number three, qualified for the semifinals of the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the year, after crushing Estonian player Anett Kontaveit, 6-1, 6-1, on Wednesday, in Melbourne.

MELBOURNE - Serbians Jelena Jankovic and Viktor Troicki have both been knocked out in the third round of the Australian Open singles.

After 90 minutes of play, Jankovic lost 6-4, 5-7, 9-7 to Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova, who will face compatriot Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the next round.

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Three of top 25 players are in action this week, as the tour heads to another pair of international events, starting with the TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Cup in Istanbul on July 20. 

Russia's hopes of winning a place in the Fed Cup final suffered a setback as world number two Maria Sharapova dropped out through injury just days ahead of the semi-final with Germany.
      

MADRID - Serbia's Ana Ivanovic is through to the quarterfinals at the WTA Premier Mandatory event in Madrid, after beating Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-1, 6-2 on Thursday.

Pavlyuchenkova, who defeated Jelena Jankovic in a marathon match Wednesday evening, did not stand a chance against the more focused and motivated opponent.

MADRID - Serbian female tennis player Jelena Jankovic failed to qualify for the next round of the Madrid WTA Premier in as she lost the second round match late on Wednesday to Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, 2-1 - 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (7-3).

MADRID- Serbia's Ana Ivanovic reached the third round of the WTA Premier Series tournament in Madrid by beating compatriot Bojana Jovanovski 6-4, 6-2 late Tuesday.

Ivanovic, the more experienced and higher ranked of the two, put in a superior, more confident performance and deservedly won the match after 76 minutes, converting the first match point.

MADRID - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic got off to a winning start at the WTA Premier Series tennis tournament in Madrid by beating Elina Svitolina of Ukraine 6-4, 6-3 on Monday.

Justly seen as the favourite, Jankovic outplayed current world number 36 Svitolina without major difficulties, and now has a 2-0 head-to-head ratio against her.