Andrea Petkovic

Romanian tennis player Elena Gabriela Ruse won the first WTA title of her career, in Hamburg on Sunday, after defeating German Andrea Petkovic in the final, 7-6 (6), 6-4.

Former Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli said on Dec. 20 that she first considered making a professional comeback while suffering from a mystery illness last year.

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.

Top seed Caroline Wozniacki won her first title of the year and 22nd of her career on Sunday when she defeated second-seeded Italian Roberta Vinci 6-1, 6-1 in the Istanbul WTA final.
      

Romanian tennis player Irina Begu qualified to the second round of Wimbledon Grand Slam tournament, after defeating French Virginie Razzano 1-6, 6-4, 7-5 in 2 hours and 15 minutes in the opening round.

For her performance so far, Begu won 43,000 British pounds and 70 WTA points.

Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, world's number four, on Thursday reached for the first time in her career to a final of a Grand Slam, following her winning in two sets, 6-2, 7-6, against German Andrea Petkovic, Seed No. 28, after one hour thirty minutes of playing.

STUTTGART - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic will face Flavia Pennetta in the second round of the Stuttgart WTA tennis tournament after the Italian beat Andrea Petkovic of Germany 7-5, 3-6, 6-1 late Wednesday.

Jankovic has a 6-2 head-to-head ratio against Pennetta, the current world number 13.

The Serbian beat Mona Barthel of Germany 2-6, 7-6, 6-3 late Wednesday.

STUTTGART - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic beat Germany's Mona Barthel 2-6 7(10)-6(8) 6-3 in Stuttgart on Tuesday and qualified for the 2nd round of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix.

Jankovic's next opponent will be the winner of the match between Flavia Pennetta of Italy and Andrea Petkovic of Germany.

CHARLESTON - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic got off to a winning start at the WTA tennis tournament in Charleston by beating Lauren Davis of the United States 6-0, 6-3 early Thursday.

In the next round of the USD 710,000 tournament, Serbia's highest-ranked female tennis player will face Ajla Tomljanovic of Croatia, who beat Zhang Shuai 4-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3.

CHARLESTON - Jelena Jankovic of Serbia and Andrea Petkovic of Germany got off to a successful start at the WTA doubles tennis tournament in Charleston by beating Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond of the United States 7-5, 2-6, 10-7 in the first round.