Sabine Lisicki

GUANGZHOU - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic is through to the semi-finals of the Guangzhou WTA tennis tournament after beating Germany's Sabine Lisicki 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 on Thursday.

Second-seeded Jankovic, who is the defending champion, won after 93 minutes of play and is now 6-1 head-to-head against the German.

GUANGZHOU - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic is through to the quarter-finals of the Guangzhou tennis tournament after Sweden's Rebecca Peterson retired from their Round 2 match on Wednesday.

Second-seeded Jankovic, who was leading 6-1, 1-0, will next play Sabine Lisicki of Germany, who beat Shuai Peng of China 6-4, 6-1.

The prize money in Guangzhou is 250,000 dollars.

Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, ranked #3 in the world, was nominated for the WTA Shot of the Month for an exchange in the match against Carla Suarez Navarro in the Indian Wells tournament won by the Romanian.

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Romania's tennis player Simona Halep, currently the world's number three, on Wednesday advanced to the semi-finals of the women's singles event of the 5,381,235-US-dollar Miami Open 2015 WTA tennis tournament as she defeated US Sloane Stephens on Wednesday, 6-1, 7-5.

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BELGRADE - Serbia's Ana Ivanovic finished her Miami Masters campaign following a 7-6 (4), 7-5 defeat by Sabine Lisicki of Germany on Monday morning.

The German will face Italy's Sara Errani, who bested Spanish Garbine Muguruza 4-6, 6-4, 7-5.

The prize money of the Miami tournament stands at USD 6,157.60, and Serena Williams of the U.S. is this year's defending champion.

MIAMI - Serbia's Ana Ivanovic has progressed to the third round of the WTA tournament in Miami courtesy of a deserved victory over Irina Falconi of the U.S. 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-3.

Ivanovic is now Serbia's only female representative in Miami after Jelena Jankovic, Bojana Jovanovski and Aleksandra Krunic dropped put.

INDIAN WELLS - Serbian female tennis player Jelena Jankovic qualified for the finals at the Masters 1000 in Indian Wells as she defeated Germany's Sabine Lisicki in the match early on Saturday (CET), 3-6, 6-3, 6-1.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic has eased into the semi-finals of the WTA tournament in Indian Wells when her opponent Lesia Tsurenko of Ukraine retired with an injury in the second set.

Jankovic enjoyed a comfortable lead of 6-1 4-1 when world No. 85 Tsurenko pulled out with an ankle injury.

DUBAI - Serbia's best female tennis player Ana Ivanovic advanced to the third round of the WTA tournament in Dubai after beating Germany's Sabine Lisicki 6-0, 6-3 on Tuesday.

Ivanovic will next play 17th-seeded Czech Carolina Pliskova, who defeated her compatriot Zahlavova Strycova 6-4, 6-2.

DUBAI - Serbia's best female tennis player Ana Ivanovic advanced to the third round of the WTA tournament in Dubai after beating Germany's Sabine Lisicki 6-0, 6-3 on Tuesday.

Ivanovic will next play 17th-seeded Czech Carolina Pliskova, who defeated her compatriot Zahlavova Strycova 6-4, 6-2.