Anabel Medina Garrigues
Tennis: Simona Halep qualifies for quarterfinals of WTA tournament in Birmingham
Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, WTA No 3, on Thursday qualified for the quarterfinals of the WTA grass-court tournament taking place in Birmingham (UK), equipped with total prizes worth 665,900 US dollars, after defeating Klara Koukalova (Czech Republic), 6-1, 6-3, in only 50 minutes.
Tennis: Pair Raluca Olaru - Anna Tatishvili through to Generali Ladies Linz final
The pair made up of Romanian tennis player Raluca Olaru and Georgian-born American player Anna Tatishvili eased into the doubles final of the WTA tournament in Linz (Austria), featuring $250,000 in prize money, after defeating Friday evening 4-6, 7-6 (3), 10-6 No. 4-seeded duo Gabriela Dabrowski (Canada) / Alicja Rosolska (Poland).
Jankovic scores success in U.S. Open women's doubles
NEW YORK - Serbian female tennis player Jelena Jankovic and Klara Koukalova of the Czech Republic qualified for the U.S. Open women's doubles third round as they defeated Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan and Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain in the Saturday match, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5.