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Melanie Oudin hustled her way to a 6-7 , 7-5, 6-2 victory over sixth-seeded Jelena Jankovic.

Former Gator tennis standouts Jill Craybas, Jesse Levine and Lisa Raymond are among the main draws at Wimbledon this week at The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club.

London: India's Sania Mirza and Chia-Jung Chuang of Chinese Taipei defeated American Jill Craybas and Carly Gullickson 6-4, 6-2 in the first round of the women's doubles at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships here Thursday.

WIMBLEDON Date: 22 June - 5 July Coverage: BBC One, BBC Two, BBC HD, Red Button, website streaming and text commentary, 5 Live, 5 Live Sports Extra, BBC iPlayer Tennis on the BBC Highlights - Straight-sets win for Serena Second seed Serena Williams booked her place in the third round of Wimbledon courtesy of a comfortable 6-2 6-1 win over ...

What happened: American James Blake, the No. 17 seed, is on a three-match losing streak at Grand Slam tournaments after falling in the first round to 50th-ranked Andreas Seppi of Italy, 7-5, 6-4, 7-6 . Most other Americans in action Monday fared better, with No.

New Delhi: In the Wimbledon ladies' singles, India's Sania Mirza has been drawn to play against Germany's World No.

1226: Federer misses a half-chance when he puts a very makeable forehand pass into the tramlines at 30-30, and he remains on serve with Acasuso.

PARIS a ' Jelena Jankovic moved a step closer to her third straight semifinal appearance at the French Open, beating Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia 6-1, 6-2 Thursday in the second round.

Jill Craybas -- lost in second round. Lauren Embree -- wild card; lost in first round.

The scoreline does not necessarily reflect the danger in tennis. Scanning Thursday's French Open results and seeing that Caroline Wozniacki, a rare tennis star from Denmark, beat American veteran Jill Craybas 6-1, 6-4 might lead you to believe that it had been a routine afternoon at Roland Garros for the rising 18-year-old. Anyone watching in the ...

Third-seeded Venus Williams and fifth-seeded Jelena Jankovic were among early winners in Thursday's second-round action at the 2009 French Open.

The state of American tennis isn't exactly healthy. There are only nine American men ranked among the top 100 in the world.

Though the white adhesive tape wrapped around her right shoulder remains a reminder of her of the injury that sidelined her for nearly 10 months, Maria Sharapova is regaining her health and form which is a painful proposition for opponents.

Anne Keothavong reached the quarter-finals of the Warsaw Open with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 defeat of American Jill Craybas.

Warsaw: Maria Sharapova continued her successful return to the WTA circuit yesterday with a confident 6-2, 6-0 victory over Darya Kustova of Belarus which took her into the quarter-finals. The former world No.1 is playing her first singles tournament in nine and a half months after taking time off to recover from a persistent shoulder injury and ...

Venus Williams needed three sets to win her opening match at the Italian Open in Rome on Monday, beating Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic 6-2, 4-6, 6-2. ''I was OK with the match being a little longer,'' Williams said.

The United States will hand Fed Cup debuts to Alexa Glatch and Bethanie Mattek-Sands for the semi-final tie against the Czech Republic in Brno from April 25, the country's tennis association said on Wednesday.

Life on the WTA Tour isn't always glamorous. Just ask Angela Haynes. She competed in the doubles semifinals of the MPS Group Championships in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., on Saturday and then had to drive to Charleston to play in Sunday's qualifying round of the Family Circle Cup.

Russia's Dinara Safina watches a lob by her opponent Jill Craybas of the U.S. during the Indian Wells WTA tennis tournament in Indian Wells, California March 17, 2009.