Marion Bartoli News

LOOKING GOOD: Former world No 1 Jelena Jankovic is still a target for January's ASB Classic women's tournament in Auckland.

ASB Classic organisers are hopeful they are yet to announce their top seed for the Auckland tennis tournament in January.

PARIS: France's Aravane Rezai moved up 18 places in the latest WTA rankings released on Monday after her victory at the weekend in the Bali Tournament of Champions.

Aravane Rezai beat Marion Bartoli 7-5 retired to win the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions in Bali, Indonesia Chan Yung-Jan beat Ayumi Morita 6-4 2-6 6-2 to win the OEC Taipei Ladies Open in Taipei, Taiwan Italy won the 2009 Fed Cup championship, beating the United States 4-0 in Reggio Calabria, Italy Thomas Enqvist beat Goran Ivanisevic ...

Straight-set losses by Alexa Glatch and Melanie Oudin allowed Italy to take a 2-0 lead over the United States in the Fed Cup final Saturday in Reggio Calabria, Italy.

No. 10-seeded Aravane Rezai was a straight-set winner Thursday, becoming the first semifinalist of the $600,000 Tournament of Champions in Indonesia.

Aravane Rezai won the Tournament of Champions in Bali on Sunday when opponent Marion Bartoli retired with injury after losing the first set 7-5. Bartoli had broken her fellow Frenchwoman to lead 3-2 but failed to serve out the set at 5-4 and was unable to convert a break point on Rezai's serve at 5-5. Rezai held for 6-5 and then struck a backhand ...

Top-seeded Marion Bartoli used a straight-set win Friday to earn a spot in the semifinals of the Tournament of Champions in Indonesia.

Veteran Japanese Kimiko Date Krumm upset fifth-seeded Spaniard Anabel Medina Garrigues in Thursday's round-robin action, while France's Aravane Rezai secured a berth in Saturday's semifinals at the $600,000 Tournament of Champions tennis event.

BALI, Indonesia: Marion Bartoli made a strong start on the opening day of the Bali Tournament of Champions on Wednesday with the number one winning a group match over Slovak Magdalena Rybarikova 6-4, 6-4. "I'm really happy to win in two sets," Bartoli said.

Shahar Pe'er was drawn into Group A alongside top seed, world number 12 Marion Bartoli, and world number 46 Magdalena Rybarikova at the end of season Tournament of Champions to be played in Bali, Indonesia, this week.

French-born writer Marie NDiaye won France's top literary prize Monday for "Three Strong Women," her moving tale of the struggles of woman in Europe and Africa.

Third-seeded Samantha Stosur of Australia upset defending champion Caroline Wozniacki 6-0, 4-6, 6-4 on Saturday to advance to the final of the Japan Women's Open.

Yahoo! Tennis Suarez Navarro reaches quarters at Linz October 14, 2009 Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain defeated Olga Govortsova of Belarus 6-3, 6-4 Wednesday to reach her sixth quarterfinal of the season at the Generali Ladies.

AUSTRALIAN third seed Samantha Stosur is into her second WTA final of the year after upsetting Danish top seed Caroline Wozniacki in the semi-finals of the Japan Open.

Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki needed three sets on Friday, but advanced to the semifinals at the HP Japan Women's Open.

One singles spot remains open for the Sony Ericsson Championships in Doha and Marion Bartoli continues her efforts to secure a spot in the season-ending event.

Second-seeded Marion Bartoli of France advanced to the quarterfinals of the Japan's Women's Open on Wednesday with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Japan's Karumi Nara.

AFP/File Flavia Pennetta of Italy, seen here on October 3, kept herself in contention for a place in the WTA Championships Tue Oct 13, 3:37 pm ET LINZ, Austria Flavia Pennetta kept herself in contention for a place in the WTA Championships to be held in Doha later this month when she defeated American Meghann Shaughnessy 6-1, 6-1 in the first round ...

Canadian Aleksandra Wozniak, shown in this file photo, has advanced to the second round of the HP Open in Osaka, Japan.