Tennis News

Nicolas Almagro of Spain has beaten France's Richard Gasquet in the Swiss Open final.

Victoria Azarenka reached the final of the Bank of the West Classic on Saturday, defeating top seed Samantha Stosur 6-2, 6-3.

Sam Querrey has defeated Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia 6-7 (7), 7-6 (7), 6-4 to reach the Farmers Classic final for the second consecutive year.

Frenchman Richard Gasquet has beaten Yuri Schukin of Kazakhstan 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the final of the Swiss Open against Nicolas Almagro of Spain.

Potito Starace of Italy beat eighth-seeded Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-2 to reach the Croatia Open final on Saturday.

Third-seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova has advanced to the final of the Istanbul Cup with a 7-6 (1), 2-6, 7-5 win over Australian Jarmila Groth.

Belarus' Victoria Azarenka beat defending champion Marion Bartoli 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the Bank of the West Classic quarterfinals, ending the Frenchwoman's run of eight straight victories in the event.

Defending champion Sam Querrey defeated Rainer Schuettler of Germany 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (4) in the quarterfinals of the Farmers Classic.

Eighth-seeded Juan Ignacio Chela routed top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko 6-2, 6-1 to reach the Croatia Open semifinals.

Top-seeded Mikhail Youzhny lost to 147th-ranked Yuri Schukin of Kazakhstan in the Swiss Open quarterfinals.

Jarmila Groth of Australia defeated defending champion Vera Dushevina of Russia 7-5, 6-2 in the quarterfinals of the Istanbul Cup.

Fourth-seeded Feliciano Lopez of Spain has defeated Dudi Sela of Israel 7-6 (7), 6-4 in second-round play at the Farmers Classic.

Marion Bartoli, Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka advanced to the quarterfinals of the Bank of the West Classic.

Top-seeded Mikhail Youzhny has advanced to the Swiss Open quarterfinals, beating wild card Alexander Sadecky of Switzerland in straight sets.

The second round of the Croatia Open has been postponed for a day due to torrential rain.

Britain's Elena Baltacha upset top-seeded Francesca Schiavone 6-4, 6-2 in the second round at the Istanbul Cup.

Bob and Mike Bryan opened a bid to win their record 62nd career doubles title with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Mardy Fish and Mark Knowles in the Farmers Classic.

Sixth-ranked Elena Dementieva rallied to beat Japan's Kimiko Date Krumm 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the second round of the Bank of the West Classic.

Defending champion Nikolay Davydenko beat Stephane Robert 6-1, 6-2 to advance to the Croatia Open quarterfinals.

Seventh-seeded Richard Gasquet rallied from a set down to beat Daniel Brands of Germany 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-0 in the second round of the Swiss Open.