Roberta Vinci News
Sharapova was given a wildcard to play in Stuttgart tournament, where she has been champion three times, a move which drew a barrage of criticsm from rivals who believed she was receiving preferential treatment.
She had a nervous start in front of a supportive crowd but quickly found her strokes and her trademark shrieks to power past the world number 36 7-5 6-3 and set up a second-round clash against fellow Russian Ekaterina Makarova.
Pliskova demolished France`s Alize Cornet 6-0, 6-3 to win the Brisbane International on Saturday.
She will face either two-time runner-up Caroline Wozniacki or shock quarter-finalist Anastasija Sevastova of Latvia.
Sevastova thus became the first Latvian woman in 22 years to reach a Grand Slam quarter-final.
Vinci, the Italian seventh seed and runner-up to compatriot Flavia Pennetta in 2015, overcame a second set blip to defeat 21-year-old Carina Witthoeft 6-0, 5-7, 6-3.
Djokovic will face either Guido Pella of Argentina or Mikhail Youzhny of Russia for a place in the fourth round.
The 300th win at the majors takes Serena to within six of Martina Navratilova`s all-time record.
The 34-year-old was largely rusty as she lost in mixed doubles before beating Ana Ivanovic at IPTL tournament in Manila.
Serena Williams will return to action at the Hopman Cup in Australia in January 2016. She will team up with Jack Sock for Team USA in the mixed team event.
American veteran Venus Williams won a thrilling semi-final 5-7, 6-2, 7-6(4) against Italian Roberta Vinci to reach the Wuhan Open final on Friday.
It's the end of the season for Serena Williams. The World No. 1 women's player on Thursday announced that she is taking time out to heal properly.
Serena Williams`s coach raised the prospect of the world number one skipping the remainder of the season on Tuesday as she struggles to come to terms with her failure to clinch a calendar Grand Slam.
For Flavia Pennetta, summing up her tumultuous, shocking, fascinating and heart-warming U.S. Open triumph was easily described in a single word.
Roberta Vinci, playing in her first grand slam singles final, lost twice at the U.S. Open on Saturday after coming up short in an all-Italian clash against her closest friend on tour.
Flavia Pennetta topped off one of the most surprising U.S. Open women`s tournaments ever with a shock announcement - that she was retiring from tennis after completing her greatest victory.
Italy`s Flavia Pennetta won her first Grand Slam singles title Saturday, defeating compatriot Roberta Vinci 7-6 (7/4), 6-2 in the US Open women`s singles final.
Following her shock semi-final exit from the US Open, American tennis ace Serena Williams showed disregard for the media while answering questions at the post-match press conference here.
Italian media was whipped into a tennis frenzy and Prime Minister Matteo Renzi cancelled all appointments to fly to New York after Flavia Pennetta and Roberta Vinci set up an unprecedented all-Italian women`s singles final at the US Open on Saturday.
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