It's Azarenka's first final since beating Williams for the title in February at Doha, Qatar. That followed her Australian Open victory. Since then, Azarenka has been slowed by right ankle and left foot injuries. Errani reached last year's
one-stroke lead over Karrie Webb after the second round of the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic. Korda, the 2012 Women's Australian Open winner, had seven birdies in her second straight bogey-free round to reach 13-under on The Crossings course at
daughter of former tennis players Petr Korda and Regina Raichrtova, the 20-year-old Korda won the 2012 Women's Australian Open for her lone LPGA Tour title. ''Right now it's Friday, so I think really the tournament starts back nine on
Korda also had a bogey-free round. ''I was hitting the ball pretty good,'' said Korda, the 2012 Women's Australian Open winner. ''I made two birdies my first two holes and I was like, `OK, this might be a good day.''' The second-ranked
of the draw, second-seeded Maria Sharapova swept aside No. 16 Sloane Stephens — the American who reached the Australian Open semifinals — 6-2, 6-1. Nadal, however, was far from his best, especially in the first set, in which Gulbis
last year's clay season.'' Sharapova will next face 16th-seeded Sloane Stephens, the American who reached the Australian Open semifinals in January with a win over Serena Williams. Stephens rallied past Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands 4-6
Hopefully this tournament can be the lucky one for me then I'll focus my attention to Paris.'' Having won the Australian Open in January, Djokovic will chase the year's second Grand Slam title at the French Open, which starts in two weeks
has been banned indefinitely from all WTA Tour events after a series of public indiscretions, including accusing Australian Open organizers of fixing the 2001 tournament draw. Damir Dokic also spent time in jail for threatening the life of the
from Richboro, Pa., tried to qualify for the French Open four times without making it. He did qualify for the Australian Open in January, before losing to 11-time major champion Rafael Nadal in the first round. Kuznetsov knows Baker, and
disability. Drewett's speech was noticeably slurred when he attended a news conference on the opening day of the Australian Open to announce a new sponsor. He had planned to step down once a successor was found. Drewett also developed and managed