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Williams in the quarterfinals of the Brisbane International, advanced to the last eight with a 6-4, 6-0 win over Simona Halep of Romania. Ninth-seeded Mona Barthel of Germany also advanced to the quarterfinals, defeating Chanelle Scheepers
Updated May 6, 2012 2:45 AM ET MADRID (AP) Venus Williams held off a late surge by Simona Halep to win 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (6) in the first round of the Madrid Open on Saturday. Net play FOXSports.com serves up the latest
third-seeded Victoria Azarenka in the final. Williams overcame an early break of her serve to ease past Romanian qualifier Simona Halep 6-3, 6-0 and extend her career-best winning run to 23 matches. Azarenka kept her concentration through two
champion Jelena Jankovic edged fifth-seeded Li Na of China, 7-6 (2), 7-5 and will next face Romanian qualifier Simona Halep , who beat 13th-seeded Roberta Vinci of Italy 6-4, 6-2. The last remaining Italian in the tournament is Errani
result in Madrid - rallied past Carlos Berlocq of Argentina 5-7, 6-3, 6-3. In the women's second round, Simona Halep of Romania upset fourth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska 6-7 (2), 6-1, 6-2; and eighth-seeded Petra Kvitova
previous three tournaments. Williams will next face either two-time Rome winner Jelena Jankovic or Romanian qualifier Simona Halep . BLOW UP Victor Troicki is the latest example showing athletes can't always keep their cool. See some memorable
Germany's Julia Goerges downed Serbia's Bojana Jovanovski 6-4, 6-1, while Lourdes Dominguez-Lino of Spain beat Simona Halep of Romania 6-2, 4-6, 6-4. Alize Cornet, Sabine Lisicki, Kirsten Flipkens, and Magdalena Rybarikova also
semifinalist, broke twice in each set to beat Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic 7-5, 6-1. Two-time runner-up Simona Halep of Romania, Kristina Mladenovic of France and Spaniards Silvia Soler-Espinosa and Lourdes Dominguez Lino also won
7), 6-2, 6-1 win. Lauren Davis, a 19-year-old Floridian, was a 6-2, 6-0 loser to 21-year-old Simona Halep of Romania. Ksenia Pervak of Kazakhstan, ranked No. 93, sprang the first upset of the tournament by defeating No