Lucie Safarova

April 27 (Reuters) - Top seed and holder Maria Sharapova battled through a tough three-set claycourt match for the third day in a row on Saturday to book a place in the final of the Stuttgart Grand Prix. The Russian ended the challenge of home...

BERLIN, April 26 (Reuters) - World number five Li Na withstood a late comeback from Petra Kvitova to beat the fifth-seeded Czech 6-3 7-5 on Friday and set up a Stuttgart Grand Prix semi-final with American qualifier Bethanie Mattek-Sands. The second seed...

(Reuters) - Roberta Vinci sent Italy into the Fed Cup final for the fifth time in eight years with a 6-2 6-7 6-3 victory over Czech Republic's Lucie Safarova in Palermo on Monday. The match was held over because of rain on Sunday. Vinci's triumph gave...

MOSCOW, April 21 (Reuters) - Russia came back from the brink to beat Slovakia 3-2 in a dramatic Fed Cup semi-final by sweeping the last three rubbers on Sunday. Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina secured the winning point for the home team when they...

April 20 (Reuters) - The Czech Republic's hopes of a third consecutive Fed Cup title were receding fast on Saturday as Italy surged 2-0 ahead in their semi-final in Palermo. World number seven Sara Errani got the Italians off to a great start with a 6-...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| Cycling--Paris-Roubaix, 7 a.m. (NBCSN) NHL Hockey--St. Louis Blues at Detroit Red Wings, 11:30 a.m. (NBC); Minnesota Wild at Columbus Blue Jackets, 5 p.m. (FXSP); New Jersey Devils at Buffalo Sabres, 6:30 p.m. (NBCSN) Auto...

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Soccer--Premier League, Southampton at Reading, 6:30 a.m. (ESPN2); MLS, Real Salt Lake at Colorado, 6:30 p.m. (NBCSN) High School Basketball--National Invitational girls’ championship, 10 a.m. (ESPN2), National...

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Soccer--Premier League, Norwich City at Queens Park, 6:30 a.m. (ESPN2) Men’s College Basketball--Cincinnati Seton Hall, 10 a.m. (ESPNU); Syracuse at Pittsburgh, 11 a.m. (ESPN); Purdue at Northwestern, 11 a.m. (ESPN2);...

|TV SPORTS| NBA Basketball--Miami Heat at Indiana Pacers, 6 p.m. (ESPN); Los Angeles Lakers at Minnesota Timberwolves, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) Men’s College Basketball--Manhattan at Siena, 6 p.m. (ESPNU); Youngstown State at Detroit, 8 p.m. (ESPNU)...

|TV SPORTS| Tennis--Australian Open, same-day tape, 1 p.m. (ESPN2), 8 and 2:30 a.m. (ESPN2) Cycling--Tour Down Under, Stage 1, same-day tape, 2:30 p.m. (NBCSN) Men’s College Basketball--Iowa at Ohio State, 5:30 p.m. (Big 10 Network);...

TODAY HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING South Dakota Brandon Valley at Yankton Huron at Brookings Kingsbury County Quadrangular North Dakota Lisbon Tournament COLLEGE SWIMMING Northern State at Dragon Invitational, Moorhead, Minn., 6 p.m. JUNIOR...

6:30 a.m.    College highlights: Hampton football.--WGNT 27 8:30 a.m.    Soccer: English Premier League: Arsenal at Manchester United.--ESPN2 9 a.m.    Talk: Sports Highlights (d.; on Cox cable channel 47 and Verizon FiOs 17 in Newport News).--NNPS 9 a.m....