That’s how Petrova kicked off her Grand Slam season in Melbourne. Worst of 2010 When is a Slam quarterfinal a bad result? When you outlast an opponent 10-8 (in the third set) in the third round ...

1. CONTROL YOUR EMOTIONS The biggest difference I’ve noticed in Nadia Petrova’s game recently is her ability to manage her anger. It used to be only a matter of time before she mentally ...

Fresh off winning her "biggest" career title in Tokyo, Nadia Petrova, who reached a career high ranking of No. 3 in 2006, says that she has not put aside her major dreams just because she's 30.

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla.(AP) Top-seeded Nadia Petrova has beaten Alona Bondarenko 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5) to advance to the semifinals of The MPS Group Championships. Petrova countered 71 unforced errors ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn.(AP) Anna Chakvetadze ended Nadia Petrova's final hardcourt tuneup for the U.S. Open with a 0-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4 win Sunday in the Pilot Pen. After being utterly blanked in the first ...

Second-seeded Nadia Petrova of Russia downed qualifier Alexandra Mueller 6-2, 6-2 in the American’s first career WTA main draw match. Petrova will next face Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard ...

TOKYO -- Defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska will play Nadia Petrova in the final of the Pan Pacific Open. Radwanska overpowered Angelique Kerber 6-1, 6-1 Friday, while Petrova defeated Sam ...

Nadia Petrova, the runner-up last year, won the last five games to defeat Ana Ivanovic 6-1, 4-6, 6-4. Ivanovic broke twice in the final set to build a 4-1 lead before the seventh-seeded Russian ...

Marion Bartoli of France, the 2007 Wimbledon finalist, beat Alisa Kleybanova of Russia 7-5, 6-2, while Nadia Petrova of Russia ousted Roberta Vinci of Italy 6-4, 6-2. Bartoli double-faulted five ...

As a 17-year-old, Oudin beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Elena Dementieva, Maria Sharapova and Nadia Petrova to reach the US Open quarterfinals. She would peak at No. 31 in the world, win the ...

Sisters get in on the act: Venus and Serena Williams win doubles gold for USA ...