Roberta Vinci

May 20 (Reuters) - WTA rankings on Monday (last week's positions in brackets): points 1. (1) Serena Williams (United States) 11620 2. (2) Maria Sharapova (Russia) 10015 3. (3) Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) 9005 4. (4) Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) 6475 5....

ROME (AP) — After all these years, Rafael Nadal still knows how to dominate Roger Federer. In the 30th meeting between the tennis greats, Nadal controlled the final from the start and won 6-1, 6-3 Sunday for his seventh Italian Open title. "Rafa...

ROME (AP) — Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will renew their rivalry in the Italian Open final Sunday — exactly a week before the French Open starts. In Saturday's semifinals at the Foro Italico, Federer held off a stiff challenge from...

May 15 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Italian Open Women's Singles Round 2 matches on Wednesday 5-Li Na (China) beat Zheng Jie (China) 6-3 6-1 13-Roberta Vinci (Italy) beat Nastassja Burnett (Italy) 6-1 6-4

(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| NHL Hockey--Chicago Blackhawks at St. Louis Blues, 11:30 a.m. (NBC); Detroit Red Wings at Nashville Predators, 6:30 p.m. (NBCSN) Soccer--Mexican Primera Division, Chiapas at Puebla, 11:55 a.m. (ESPN2); MLS, San Jose at Portland,...

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Major League Baseball--Tampa Bay Rays at Boston Red Sox, San Francisco Giants at Chicago Cubs or Atlanta Braves at Washington Nationals, 11:30 a.m. (FOX); New York Mets at Minnesota Twins, 3 p.m. (FXSP) PGA Golf--Masters...

|TV SPORTS| PGA Golf--Masters Tournament, 2 p.m. (ESPN) Auto Racing--NASCAR Nationwide Series, O3’Reilly Auto Parts 300 pole qualifying, 4 p.m. (ESPN2); NASCAR Nationwide Series, O’Reilly Auto Parts 300, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN2); Formula One...

|TV SPORTS| PGA Golf--Masters Tournament, 2 p.m. (ESPN) Men’s College Hockey--NCAA Division I Playoffs, semifinal, Yale vs. UMass-Lowell, 3:30 p.m. (ESPN2); St. Cloud State vs. Quinnipiac, 7 p.m. (ESPN2) NHL Hockey--Pittsburgh Penguins at...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| College Softball--Alabama-Birmingham at Central Florida, 10:30 a.m. (FXSP) Men’s College Basketball--Virginia Commonwealth at Temple, 11 a.m. (CBS); Big South Conference Tournament Championship, 11 a.m. (ESPN2);...