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No.5 seeds Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears were ousted as the doubles event kicked off on Monday, but World No.4 doubles player Andrea Hlavackova slid through smoothly with Petra Martic.

Sania Mirza and Elena Vesnina survived a thriller against Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond to make the final four at the Australian Open.

Urszula Radwanska and Eva Birnerova will contest their first semifinals when they take on Ksenia Pervak and Alla Kudryavtseva, respectively.

Tashkent resident Akgul Amanmuradova took out No.8 seed Aravane Rezai on Tuesday. No.3 seed Pauline Parmentier was also upset.

Sabine Lisicki lost just 11 points in nine service games in the final of the AEGON Classic.

Olga Govortsova and Alla Kudryavtseva prevailed in the Birmingham doubles final, which was moved indoors because of rain.

Swedish No.1 Johanna Larsson reached her second WTA semifinal of the year at the Estoril Open.

The No.1 seeds in the doubles won in Monterrey, but the singles draw's No.3 seed wasn't so lucky.

She faced four match points in the first round but Magdalena Rybarikova made it in Memphis.

Dominika Cibulkova upset No.4 seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova at her home tournament.