Anne Keothavong and Valeria Savinykh may not have won the doubles title at the WTA Brasil Tennis Cup, but for Keothavong just making the final was a very big personal breakthrough. Read on...
Monica Niculescu survived triple match point in her first round match and another marathon in the final to capture her first WTA title at the inaugural WTA Brasil Tennis Cup in Florianopolis.
Olga Puchkova won an absolute nail-biter against No.1 seed Venus Williams in the semifinals of the WTA Brasil Tennis Cup on Friday night. Awaiting her in Saturday's final will be Monica Niculescu.
After years of struggles Olga Puchkova is hitting her stride on the WTA again, those big groundstrokes in full flight - and awaiting her in the WTA Brasil Tennis Cup semifinals is Venus Williams.
With Larri Passos and Gustavo Kuerten in her corner, Beatriz Haddad Maia could have a very bright future - that's just what Melinda Czink said after edging the 16-year-old Brazilian on Wednesday.
Venus Williams survived a big test against Garbiñe Muguruza in the second round of the WTA Brasil Tennis Cup on Wednesday night, rallying from 3-1 down in the third to beat the Spaniard.
She may have needed eight match points to do it, but Venus Williams beat Mirjana Lucic-Baroni in her first round match at the WTA Brasil Tennis Cup. Olga Puchkova pulled off a big upset.
Seven-time Grand Slam champion and former No.1 Venus Williams landed in Florianopolis last week and is all set to go at the WTA Brasil Tennis Cup - she also returned to the Top 20 on Monday.
