Peng Shuai beat Sloane Stephens in straight sets to reach the semifinals of the Brussels Open, where she will get a shot at revenge against Romina Oprandi. Roberta Vinci played catch-up.
The WTA Live All Access Hour presented by Xerox was at the Brussels Open on Monday, talking with a slew of WTA stars including Caroline Wozniacki, Roberta Vinci and Dominika Cibulkova.
Peng Shuai and Hsieh Su-Wei rekindled the form that saw them win three Premier-level doubles titles together in 2009, beating the No.1 team in the world to win the Internazionali BNL d'Italia.
Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci stayed on course to defend their Rome doubles title with a 62 61 semifinal win over Alla Kudryavtseva and Anastasia Rodionova on Saturday evening.
Bojana Jovanovski pulled off the first big upset of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia on Tuesday afternoon, defeating Caroline Wozniacki for her second Top 10 win. What was her first Top 10 win?
A German wildcard pair came through in a packed field in Stuttgart, Timea Babos and Mandy Minella won their second WTA doubles title of the year, and Sara Errani joined Roberta Vinci at No.1.
Roberta Vinci recorded the decisive point to send Italy past the Czech Republic and into the final of Fed Cup. Elsewhere, Sam Stosur and Ashleigh Barty led Australia past Switzerland.
