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Stephens falls in Brussels QFs

The second round wrapped up a day late on Thursday, as second-seeded Italian Roberta Vinci held off Kazakhstani qualifier Yulia Putintseva 6-3, 5-7, 6-2 and American Jamie Hampton upended...

Murray retires with back pain; Nadal wins in Rome

Also, 13th-seeded Roberta Vinci beat wild card and fellow Italian Nastassja Burnett 6-1, 6-4; 14th-seeded Dominika Cibulkova rallied past Melanie Oudin of the United States 5-7, 6-1, 6-3; and...

Serena cruises; Radwanska falls in Rome

Four other seeds avoided opening-round upsets, as No. 12 Russian Maria Kirilenko rolled past Spaniard Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-3, 6-3; No. 13 Italian favorite Roberta Vinci overcame Russian Elena...

Sharapova rolls, Radwanska survives at Indian Wells

Elsewhere, Spaniard Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino upended 14th-seeded Roberta Vinci, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4, while 19th-seeded Klara Zakopalova knocked off No. 12 seed Dominika Cibulkova in straight sets, 6-4,...

Sharapova and Kuznetsova win Indian Wells openers

Petra Kvitova, Maria Kirilenko, Sara Errani, Roberta Vinci, Dominika Cibulkova, Sorana Cristea, Johanna Larsson and qualifier Lesia Tsurenko also moved into the third round of the women's draw.

Kvitova, Kirilenko, Errani, Vinci advance

Petra Kvitova, Maria Kirilenko, Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci moved into the third round of the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Friday.

Kvitova defeats Errani to win Dubai title

She and Roberta Vinci, whom she beat in the semifinals, won the Australian Open doubles title.

Errani, Kvitova to decide Dubai champ

The fifth-seeded Errani handled good friend and doubles partner Roberta Vinci 6-3, 6-3 in Friday's semifinal action on the hardcourts at Dubai Tennis Stadium.

Kvitova ousts Radwanska; Wozniacki reaches Dubai semis

Errani and Vinci, who are currently the world's No. 1 doubles team, will square off against each other in Friday's other semi.

US loses to Italy in 1st round of Fed Cup

But Vinci stopped Jamie Hampton 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 to set up the crucial doubles in the best-of-five World Group series.

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Vinci then broke for a 5-3 lead in the third set before winning on her third match point.

Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci give Italy 2-0 lead over Czechs

Vinci earned her second straight-set win over Kvitova in less than a week.