Sat 31 Jul 2010 07:59 AM AEST
Australia's Samantha Stosur has made a successful start to her American hard court campaign, downing American teenager Christina McHale in straight sets at the Bank of West Classic in Stanford.
Top-seeded Mikhail Youzhny has lost to 147th-ranked Yuri Schukin of Kazakhstan in the Swiss Open quarter-finals in Gstaad.
Australia's Jarmila Groth is through to the semi-finals of the Istanbul Cup with a 7-5, 6-2 victory over defending champion Vera Dushevina.
Having made the stunning transformation from hunter to the hunted, Samantha Stosur opens her American hardcourt campaign on Thursday as top seed at a premier WTA event for the very first time.
00 Jul, 2010, 23:54PM
Luke Darcy has used the Western Bulldogs' recent sacking of Jason Akermanis to fire a few shots at his former coach Terry Wallace.
