Porsche Grand Prix News

Russian Nadia Petrova won her fifth title of the year at the Porsche Grand Prix, beating 18-year-old Tatiana Golovin of France 6-3, 7-6 (4) Sunday. The seventh-ranked Petrova rode her powerful serve to beat the French teenager, who knocked her out of the U.S. Open in the third round. The Russian, unbeaten in finals this year, picked up her sixth career title and first since May, when she won the German Open. ``I'm very happy,'' Petrova said. ``It ...

Jelena Jankovic slumped to the court, lay on her back for nearly a minute, then slowly rolled to her side. She eventually picked herself up and walked painfully to the net to shake hands with Tsvetana Pironkova. Jankovic had won, but there was no joy in her gestures. Cramping severely in an epic third set, the eighth-seeded Serb prevailed 4-6, 6-2, 7-4 over Pironkova, a 19-year-old qualifier from Bulgaria, to ...

Top-ranked Amelie Mauresmo pulled out of the Porsche Grand Prix on Thursday because of a right shoulder injury. The French star withdrew shortly before she was to play her first match of the tournament against Michaella Krajicek in the second round. ``I felt it first at the end of practice on Monday and I was hoping that it was nothing serious,'' Mauresmo said. ``When I was warming up today I ...