Miscellany

Sam Stosur has withdrawn from the Rogers Cup. She had already withdrawn from Cincinnati because of pain in her right arm.

The tour has published a brief profile of the great team of Paola Suarez and Virginia Ruano Pascual. 

Sabine Lisicki and Kim Clijsters have been practicing together in Cincinnati.

Jelena Dokic won the $75k ITF tournament in Vancouver. She defeated Virginie Razzano 6-1, 6-4 in the final.

As of next week, Coco Vandewegh's ranking will rise from 205 to somewhere in the mid-160s.

Vandeweghe knocks Zvonareva out of San Diego competition

Coco Vandewegh, winner of the 2008 junior girls U.S. Open title, beat both Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Sloane Stephens in order to qualify for the main draw in San Diego. In the first round of main draw play, she had some luck when Gisela Dulko retired with a sprained ankle. Last night, though, she made it through the second round by upsetting the 3rd seed, and she did it from being a break down in both the second and third sets. Vandeweghe defeated Vera Zvonareva 2-6, 7-5, 6-4.

Daniela Hantuchova defeated Zheng Jie, Svetlana Kuznetsova fought through a tough match against Sara Errani (the Italian has a way of making matches very tough), and 5th seed Flavia Pennettta defeated Maria Kirilenko.

In doubles, the wild card team of Liezel Huber and Lindsay Davenport lost in the quarterfinals. They were defeated 7-6, 6-4 by Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Yan Zi.

Vandeweghe and McHale to compete for Australian Open wild card

The second round of the Australian Open wild card playoffs was held today in Atlanta. Coco Vandeweghe defeated Julia Boserup 6-4, 6-4, and Christina McHale defeated Alison Riske 6-4, 6-2. Vandeweghe and McHale will play tomorrow to determine who goes to the main draw of the Australian Open. McHale won last year's wild card playoffs.

Hantuchova and Sugiyama upset in first round in Miami

The team of Petra Martic and Coco Vandewegh upset number 5 doubles seeds Daniela Hantuchova and Ai Sugiyama in the first round of the Sony Ericsson Open today. Martic and Vandewegh won the match with a score of 2-6, 7-5, 10-5.