Goerges wins Gastein Ladies

Today in Bad Gastein, Julia Goerges played her delayed semifinal match against Alize Cornet, and won it, 6-1, 6-4. She then defeated Timea Bacsinszky 6-1, 6-4 in the final. This is Goerges' first Sony Ericsson WTA Tour singles title.

2nd seeds Lucie Hradecka and Anabel Medina Garrigues won the doubles title, defeating 4th seeds Bacsinszky and Tathiana Garbin 6-7, 6-1, 10-5.

Rain delays completion of semifinals in Bad Gastein

2nd seed Timea Bacsinszky won her semifinal match, 1-6, 6-4, 6-3, against Yvonne Meusburger today in Bad Gastein, but the second singles match, between Alize Cornet and Julia Goerges, could not be played because of rain.

One doubles semifinal was played: Bacsinszky and Tathiana Garbin, the 4th seeds, defeated top seeds Iveta Benesova and Barbora Zahlavova Strycova 7-5, 2-6, 10-8. The other semifinal match will feature 2nd seeds Lucie Hradecka and Anabel Medina Garrigues against the 3rd seeds, Julia Goerges and Anna-Lena Groenefeld.

Chakvetadze in Slovenia Open semifinals

Anna Chakvetadze continued creating good results today in Slovenia when she upset 6th seed Vera Dushevina and thereby secured a spot in the semifinals. 3rd seed Anna Pavlyuchenkova, however, was defeated in straight sets by Johanna Larsson.

In doubles, Chakvetadze and Marina Erakovic upset 3rd seeds Pavlyuchenkova and Anastasia Rodionova.

In Bad Gastein, Alize Cornet moved to the semifinals with a win over Patricia Mayr.

Petkovic upset in Bad Gastein

Top seed and defending champion Andrea Petkovic lost in the second round in Bad Gastein today. Petkovic was defeated 6-2, 7-5 by Alize Cornet, who was down 3-5 in the second set and saved three set points.

Also advancing were wild card Patricia May--who defeated 7th seed Tathiana Garbin--Julia Goerges, and Yvonne Meusburger.

The player party was held in Casino Bad Gastein; the photos are worth checking out.

Chakvetadze advances to quarterfinals in Slovenia

Anna Chakvetadze upset 4th seed Sara Errani today in the second round of the Slovenia Open, after defeating Ekaterina Makarova in the first round. Palona Hercog defeated wild card Katarina Srebotnik, and Stephanie Voegele defeated wild card Tamira Paszek.

In Bad Gastein, Simona Halep retired toward the end of her second round match because of a right shoulder injury.

Seeds upset in first round in both Slovenia and Bad Gastein

Top seed and defending champion Andrea Petkovic won her first round in Bad Gastein today, defeating Iveta Benesova 6-4, 6-0, but 3rd seed Anabel Medina Garrigues, 4th seed Klara Zakopalova, 5th seed Sybille Bammer, and 6th seed Barbora Zahlavova Strycova were all upset.

Yesterday, in Bad Gastein, Mariya Koryttseva saved eight match points and defeated Tatjana Malek in a match that lasted almost three hours.

In Slovenia, hometown star Katarina Srebotnik got off to a good start by defeating Petra Martic 6-3, 6-1. Top seed Jelena Jankovic defeated countrywoman Bojana Jovanovski, but 2nd seed Petra Kvitova was upset by Stepanie Voegele. Also upset in the first round were 5th seed Dominika Cibulkova and 8th seed Sophia Arvidssson. Cibulkova lost in straight sets to Ksenia Pervak.

In first round play yesterday, Virginie Razzano made her post-injury return by defeating Zuzana Kucova.