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.

Kanepi wins Palermo, Szavay wins Prague

Kaia Kanepi, seeded 5th at the Internazionali Femminili di Tennis di Palermo, won the championship today. Kanepi defeated top seed and defending champion (and wild card) Flavia Pennetta 6-4, 6-3. Kanepi is now 3-3 against Pennetta. This is Kanepi's first Sony Ericsson WTA Tour title.

Agnes Szavay, who won the Budapest title last week, won the Prague title today, defeating Barbora Zahlavova Strycova 6-2, 1-6, 6-2. Szavay and Zahlavova Strycova were seeded 7th and 8th, respectively. This was Zahlavova Strycova's first tour final.

Also repeating were the unseeded Timea Bacsinszy and Tathiana Garbin. They won the Budapest doubles title last week, and today, they won the Prague title, defeating Monica Niculescu and Szavay 7-5, 7-6.

Szavay defends Budapest title

Agnes Szavay defended her title in Budapest today by defeating Patty Schnyder 6-2, 6-4 in the final. Szavay was the 7th seed. Szavay defeated Schnyder in last year's final, also.

Timea Bacsinszky and Tathiana Garbin won the doubles title, defeating top seeds Sorana Cirstea and Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-3, 6-3. Bacsinszky and Garbin were seeded 2nd.

Top Madrid qualifying seed out in 1st round of qualifying

Timea Bacsinszky, the number 1 seed in Madrid qualifying, was upset in the first round today by Mariana Duque Marino. Duque Marino defeated Bacsinszky 2-6, 6-3, 6-3.

2nd and 3rd qualifying seeds Iveta Benesova and Tathiana Garbin advanced to the next round of qualifying.

Bacsinszky advances to Prague semifinals

Today in Prague, qualifier Timea Bacsinszky upset 4th seed Carla Suarez Navarro 6-4, 6-4 to advance to the semifinals of the ECM Prague Open. In the second round, Bacsinszky defeated Stefanie Voegele, and in the first round, she upset 6th seed Magdalena Rybarikova.

Bacsinszky, who is coached by Melanie Molitor, was the top qualifying seed. She has yet to drop a set in the tournament, though she may find her next job a bit harder: Bacsinszky plays top seed Francesca Schiavone in the next round.

2nd seed upset in Strasbourg

Number 2 seed Alona Bondarenko was upset today in Strasbourg by Timea Bacsinszky, 7-6, 6-2. Bondarenko had a much higher first serve percentage, but Bacsinszky was winning much more on her first serve. Bondarenko was broken five times.