Miscellany

Maria Kirilenko is no longer the tennis face of Stella McCartney. Caroline Wozniacki will now be wearing McCartney's stunning designs.

Women's Tennis Blog has some photos of Maria Sharapova posing in a department store window in London.

Sam Stosur has terminated her coaching relationship with Rene Moller, and has returned to Australian Fed Cup captain David Taylor.

Katarina Srebotnik's name is still on the Wimbledon entry list.

Toronto Sports Radio The FAN 590 is debuting a one-hour talk show about tennis.

Maria Sharapova has been given a special seeding of number 24 at Wimbledon.

Wimbledon qualifiers set

The following women have qualified for the main draw at Wimbledon:

Regina Kulikova
Alberta Brianti
Anastasija Sevastova
Neuza Silva
Arantxa Parra Santonja
Sesil Karatantcheva
Melanie Oudin
Aiko Nakamura
Klara Zakopalova
Tatjana Malek
Victoriya Kutuzova
Vesna Manasieva

Upsets in s'Hertogenbosch

3rd seed Flavia Pennetta was upset today in the Ordina Open quarterfinals by defending champion Tamarine Tanasugarn, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3. Yanina Wickmayer defeated Kristina Barrois, and Francesca Schiavone defeated Olga Govortsova. Finally, 1st seed Dinara Safina fought back a spirited challenge from Daniela Hantuchova to post a 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 victory.

In doubles, both of the semifinal matches were upsets. Sara Errani and Flavia Pennetta defeated 4th seeds Nathalie Dechy and Marie-Eve Pelletier, and Michaella Krajicek and Yanina Wickmayer upset 3rd seeds Liga Dekmeijere and Raquel Kops-Jones.

French vs. French, Woz vs. Woz

Commentators, and perhaps others, who do not follow Agnieszka Radwanska sometimes believe she is somewhat out of sorts on the court when she is not. Her Evert-like affect is merely one of calm and concentration (Evert herself was torn to shreds by the media--especially the British media--for her affect). Today, however, in Eastbourne, she really was out of sorts, muttering and frustrated, and unable to get her first serve in. Her opponent, Virginie Razzano an aggressive player under any circumstance, took full advantage of the defending champion's vulnerability. Razzano stood on the baseline to receive most of Radwanska's serves, and took the ball as fast as she could.

The Frenchwoman had trouble closing--she needed four match points--but she has not really displayed any of her characteristic mental weakness lately. Perhaps she has gotten some help, or perhaps she has worked through the issue on her own. At any rate, she was the victor, with a score of 7-6, 7-5.

Also winning today in Eastbourne was Marion Bartoli, who defeated Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-1, 6-4. No surprise--grass is not Medina Garrigues' surface to about the same degree as it is Bartoli's.

Caroline Wozniacki had little trouble defeating Ekaterina Makarova 6-3, 6-2, and Aleksandra Wozniak defeated Vera Dushevine 6-1, 6-0 in just 45 minutes.

Razzano and Bartoli will play each other in the semifinals, and Wozniacki and Wozniak will compete. Bartoli is 2-1 against Razzano, and they have never before played each other on grass. Wozniacki is 2-0 against Wozniak, and one of those matches was in the second round of Wimbledon last year.

One more round of Wimbledon qualifying

Top Wimbledon qualifying seed Victoriya Kutuzova has advanced to the third round of qualifying. Among those joining her are Sesil Karatantcheva, Melanie Oudin, Naomi Cavaday, Anastasia Sevaststova, and--somewhat of a surprise--Lindsay Lee-Waters.

Top seed Safina advances to quarterfinals in s'Hertogenbosch

Number 1 seed Dinara Safina--who will also be the top seed at Wimbledon--enjoyed a straight sets win today over Yaroslava Shvedova at the Ordina Open. She will be joined in the quarterfinals by Francesca Schiavone, 6th seed Daniela Hantuchova, and Olga Govortsova. The latter three had wins over Alona Bondarenko, Kateryna Bondarenko and Nathalie Dechy, respectively.

Safina didn't do as well in doubles, however. She and partner Sorana Cirstea were defeated in the quarterfinals by the Italian team of Sara Errani and Flavia Pennetta.

Dementieva out of AEGON International

Top seed Elena Dementieva was upset today in the third round of the AEGON International by Virginie Razzano, 6-0, 3-6, 7-6. The third set was intense and made for good viewing.

Sadly, there were two retirements today: 7th seed Nadia Petrova retired in her match against Vera Dushevina, and Li Na retired in her match against defending champion and 8th seed Agnieszka Radwanska. Petrova sustained a lower back injury, and Li was put out by an abdominal strain.

6th seed Caroline Wozniacki, who was defeated in Eastbourne last year by Samantha Stosur, turned the tables today, winning their match 6-1, 5-7, 6-1. Stosur had trouble at the net, of all places, and appeared to return to her former, somewhat wobbly, mentality.

Aleksandra Wozniak continued her success with a 7-6, 6-3 victory over 2008 Wimbledon semifinalist Zheng Jie. And Ekaterina Makarova prevailed over Amelie Mauresmo in two very tight sets. The 7-6, 7-6 result reflects tiebreak scores of 10-8 and 15-13. Mauresmo hit eight aces and double-faulted seven times.

Marion Bartoli defeated Anna Chakvetadze, Anabel Medina Garrigues defeated Sybille Bammer, and in doubles, top seeds and defending champions Cara Black and Liezel Huber easily defeated Ana Ivanovic and Sabine Lisicki.

Here is the quarterfinal singles draw:

Virginie Razzano vs. Agnieszka Radwanska
Marion Bartoli vs. Anabel Medina Garrigues
Caroline Wozniacki vs. Ekaterina Makarova
Vera Dushevina vs. Aleksandra Wozniak