Wimbledon: Defending champion Petra Kvitova advanced to the third round of Wimbledon by beating Elena Baltacha of Britain 6-0, 6-4 on Thursday. Kvitova breezed through the first set in just 22 minutes and broke two more times in the second against the 101nd-ranked Baltacha. Kvitova beat Maria Sharapova in last year's final but has yet to reach a title match in 2012, although she reached the semifinals of both the...
01:57 AM, Jun 29, 2012
London: Fearing a dengue epidemic and worried about hygiene in the Games village, Britain's number one female tennis player Elena Baltacha on Sunday pulled out of the crisis-hit Commonwealth Games. Ranked 50 in the world, Elena was a medal hope in New Delhi but fearing about disease the Scot decided to cancel her trip to India considering it would be too high a risk for her. Elena said she saw...
10:30 AM, Sep 26, 2010
