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WASHINGTON - Serbia's Bojana Jovanovski reached the quarter-finals of the Washington WTA tournament early Thursday by beating Sorana Cirstea of Romania 4-6, 7-5, 6-3.

In a bid to reach the semi-finals, Jovanovski will face Marina Erakovic of New Zealand, who beat Shelby Rogers of the United States 6-3, 6-4.

WASHINGTON - Serbia's Bojana Jovanovski made a successful start at the WTA tournament in Washington, edging Australian Olivia Rogowska 6-7 (5-7), 7-5, 7-5 in the first round early on Wednesday.

Jovanovski next faces Sorana Cirstea of Romania, who defeated Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.

Second seed Roberta Vinci (Italy) advanced to the final of the BRD Bucharest Open WTA tour by defeating 6-1, 6-3 Kristina Kucova (Slovakia) on Saturday, at the National Bank Arenas of Bucharest.

PARIS - Serbia's top-ranking female tennis player Jelena Jankovic reached the third round of the French Open on Thursday by beating Kurumi Nara of Japan 7-5, 6-0.

Long into the first set, the Serbian converted a breakpoint in the 11th game, turning the encounter around and disrupting her opponent's match plan.

STUTGART - Serbian female tennis player Ana Ivanovic scored a successful start at the Stuttgart WTA as she beat Germany's Sabine Lisicki in the Wednesday match, 6-1, 6-3.

In the next match, Ivanovic will cross rackets with Germany's Julia Goerges who defeated Romania's Sorana Cirstea, 6-1, 7-5.

BUCHAREST - The Serbian national women's tennis team did not manage to secure its stay in the Fed Cup World Group II, after Sorana Cirstea scored the third point for Romania by defeating Bojana Jovanovski 6-3, 6-7 (7-9), 6-3 in Bucharest on Sunday.

BUCHAREST - The Romanian national women's tennis team took a 1-0 lead over Serbia on Saturday in a play-off tie for remaining in the Fed Cup World Group II.

Sorana Cirstea secured the point by outplaying Ana Ivanovic 2-1, in sets 3-6, 6-1, 6-2.

Simona Halep and Bojana Jovanovski will clash in the other singles match on Saturday.

Bulgaria's top female tennis player Tsvetana Pironkova appeared in a glamorous self-designed dress at the official party of the Sony Open tournament in Miami.

The annual event was held at the elite Cavalli Miami night club, and was attended by some of the best female athletes of the sport.

BELGRADE - The Serbian national female tennis team will play against Romania in the match for the last place in the Fed Cup second world group, the draw in London determined on Tuesday.