DEMENTIEVA LOST IN HER THIRD ROUND FRENCH OPEN

Elena Dementieva, No.4 seeded lost in her third round against Samantha Stosur 6-3, 4-6, 6-1. Samantha stosur outplayed dementieva in her first set. The reigning Olympic champion was broken twice to lose the opening set but fought back to edge the second.

Dementieva's problems on serve helped Stosur go 4-0 up in the decider and the 30th seed broke at 5-1 for the match.

Second seed Serena Williams almost followed Dementieva out, but beat Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez 4-6 6-3 6-4.

Martinez Sanchez took an ill-tempered opening set after breaking in the fifth game with a controversial shot which appeared to have bounced off her arm.

Annoyed with the call, Williams went on to level the contest and her opponent eventually ran out of steam, bowing out after two hours 11 minutes on the first match point.

"The ball did touch her 100% on her arm," said Williams afterwards. "The rules of tennis is when the ball hits your body, then it's out of play. You lose a point automatically.

"So the ball hit her body, and therefore, she should have lost the point instead of cheating."

SAFINA WON HER FIRST MATCH AS No.1

Dinara Safina has been the world No.1 for second week has won her first match after No.1 against Sara Errani 6-0, 6-1 on Tuesday to reach the second round of the Porsche Grand Prix. This tournament is a nine match version and safina has won one of it with lot of aces. Safina said"everything went on to my plan and it seems to be i was in great form". She also said that she was bit nervous before the match starts but she feels that she was very much focussed to tennis. It was a good match and most of the top players are there in this circuit and I need to win it. Elena Dementieva also advances to her second round by winning against Anna lena Groenefeld 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. Definitely this circuit was a tight competition as it was like a warm up match before Grand slam title (French open).

FAMILY CIRCLE UPSETS TOP SEEDS

Caroline Wozniacki, who the 5th seeded won terribly against 3rd seeded Elena Dementieva. It was a 3 hour match that lasted in clay court. It makes Dementieva feel the pressure and Caroline was very confident of winning the match from the start as her service and rally was very powerful and skillful. She won her by 6-4,5-7,7-5. It was really a nice match to see in the television. I was so excited when I saw the break points taken by dementieva in the second set to advance to the third set. Wozniacki is looking for her second straight tour victory after winning last week on clay at Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Now Caroline wozniacki have to face Lisciki in her finals. Lisciki was the 16th seeded and she won over Venus williams. She won over sixth-seeded Marion Bartoli 6-3, 6-1 in the other semifinal. Lisciki is very powerful with her serve as she serves at 125 mph.

DEMENTIEVA TO MEET WOZNIACKI IN FAMILY CIRCLE SEMIFINALS

Family circle is going to be the most trendy tournament as good players are advancing towards the final stage of the tournaments. No.1 seeded Elena Dementieva advanced to her semifinals as the opponent Dominika cibulkova moves out of the tournament because of the leg injury. She had a groin it seems and first set was taken by dementiva (6-4). While in the second set she was out after first game.

Cilbulkova is one of the most couraging player and dementiva feels tough to win over her as she has excellent talent and skill. In the next round Dementeiva meets Caroline Wozniacki, who is the fifth seeded. Sabine Lisicki also won over Elena Vesnina and she is ready to meet the winner of the match between Marion Bartoli and Melinda Czink. Wozniacki is enjoying her win in the last match and she said"she needs to be running the whole match as dementieva is one of the greatest fighter and tough player. She also like to play against her".