Jelena Jankovic beat the Indian teenager 6-2, 7-6 (3) in the first round of the LA Open.
Jelena Jankovic will either play defending champion Maria Sharapova or Tatiana Golovin in the final.
The Indo-Czech pair lost to France's Fabrice Santoro and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia and Montenegro in the men's doubles semi-finals at Wimbledon.
Leander Paes and Nenad Zimonjic beat the Bryan brothers 3-6, 7-6 (5), 7-5 in the quarterfinals.
They won the Monte Carlo Masters doubles at Monaco after their third seeded opponents Bob and Mike Bryan conceded a walk-over in the final.
Ukraine's Olena Kostevych outduelled Jasna Sekaric of Serbia and Montenegro in a shoot-off to win the gold.
The duo lost in the quarter-finals of the Pacific Life tennis tournament.
The duo would now take on top seeds Knowles and Nestor in the Pacific Life tennis championship.
Striker Didier Drogba scored on his debut as Chelsea won 3-0 in the Champions World Series.
The 25-year-old, who joined PSV from Partizan Belgrade in 2000, was top scorer with 31 goals in the Dutch first division last season.
The British number one was fined following his outburst after doubles defeat by Serbia & Montenegro in the Davis Cup
The Russians will clash in the semi-finals of the China Open.
Yao Ming netting 27 points as his team beat Serbia and Montenegro 67-66 to knock the world champions out of the tournament.
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The third seeds were shocked by 16th seeds Julian Knowle of Austria and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia and Montenegro in the men's doubles third round at Wimbledon.
England became only the sixth team to end a European qualifying campaign with a 100 percent record when they beat Lithuania 3-0 in their final Group E match on Monday.
The 27-year-old faded away after going into the final in the Belgrade event.
The top seeds lost to seventh seeds Gaston Etlis and Martin Rodriguez of Argentina in the quarter-finals of the Monte Carlo Masters.\n\n
Atletico Madrid will have centre backs Diego Godin and Stefan Savic available again for Tuesday's Champions League quarter-final first leg at Barcelona.
Joe Cole's first goal gave England a 2-1 victory over Serbia and Montenegro.
39-year-old Arsenal goalkeeper David Seaman was however left out.
Venus Williams' return to Indian Wells lasted just one match but sister Serena looked poised for a long run after a dominant win at the BNP Paribas Open on Friday. Venus returned to the event for the first time since 2001, having boycotted it after being booed and heckled by fans during her previous trip, but made a quick exit after a 6-4 6-3 defeat to Japanese qualifier Kurumi Nara in the second round. The 15-year-old incident had occurred when Venus withdrew from a semi-final match with Serena, drawing ire from the crowd aimed at the Williams family. This time, though, Venus was greeted warmly by the crowd before her match and throughout it, a consolation for her poor performance. "It was enough of a fairytale to come here and play," Venus told reporters. "A win would have been nice, but that means I have to come back, play next year."
American-born Milorad Cavic hurtled to a world short-course record in the men's 100 metres butterfly final at the European championships on Friday.
Big-serving Canadian Milos Raonic boosted his hopes of qualifying for the end-of-season ATP World Tour finals in London by downing Czech Tomas Berdych 7-6(4), 6-3 to win the Thailand Open on Sunday.
England's Adam Lallana scored his first international goal with the last kick of the game as they beat 10-man Slovakia 1-0 in their World Cup Group F qualifier on Sunday to get new manager Sam Allardyce's reign off to a winning start.
Pssst, India's Royal Rajasthan on Wheels is listed among these great rail journeys.
India, which was listed 78th last year, has improved its ranking, figuring at 75th position with a visa-free score of 51
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Spain international striker Alvaro Negredo became ManchesterCity's third major signing of the close-season when he completed his move from Sevilla to the Premier League club on Friday.
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Russia was among 14 countries which signed a convention between the Council of Europe and European soccer body UEFA on Sunday aimed at stopping a repeat of fan violence which has marred Euro 2016.
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Top seed Juan Martin del Potro beat Nicolas Almagro of Spain 7-6(7), 7-6(1) in the semi-final of the Japan Open on Saturday to set up a title clash with big-serving Milos Raonic of Canada.
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