Maria Sharapova's US Open preparations took a major blow with the Russian World No 2 forced to withdraw from next week's WTA event in Toronto.
Runner-up Pliskova will move into the top-10 of the world rankings for the first time in her career
Maria Sharapova's love for tennis has only grown stronger during her 15-month doping ban, the five-times Grand Slam winner has said as she continues her comeback from the suspension.
The Indian player has dropped two places to be ranked 33rd on the WTA charts.
There was simply no end to Sania Mirza's misery in the WTA Bank of the West Classic tennis tournament as after her misadventure in the singles event, the Indian ace made a first round exit from doubles as well. Sania and her Russian partner Anna Chakvetadze were brushed aside by the unheralded Czech pair of Eva Hrdinova and Vladimira Uhlirova 6-3 6-4 in the Tier II event in Stanford.
Sania Mirza's woeful run of form continued as the Indian ace crashed out of the WTA Bank of the West Classic tournament after a straight sets defeat in the opening round at the hands of British qualifier Anne Keothavong in Stanford on Tuesday night. The world number 33 Sania went down 6-7 (4), 1-6 to 83rd ranked Keothavong in a one-hour-twenty-minute contest of the Tier II US $ 600,000 event.
Czech Karolina Pliskova stopped upset-maker Varvara Lepchenko in the semi-finals at the Bank of The West Classic in Stanford, California, on Saturday.
Spanish tennis player Nuria Llagostera Vives, doubles winner at the 2009 WTA tour championships, has been banned for two years after testing positive for d-methamphetamine, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) said on Monday.
The Indo-Israeli pair survived a scare from Tatiana Poutchek and Anastasia Rodionova before making the grade.
The Indian ace rallied from a set down to beat Japan's Akiko Morigami to enter the second round of the Bank of West Classic tournament.
Top seed Kim Clijsters beat Patty Schnyder 6-4, 6-2 in Sunday's final.
They were beaten in straight sets by Italy's Maria Elena Camerin and Gisela Dulko of Argentina.
They set up a second round clash with Shikha Uberoi and Jelena Jankovic at the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford.
The Belgian battled past Jelena Jankovic 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 in the second round of the Bank of the West Classic
She went down to 98th ranked Russian Vasilisa Bardina in the first round of the Bank of the West Classic.
The second seeded American whipped Russia's Lioudmila Skavronskaia in the Bank of the West Classic.
The Indian ace, who broke into the top-50 this week, is suffering from a stomach pull
Despite not having won a tournament since last year's Australian Open, world number seven Jennifer Capriati still believes she has the game to compete with the tour's best.\n
However, Jelena Dokic was upset by qualifier Maria Vento-Kabchi in the Bank of the West Classic.
Zverev defeated Anderson 6-4, 6-4 and captured his fourth title of the year in the finals played on Sunday.
Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska is upset and surprised about the negative reaction in her home country after posing nude for ESPN The Magazine's "Body Issue."
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