Venus Williams loses, defending champion Ana Ivanovic, Novak Djokovic win at French Open

PARIS — Venus Williams was eliminated from the French Open on Friday, losing in the third round of the clay-court major for the third straight year.

Venus Williams loses in 3rd round of French Open to 31st-seeded Agnes Szavay

PARIS — Venus Williams lost in the third round of the French Open for the third straight year, falling to Agnes Szavay of Hungary 6-0, 6-4 Friday.

Defending champion Ana Ivanovic easily advances to 4th round at French Open

PARIS — Ana Ivanovic dominated another opponent at the French Open on Friday, this time beating Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic 6-0, 6-2 to advance to the fourth round.

Defending champion Ana Ivanovic advances to 4th round at French Open with easy win

PARIS — Defending champion Ana Ivanovic made it through another easy match at the French Open, beating 32nd-seeded Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic 6-0, 6-2 Friday to advance to the fourth round.

Jelena Dokic’s comeback to tennis takes a bad turn with injury in 2nd round of French Open

PARIS — Jelena Dokic’s professional comeback took a painful turn at the French Open.

Hot start sends defending champion Arizona State to 7-3 win against Missouri

OKLAHOMA CITY — Arizona State’s grounders kept bounding and bouncing until the Sun Devils had taken the first step toward defending their Women’s College World Series title.