Germany's Sabine Lisicki, the 16th seed, rolled over Dane Caroline Wozniacki in straight sets Sunday to win the Family Circle championship in Charleston, S.C. The title is Lisicki's first on the WTA Tour. Lisicki needed 80 minutes to take down the fifth-seeded Wozniacki 6-2, 6-4. The German player said

Caroline Wozniacki won a grueling three-set semifinals match over Elena Dementieva Saturday at the Family Circle Cup tennis tournament in South Carolina. The scores were 6-4, 5-7, 7-5, giving the fifth-seeded Wozniacki, a native of Odense, Denmark a chance to win her second singles title this season

Top-seeded Elena Dementieva moved into the semifinals of the Family Circle Cup Friday when Dominika Cibulkova had to retire in the second set. Cibulkova strained a muscle in her midsection with Dementieva owning a 6-4, 1-0 lead. Caroline Wozniacki earned a semifinal meeting with Dementieva by coasting to a 6-2, 6-0 win over Virginie Razzano. Sabine Lisicki continued her unexpected success in the tournament by storming past Elena Vesnina 6-4, 6-0.

Venus Williams was, surprisingly, eliminated Thursday in the third round of the Family Circle Cup and No.

Serena Williams has withdrawn from this week's Family Circle Cup tennis tournament at Charleston, S.C., citing a left leg injury. She suffered the injury during a 6-3, 6-1 loss to Victoria Azarenka in the April 4 final of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami. I am unable to compete this year at the Family Circle Cup as I need to give my leg injury time to heal, the tournament's reigning champion said in a statement.