Czech Lucie Safarova and Italian Roberta Vinci scored first-round upsets Sunday in the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo. Safarova, ranked 44th in the world, ousted former world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic of Serbia 6-4, 7-6 (7-1) and Vinci, ranked No.

Frenchwoman Aravane Rezai was a winner and Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova was upset Monday at the Palermo International. Italy's Alberta Brianti defeated Pavlyuchenkova 6-3, 4-0, as the promising Russian retired with a right shoulder injury during the second set. Rezai rolled over Kazakhstan's Galina

Second-seeded Serena Williams, showing a strong serve, was a straight-set winner Friday in third-round play of the Wimbledon Championships in London. Williams swept by Roberta Vinci 6-3, 6-4 in an efficient 67 minutes.

Italy's Francesca Schiavone battled to a three-set win that gave Italy the clinching point Sunday in a Fed Cup semifinal victory over defending champion Russia. The Italians, who went on to win the best-of-five matches 4-1, will play for the championship in November against the United States, which ousted the Czech team 3-2 at Brno in the Czech Republic. Schiavone defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 7-6 (9-7), 4-6, 6-2 to give her team an insurmountable 3-1 lead.

Unheralded Roberta Vinci trounced Maria Kirilenko 6-0, 6-4 Sunday to win the Barcelona Ladies Open tennis tournament in Spain. The unseeded Italian won the first set in 30 minutes and the match in just over an hour.