Top-seeded Andy Roddick took a methodical 6-4, 6-4 victory over Rik De Voest of South Africa in their first-round match Wednesday at the Countrywide Classic. Andre Agassi, the four-time and defending Los Angeles champion, bounced back from a first-set loss to defeat Swiss qualifier George Bastl 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-1 in their night match.

Top-seeded Kim Clijsters held off Jelena Jankovic 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 on Wednesday night to advance to the quarterfinals of the Bank of the West Classic. Clijsters, who reached the semifinals in each of her last three tournaments, is seeking to defend her title and win the event for the fourth time in six years.

In a July 24 story about Jimmy Connors taking over as Andy Roddick’s coach, The Associated Press reported erroneously the number of Grand Slam titles Connors won during his career. He won eight singles Grand Slam events, not four.

Eighth-seeded Filippo Volandri of Italy advanced to the quarterfinals of the Croatia Open on Wednesday, beating Spain’s Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo 4-6, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5). Volandri will face Spain’s Albert Portas in the quarterfinals. Portas beat the Czech Republic’s Jan Hernych 5-7, 6-4, 6-2. Also Wednesday, Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland rallied from a break down in the final set to beat 17-year-old…

Top seeds Nikolay Davydenko of Russia and Tommy Robredo of Spain lost their opening matches in the Generali Open on Wednesday. The top-seeded Davydenko had 31 baseline errors, falling 6-3, 6-3 to Nicolas Lapentti of Ecuador. The second-seeded Tommy Robredo lost 6-2, 7-5 to Jurgen Melzer of Austria. Davydenko, ranked No.

Michaella Krajicek of the Netherlands beat Bulgaria’s Tsvetana Pironkova 7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-1 Wednesday to advance to the Budapest Grand Prix quarterfinals. The second-seeded Krajicek, sister of 1996 Wimbledon champion Richard Krajicek, forced a second-set tiebreaker after trailing by three games. “Clay is quite a difficult surface for me, and I prefer grass or hard-court,” Krajicek said.

Unseeded Vera Zvonareva completed her sweep of the Western & Southern Financial Group Women’s Open, beating fourth-seeded Katarina Srebotnik 6-2, 6-4 Sunday to win her second tournament of the year. Zvonareva, who opened the week ranked 52nd on the WTA Tour, made taking the title look easy by winning every set during the Tier III tournament.

Andy Ram of Israel and Russia’s Vera Zvonareva won the Wimbledon mixed doubles title Saturday, beating Venus Williams and Bob Bryan of the United States, 6-3, 6-2. It was Ram’s first Grand Slam title. Zvonareva won the U.S. Open mixed doubles title with Bob Bryan in 2004. The ninth-seeded pair won their semifinal match earlier Saturday, beating No.

Bob and Mike Bryan won the Wimbledon doubles title Saturday to complete a career Grand Slam. The American twins, chest-bumping and hugging after key points, beat Fabrice Santoro of France and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. It was the brothers’ seventh consecutive appearance in a Grand Slam doubles final.

Two-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal withdrew from next week’s clay-court Swedish Open on Friday Nadal, the defending Swedish Open champion, has won a record 60 matches on clay. He pulled out because he plays Australian Open runner-up Marcos Baghdatis in the Wimbledon semifinals later Friday. “It is incredibly frustrating to have to withdraw from my favorite tournament,” Nadal said in a…

With Serena Williams and Lindsay Davenport injured, and Venus Williams begging off, Jill Craybas, Jamea Jackson, Vania King and Mashona Washington will play for the United States against Belgium in the Fed Cup semifinals. The U.S. team was announced Thursday for the best-of-five series July 15-16 at Ostend, Belgium, on an indoor hard court.