PARIS, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- Formula One racing officials revised their 2009 schedule dropping the Canadian Grand Prix, meaning there will be no North American F1 race next year.

The original 2009 schedule released by the International Automobile Federation in June had the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal scheduled for June 7. But an announcement Tuesday from the FIA put the Turkish Grand Prix in that slot while the Canadian race has been dropped.

No reason was given for the change but the new schedule allows for a break between the July 26 race in Hungary and the Aug. 23 contest in Spain.

The only other change in the new schedule has the Belgian Grand Prix being run Aug. 30 and the Italian Grand Prix on Sept. 13, which was a reverse of the original schedule.

The 2007 FIA schedule left off the U.S. Grand Prix and now, with the Canadian race being dropped, there will be no Grand Prix race in North America in 2009.

The Canadian Grand Prix was first run in 1961 and was contested each year other than 1975 and 1987. Robert Kubica won the 2008 race.

The 18-race 2009 Formula One season is to begin with a March 29 race in Australia and conclude with a Nov. 15 race in Abu Dhabi.

MOSCOW, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- Sixth-seeded Venus Williams was upset in a tight three-set match Tuesday in the first round of the $1.34 million Kremlin Cup tennis tournament in Moscow.

Williams lost in her first appearance in a tournament for only the second time this year when she fell 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 to Flavia Pennetta on the second day of the indoor tournament. Pennetta won only five more points than Williams over the course of the 2-hour match but managed to hold her serve in the third set while breaking Williams' serve once to advance.

Also Tuesday, fifth-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated Na Li 6-4, 7-5 and seventh-seeded Vera Zvonareva stopped Maria Kirilenko 6-4, 6-4.

In other first-round matches, Daniela Hantuchova beat Francesca Schiavone 6-3, 6-2; Katarina Srebotnik stopped Alona Bondarenko 6-2, 6-1; Sara Errani bested Victoria Azarenka 1-6, 6-4, 6-3; and Ekaterina Makarova held off Elena Vesnina 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-1).

Second-round matches set for Wednesday include third-seeded and defending Kremlin Cup champion Elena Dementieva playing Srebotnik. Jelena Jankovic, who just regained the world No. 1 ranking after recording her second consecutive tournament championship Sunday, is the top seed in Moscow.

PINELLAS PARK, Fla., Oct. 7 (UPI) -- St. Louis Cardinals' guru George Kissell was in critical condition after a car crash in Pinellas Park, Fla., a spokesman for Northside Hospital said.

Kissell, 88, was injured Monday night when the car in which he was riding collided with another car, the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times reported Tuesday.

The driver of Kissell's car, Stacy L. Lehart, of St. Petersburg, suffered minor injuries, while the driver of the other car, Karolyn K. Kidwell, of Pinellas Park, was hospitalized, police said.

Kissell worked for the Cardinals in a variety of jobs for 57 years, though he never played in the major leagues. A 1997 profile in the St. Petersburg Times said Kissell dedicated his career to teaching baseball, which earned him the nickname Professor.

VIENNA, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka was ousted Tuesday in first-round action at the $930,000 Bank Austria Tennis Trophy tournament in Vienna.

Wawrinka, ranked 10th in the world and looking to enter the eight-player Tennis Masters Cup Shanghai, fell to 125th-ranked Philipp Petzschner, 6-7 (5-7), 6-2, 7-6 (7-5). Petzschner had Wawrinka on the defensive much of the 2 1/2-hour match, forcing Wawrinka into 14 break-point situations, and collecting seven of them.

Second-seeded Fernando Gonzalez, also hoping to qualify for Shanghai, advanced but only after a tough 4-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-2 win over Simone Bolelli.

Eduardo Schwank upset seventh-seeded Gilles Simon, 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7-5), while Philipp Kohlschreiber defeated Marc Gicquel, 6-2, 6-3, and Radek Stepanek advanced, 6-4, 6-2, at the expense of Pavel Snobel.

Also, Santiago Giraldo, who replaced Tommy Robredo in the draw when the No. 6 seed withdrew due to injury, routed Stefan Koubek, 6-1, 6-2, and Ernests Gulbis earned a second-round shot at Gonzalez with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Filippo Volandri.