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European tennis pair Jarmila Gadjosova and Anastasia Rodionova are not representing Australia any more. ... THE much-trumpeted adoption of European tennis pair Jarmila Gadjosova and Anastasia Rodionova on the eve of this year's Australian Open has proved, rather...
Top-seeded Maria Sharapova won Thursday to set up an anticipated quarterfinal match with Serena Williams at the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, S.C. ... Sharapova disposed of Tatiana Perebiynis 7-5, 6-2. Williams was a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 winner over Katarina Srebotnik....
UCLA's Kevin Love is NBA-bound. Less than two weeks after leading the Bruins to the Final Four, the All-America freshman announced yesterday that he'll skip his final three college seasons and enter the NBA draft. ... Love made his announcement at a news conference while...
Maria Sharapova blanked American Bethanie Mattek 6-0, 6-0 in less than an hour in the second round of the Family Circle Cup on Wednesday. ... The second-seeded Russian star, coming off her first claycourt title last week at Amelia Island, was looking for her fourth...
CHARLESTON, South Carolina: Third-seeded Russian Anna Chakvetadze was sent crashing out of the Family Circle Cup after being upset in the second round ... by unseeded Romanian Sorana Cirstea 6-2, 1-6, 6-2 on Tuesday. Surprising defeats during the past two months have...
Serena Williams wins in Charleston, Cirstea upsets Chakvetadze; Federer rallies to advance to second round at clay-court Estoril Open; Unseeded Kunitsyn beats second-seeded Haas to advance in US Clay Court Championship in Houston; Safin knocks 2003 Valencia Open champion Juan Carlos Ferrero out...
Serena Williams advanced to the third round Tuesday at the Family Circle Cup, defeating unseeded Gisela Dulko of Argentina in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4. ... It was a better start than last year at the Family Circle, where Williams had to withdraw after a groin pull in her...
Top-seeded Maria Sharapova made a successful debut at the Bausch & Lomb Championships with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Barbora Zahlavova Strycova of the Czech Republic on Tuesday. ... Lindsay Davenport began her quest for a fourth Bausch & Lomb title with a 6-2, 6-3 win over...
Maria Sharapova has coasted through her opening match of the Bausch and Lomb Championships with a 6-1 6-3 victory over Czech qualifier Barbora Zahlavova Strycova in the second round. ... But in her inaugural appearance at Amelia Island, Sharapova showed no rustiness,...
Amelie Mauresmo capped a perfect day for seeded players with a 6-0, 7-5 victory over Olga Savchuk in the first round of the Bausch & Lomb Championships on Monday night. ... After Mauresmo breezed through the opening set, Savchuk failed to deliver on two set points...
