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HAMBURG: Australian Open finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga recovered from a first set whitewash to beat French compatriot Nicolas Mahut in the first round of the Hamburg Masters Series here on Monday. Tsonga got off to a rusty start, winning ... ... HAMBURG: Australian Open...
Tennis ATP $3.5 MILLION MASTERS At Rome Championship Singles Novak Djokovic (3), Serbia, def. Championship Doubles Bob and Mike Bryan (1), United States, def. Daniel Nestor, Canada, and Nenad Zimonjic (2), Serbia, 3-6, 6-4, 10-8 tiebreak. WTA $1.34 MILLIION GERMAN OPEN At...
Several seeds, including Hungarian Agnes Szavay and Russian Nadia Petrova, won first-round matches Monday at the $1.34 million German Open, a clay-court French Open tune-up. ... The 10th-seeded Szavay was leading Milagros Sequera 6-2, 3-0 when the Venezuelan retired due...
LONDON — Holders Russia will play Spain in the Fed Cup final after both teams made light work of their semifinal opponents on Sunday. ... They quickly finished off the job they started on Saturday, with Vera Zvonareva beating U.S. player Vania King to give Russia an...
No Serena. No Venus. No Lindsay. And no spot in the Fed Cup final for the United States. ... No Serena. Defending champion Russia advanced to its fourth Fed Cup final in five years, clinching its semifinal match when Vera Zvonareva rallied to defeat Vania King 4-6, 6-3,...
Second-ranked Rafael Nadal of Spain won his first title of the season, defeating... ... LIONEL CIRONNEAU / AP Rafael Nadal reacts after beating Roger Federer on Sunday in Monte Carlo. Tennis Top-ranked Federer is 1-7 against Nadal on clay: Second-ranked Rafael Nadal of...
What a way to make a Fed Cup debut. ... So I'm confident going into the match," said Rolle, who takes on fourth-ranked Svetlana Kuznetsova in the second singles Saturday. That leaves the 115th-ranked Vania King as the top player on the team, with teenager Madison Brengle...
Defending champion Russia bids to reach the final of the Fed Cup by BNP Paribas for the fourth time in five years ... when it faces USA in Moscow in this weekend’s semifinals. The other tie sees China making its first appearance in the last four of the competition,...
Tennis Blake avenges loss to teen: Top-seeded James Blake beat Japan's Kei Nishikori 6-4, 6-4 Wednesday to advance to the second round in... ... PAT SULLIVAN / AP James Blake returns a shot during the first set of his victory at the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships....
The U.S. Open figured to be the closest to a sure thing for Tiger Woods in the majors this year, but maybe not anymore. Two days after his quest for a Grand Slam fizzled at the Masters, Woods had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee for the second time in five years. He will be out at least four...
