Francesca Schiavone

Keothavong clinches historic win

bbc.co.uk     Aug 27, 2008   1 related          

Anne Keothavong claimed an impressive win over Francesca Schiavone to became the first British woman to reach the third round of the US Open since 1991. Keothavong, 24, broke the 25th seed in the first game and went on to...                    

Keothavong goes through at US Open

guardian.co.uk     Aug 27, 2008          

Can Anne Keothavong make further progress towards the top 50 at Flushing Meadows today? Second set: Keothavong 0-1 Schiavone*; Keothavong leads by one set to love There's scarcely time to draw breath before Keothavong,...                    

Top seed Ana Ivanovic labours to victory

timesonline.co.uk     Aug 27, 2008   127 related          

There have been 18 world No1s on the women's tour since the autumn of 1975, when a computer replaced the abacus and common sense as the means of determining who was the best, the second-best and so on. One recalls that...                    

Kuznetsova, Dementieva, Davenport win

upi.com     Aug 26, 2008   128 related          

FLUSHING MEADOWS, N.Y., Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Russians Elena Dementieva and Svetlana Kuznetsova and American Lindsay Davenport were among the winners Monday on the first day of the 2008 U.S. Open. Dementieva, the fifth seed and...                    

Davenport, from Open kid to mom

charlotte.com     Aug 26, 2008   43 related          

Lindsay Davenport began her U.S. Open career way back in 1991 when she was 15 and feeling very overmatched.Now at 32 she is back for her 17th appearance in the main draw at Flushing Meadows. Instead of being a kid, she...                    

U.S. Open results

msn.com     Aug 26, 2008   10 related          

NEW YORK (AP) -Results Monday from the U.S. Open at The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center (seedings in parentheses): SinglesMenFirst Round Gael Monfils (32), France, def. Ryan Sweeting, United States, 7-5, 7-5,...                    

Tennis: US Open - Murray makes light work of Roitman

guardian.co.uk     Aug 25, 2008   33 related          

Andy Murray in action during his first-round victory at Flushing Meadows. Photograph: Andy Lyons/Getty Andy Murray began his US Open campaign confidently, beating Argentina's Sergio Roitman in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4,...                    

Nadal tested, Wozniak out at U.S. Open

cbc.ca     Aug 26, 2008   18 related          

Aleksandra Wozniak of Blainville, Que., was beaten in straight sets Monday at the U.S. Open. (Charles Krupa/Associated Press) Playing his first match as the No. 1 player in the world, Rafael Nadal of Spain fought off a...                    

Murray makes light work of Roitman

guardian.co.uk     Aug 25, 2008   1 related          

Andy Murray in action during his first-round victory at Flushing Meadows. Photograph: Andy Lyons/Getty Andy Murray began his US Open campaign confidently, beating Argentina's Sergio Roitman in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4,...                    

Federer advances to doubles final by upsetting Bryan twins

cnn.com     Aug 15, 2008   61 related          

It was the second match of the day for the Swiss players The Swiss duo will face unseeded Simon Aspelin and Thomas Johansson The Williams sisters beat Ayumi Morita and Ai Sugiyama of Japan 7-5, 6-2 BEIJING (AP) -- Roger Federer...