Iveta Benesova

Spirited USA up for the challenge

Italy’s Francesca Schiavone and Flavia Pennetta will have to wait until Friday’s draw to find out which U.S. challenge they will need to overcome in Saturday’s singles matches, while U.S. captain Mary Joe Fernandez has the...

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Meet the teams

Melanie Oudin Oudin burst onto the world scene at the US Open in September when she reached the quarterfinals, losing to Caroline Wozniacki. However, the 18-year-old had caught the eye of most tennis followers long before....

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No problems for Garrigues

Third seed Anabel Medina Garrigues made it through to the second round of the BGL Luxembourg Open with a straight-sets defeat of Arantxa Parra Santonja. Medina Garrigues did not serve any aces in contrast to her fellow...

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UPDATE 1-Tennis-Luxembourg Open women's singles results

Oct 19 (Reuters) - Luxembourg Open women's singles first- round results on Monday (prefix denotes seeding). 8-Carla Suarez Navarro (Spain) beat Mandy Minella (Luxembourg) 7-5 5-7 6-3 6-Sabine Lisicki (Germany) beat Iveta...

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All over for Benesova

Fifth seed Iveta Benesova failed to reach the quarter-finals of the Generali Ladies in Linz as she was beaten 6-4 7-5 by fellow Czech Petra Kvitova. In two even sets, Kvitova converted all five of her break points to gain the...

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Easy start for Stosur

Third seed Samantha Stosur was untroubled as she eased into the second round of the Japan Open in Osaka. Stosur was too good for Russian Alexandra Panova 6-2 6-4 and will now take on Akiko Morigami or Anastasia Rodionova. The...

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Pennetta on course in Linz

Linz, Austria - Flavia Pennetta kept herself in contention for a place in the WTA Championships to be held in Doha later this month when she defeated American Meghann Shaughnessy 6-1, 6-1 in the first round of the WTA event in...

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Road to Reggio Calabria

Italy and USA have endured differing routes to reach this year’s Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Final in Reggio Calabria. Italy has recorded comprehensive victories over two of the competition’s recent champions while USA, short of a...

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UPDATE 2-Tennis-China Open women's singles results

Oct 4 (Reuters) - China Open women's singles first round results on Sunday (prefix numbder denotes seeding, * new result). * 2-Serena Williams (U.S.) beat Kaia Kanepi (Estonia) 7-5 6-4 * 14-Marion Bartoli (France) beat...

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Sharapova, Jankovic advance to semifinals

Former world No. 1s Maria Sharapova and Jelena Jankovic remained on course for a final showdown with quarterfinal wins at the Toray Pan Pacific Open on Thursday, while Ai Sugiyama raged against the dying light to move into the...

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