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Top-seeded Vera Zvonareva won her sixth career WTA title Sunday by beating third-seeded Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 7-6 (7-2), 6-2 in Prague Open final; Dulko beats Medina Garrigues to win Grand Prix SAR and third career title; Japan's Date defeated in final in her surprise comeback to pro tennis.
PRAGUE, Czech Republic, May 3 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Vera Zvonareva was a fairly easy 6-2, 6-4 winner against Victoria Azarenka in one semifinal at the $145,000 Prague Open in the Czech Republic. ... After Azarenka forged a 4-4 tie in the second set, Zvonareva won the last...
Angela Hucles scored in injury time and Abby Wambach had two more goals to push closer to the 100-goal milestone, giving the U.S. women's soccer team a 5-4 win over Australia in Saturday's friendly. ... Cat Whitehill's free kick went to Wambach, who headed it to Hucles...
Top-seeded Vera Zvonareva cruised into the semifinals of the Prague Open by defeating unseeded Roberta Vinci 6-1, 6-2 on Friday. ... Top-seeded Vera Zvonareva reached Prague Open semifinals by defeating Roberta Vinci of Italy 6-1, 6-2 Friday while second-seeded Shahar...
Roger Federer has reached his first final of the year. The top-ranked player rallied to defeat Denis Gremelmayr 2-6, 7-5, 6-1 Saturday in the Estoril Open semifinals. It’s been eight years since Federer needed five tournaments to get a shot at his first trophy of season.
Maria Kirilenko of Russia rallied to beat Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 Saturday and reach the Estoril Open final. ... Zakopalova's backhand went long in the 11th game of the final set for a fifth break point that allowed Kirilenko to serve it out....
Top-seeded Flavia Pennetta lost her second-round match Wednesday at the $145,000 women's Estoril Open tennis tournament in Estoril, Portugal. ... The Italian was trounced 6-2 6-2 by Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic. Elsewhere, No. 3 Karin Knapp of Italy topped...
Fifth-seeded Gilles Simon defeated Roko Karanusic 7-5, 7-5 Monday to advance to the second round of the clay-court Estoril Open. ... In other first-round matches, seventh-seeded Marc Gicquel ousted Boris Pashanski 6-4, 6-3 and Teimuraz Gabashvili defeated Florian Mayer...
Estoril, Portugal - Roger Federer on Tuesday begins a first-round test of fire with coaching candidate Jose Higueras as the trial pair work to put the Swiss into winning position in a debut week at the Estoril Open. Federer, playing a non-Masters Ser...
Rising star Casey Dellacqua has bowed out of the Sony Ericsson open in the first round after losing to Russian Anastasia Rodionova in Miami. ... Dellacqua was beaten 6-2 7-6 (7-1) in the encounter as she lost just her fifth match this year following sound showings at the...
