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Seeds breeze through in Rome
thenews.com.pk May 14, 2008 5 related
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 ROME: Vera Zvonareva, Agnes Szavay, Francesca Schiavone and Agnieszka Radwanska faced few problems on the first day of the WTA Rome International here on Monday with all four seeds coasting into the second round. Russian Zvonareva, the 10th seed, was the first one through...
Seeded players sail through opening round in Rome
thestar.com.my May 14, 2008 7 related
ROME: Vera Zvonareva, Agnes Szavay, Francesca Schiavone and Agnieszka Radwanska faced few problems on the first day of the WTA Rome International here on Monday with all four seeds coasting into the second round. Russian Zvonareva, the 10th seed, was the first one through with a 6-3, 6-3 victory...
Zvonareva, Szavay win at Italian Open
upi.com May 12, 2008 15 related
ROME, May 12 (UPI) -- Vera Zvonareva and Agnes Szavay took solid victories Monday in first-round play of the $1.34 million Italian Open tennis tournament. ... Zvonareva, who won a tournament in the Czech Republic two weeks ago, extended her personal winning streak to six...
Tennis
signonsandiego.com May 12, 2008
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...
Federer is back on track with Rome Masters victory
deseretnews.com May 7, 2008 57 related
Roger Federer is back on track. ... The top-ranked player defeated one of his most challenging opponents Tuesday, cruising past Guillermo Canas 6-3, 6-3 in the second round of the Rome Masters. Perhaps more importantly, Federer said he is nearly back to normal after...
S. Williams runs win streak to 16 matches
upi.com May 6, 2008 33 related
BERLIN, May 6 (UPI) -- Serena Williams ran her 2008 record to 20-1 with a straight-set victory Tuesday in the second round of the $1.34 million German Open clay court tournament. ... Williams, seeded fifth, notched her 16th consecutive match win with a 6-2, 6-3 romp over...
Qualifier wins, gets Henin in second round
upi.com May 5, 2008 29 related
BERLIN, May 5 (UPI) -- Qualifier Yung-Jan Chan claimed a first-round victory Monday and a shot at the world's No. 1 player in the $1.34 million German Open. ... She draws top-ranked Justine Henin, who is looking for her fourth German Open title since 2002. All of the...
Czech Republic the deserving winners
fedcup.com Apr 28, 2008 3 related
Czech Republic have returned to the elite of the Fed Cup by BNP Paribas following a successful, determined battle against hosts Israel ... . The Israeli world No. 18 had one of her worst Fed Cup weekends also losing her second singles rubber on Sunday against Iveta...
Russia takes 2-0 Fed Cup semifinal lead over United States, Spain leads China 2-0
iht.com Apr 26, 2008 38 related
Anna Chakvetadze and Svetlana Kuznetsova led Russia to a sweep of the opening singles Saturday and a 2-0 lead over the United States in the Fed Cup semifinals. ... Chakvetadze put Russia ahead with a 6-4, 7-5 win over Vania King on indoor clay before Kuznetsova defeated...
Underdogs come out on top in Israel
fedcup.com Apr 26, 2008 2 related
Israel and Czech Republic both provided an upset of the form book in the opening rubbers of their World Group Play-off tie as both No. 2 players defeated their more-fancied opponents ... Israel and the Czech Republic each provided an upset of the form book in the opening...