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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...
By Sports Network - The Sports Network Austrian lefthander Sybille Bammer was an upset victim on a rainy Tuesday at the $1.34 million Italian Open, a clay- court French Open tune-up. The 19th-seeded Bammer was ousted by rising Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, a wild card this week, 6-1, 6-3 at Foro...
Russian world number two Maria Sharapova will start her Italian Open campaign against Dominika Cibulkova after the Slovak beat Argentine Gisela Dulko 7-6 6-4 in the first round on Tuesday. Top seed Ana Ivanovic, who has a bye into the second round along with Sharapova and the other highest-ranked...
Tennis ace MARIA SHARAPOVA has reached a compromise with the World Tennis Association (WTA) over a photoshoot she previously refused to participate in. The Russian athlete originally declined to take part in the shoot because she didn’t want any distractions before the Italian Open began on...
Rome - Persistent rain put an early end to play at the WTA Rome International here on Tuesday. Only four matches were completed before a torrential downpour suspended play at around 17:00 local time. Courts became flooded but light rain never abated and at just after 21:00 tournament organisers...
ROME: World No 1 Justine Henin and Amelie Mauresmo are the big name absentees from the Rome WTA Tier I International which started yesterday. ... The Belgian French Open champion withdrew from the tournament citing fatigue following her elimination at the hands of...
Maria Sharapova reached a compromise with the WTA Tour and completed a promotional photo shoot before the Italian Open began Monday. ... Sunday's photo shoot to build publicity for the tour championships was reduced to 90 minutes from several hours, Sharapova said. "I...
Tenth-seeded Vera Zvonareva extended her impressive streak of clay-court victories Monday, cruising past Ai Sugiyama 6-3, 6-3 in the first round of the Italian Open. ... In between, Zvonareva posted a three-set win over Vania King on clay to clinch victory for Russia in...
Rome - Maria Sharapova turned her thoughts to tennis on Monday at the Rome Masters after her tug-of-war with the WTA over an obligatory photo shoot was solved through compromise. The Russian, who arrived in the city on Friday, got the public relation...
Senior Sport and position: Girls' soccer, midfield; girls' track, high jump Sports role model: (American pro) Natasha Kai, she's an amazing player Best moment as an athlete: Beating Hoover last year Toughest moment as an athlete: Losing two players in one game because of injuries Hopes for the...
