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Leading tennis players to vie for Istanbul title
people.com.cn 15 hrs ago 1 related
Istanbul is set to host the world's leading tennis players for the fourth time at the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Istanbul Cup 2008, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported. Famous tennis players, such as Elena Dementieva, Nadia Petrova and Agniezska Radwanska will participate in the...
Top-seeded Ivanovic upset by Bulgarian qualifier Pironkova at Italian Open
iht.com May 14, 2008 51 related
Top-seeded Ana Ivanovic was upset by Bulgarian qualifier Tsvetana Pironkova 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 Wednesday in the second round of the Italian Open. Ivanovic struggled with her consistency and serving and never seemed comfortable on the red clay at the Foro Italico. She committed 59 unforced errors to...
Kirilenko beats Petrova in Rome
iht.com May 14, 2008 3 related
Maria Kirilenko rallied to beat 18th-seeded Nadia Petrova 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 Wednesday in the first round of the Italian Open The match began on Tuesday but was stopped due to rain with Kirilenko ahead 2-1 in the third set. The 26th-ranked Kirilenko won the first clay-court title of her career at the...
Bammer loses in rainy Rome
sacbee.com May 13, 2008 10 related
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...
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...
Rib injury forces Mauresmo out of Italian Open
espn.go.com May 11, 2008 12 related
Former world No. 1 Amelie Mauresmo pulled out of the Italian Open which starts Monday because of a rib injury, organizers said on Sunday. ... France's Mauresmo, who pulled out of this week's German Open because of the injury, will be replaced in the main draw in Rome by...
Henin revels in return to clay courts
thenews.com.pk May 9, 2008
BERLIN: Justine Henin took just 58 minutes to beat Chan Yung-jan of Taiwan 6-0, 6-2 and reach the third round of the German Open on Wednesday. ... The world number one from Belgium, playing a tournament on her favourite clay surface for the first time this year, breezed...
Nadal loses at Rome Masters; Henin advances
heraldextra.com May 8, 2008 107 related
ROME -- Rafael Nadal's preparations for a run at a fourth straight French Open title were thrown into disarray Wednesday. ... ROME -- The second-ranked Spaniard lost on clay for only the second time in 105 matches, falling to countryman Juan Carlos Ferrero 7-5, 6-1 in the...
Henin strong in Berlin's second round
upi.com May 7, 2008 24 related
BERLIN, May 7 (UPI) -- World No. 1 Justine Henin breezed through a second-round victory Wednesday at the $1.34 million German Open. ... There she'll go against 13th-seeded Dinara Safina, who was a 6-4, 6-3 winner Wednesday over Kaia Kanepi. Sixth-seeded Anna Chakvetadze...
Ivanovic, Henin advance at German Open
iht.com May 7, 2008 29 related
Defending champion Ana Ivanovic overcame a slow start before defeating qualifier Akgul Amanmuradova 7-6 (0), 6-2 Wednesday at the German Open. ... Ivanovic couldn't break Amanmuradova's serve in the first set, but shut her out in the tiebreaker with precise drop shots...