Roberta Vinci

Sports in Brief: Federer a loser in his hometown

Top-ranked Roger Federer lost his hometown tournament yesterday with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 defeat to Serbia's Novak Djokovic in the Swiss Indoors final in Basel. Djokovic earned his fourth title of the season and ended Federer's run...

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Italy rout US in Fed Cup final

Italy's team captain and players celebrate their Fed Cup triumph Italy earned their second Fed Cup title in three years with a resounding 4-0 win over the USA in Reggio Calabria. Already 2-0 up overnight, Italy took an...

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Barazzutti hails passionate Italians

Corrado Barazzutti exuberated an air of confidence when he addressed the assembled media at Thursday’s Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Final pre-draw press conference in Reggio Calabria. And well he might feel rather self assured. Sat...

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Final warms up in Reggio Calabria

With three days to go until the first ball is struck at the 2009 Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group Final between Italy and USA, there is a typical Mediterranean calm at the picturesque Circolo del Tennis Rocco Polimeni, as the...

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Serena pulls out of Fed Cup final

Williams has won both the Australian Open and Wimbledon titles in 2009 The USA will be without Serena Williams when they face Italy in the Fed Cup final after the year-end world number one withdrew on Saturday. Williams, who...

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Vinci looks forward to Final

Roberta Vinci has never been defeated in a Fed Cup by BNP Paribas doubles rubber. In fact, with a win-loss ratio of 13-0, she holds the Italian record for the most number of victories. This form may well see Corrado Barazzutti,...

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Serena's No. 1 as injury sidelines Safina

Willams takes top spot in year-end rankings for first time since 2002 DOHA, QATAR–Dinara Safina pulled out of the Sony Ericsson WTA Championships after just two games with a serious back injury on Wednesday, handing the...

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Tennis-Pennetta to spearhead Italy's Fed Cup final challenge

ROME, Oct 28 (Reuters) - World number 11 Flavia Pennetta has recovered from a knee problem and will play for Italy in next month's Fed Cup final against United States. Pennetta will spearhead Italy's bid for their second title...

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Fed Cup Final - Stat Attack

For all those ‘stattos’ out there, get your teeth into this one. Ahead of Italy and USA doing battle in Reggio Calabria on 7-8 November, here is the Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Final by numbers… General - This is the 22nd Fed Cup...

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Hantuchova, Wickmayer win at Luxembourg

LUXEMBOURG, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Fourth-seeded Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova and Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium were first-round winners Wednesday at the Luxembourg Open. Hantuchova easily eliminated Tatjana Malek of Germany 6-1, 6-0....

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