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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...
ROME, May 13 (UPI) -- Austrian left-hander Sybille Bammer was upset Tuesday by Belarusian Victoria Azarenka at the $1.34 million Italian Open. Bammer lost to Azarenka, a wild card this week, 6-1, 6-3. In other first-round action, Slovakian Dominika Cibulkova beat Argentine Gisela Dulko 7-6 (7-1),...
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...
Posted to the web 13 May 2008 Sahr Morris Jr Female champion in the just concluded national junior lawn tennis championship has called on her female colleague to involve in the sports. Balu Kargbo who defeated Amie last Friday lifted this year's prize said the female category of lawn tennis is...
HAMBURG: Britain's Andy Murray put last year's Hamburg Masters nightmare behind him by beating Russia's Dmitry Tursunov 6-4, 6-1 in the first round yesterday. Murray's stay in Hamburg last year was cut short when he suffered a serious wrist injury, a problem that caused him to miss both the...
ROME: Novak Djokovic is ready for a changing of the guard at the summit of tennis after establishing his clay-court credentials with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 title victory at the Rome Masters. The Sunday win over Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka hands the number three his third major title of 2009 after the...
A few thoughts on the weird week that was and the wacky one that will be: Yes, four big players took it on the chin last week at the Rome Masters and Italian Open, respectively, but each of those defeats meant something entirely different. Vincenzo Pinto/Getty Images Rafael Nadal, right, had...
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...
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...
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...
