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By Paul Virgo ROME (Reuters) - American Venus Williams lost 5-7 6-2 6-3 to Serb title holder Jelena Jankovic in the Italian Open quarter-finals on Friday while her sister Serena pulled out at the same stage of the tournament with a back injury. Fifth seed Serena said her withdrawal from her match...
ROME (Reuters) - American fifth seed Serena Williams withdrew from her Italian Open quarter-final with French qualifier Alize Cornet on Friday because of a back injury, organizers said. The injury gives 18-year-old Cornet, who on Thursday knocked out last year's finalist Svetlana Kuznetsova of...
Maria Sharapova rallied from a four-game deficit in the second set to beat Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark 6-4, 7-6 (3) Thursday and reach the Italian Open quarterfinals. Sharapova improved to 25-2 this year, and on Monday she will regain the No. 1 ranking, courtesy of Justine Henin's retirement....
ROME (AP) -Maria Sharapova rallied from a four-game deficit in the second set to beat Caroline Wozniacki 6-4, 7-6 (3) on Thursday, advancing to the Italian Open quarterfinals along with sisters Serena and Venus Williams. Seventh-seeded Venus Williams won the first three games of each set in a...
ROME, May 15 (UPI) -- Maria Sharapova celebrated her ascension to the world No. 1-ranking Thursday with a straight-set win in the third round of the $1.34 million Italian Open. Sharapova moved up after Justine Henin, who announced her retirement from competitive tennis Wednesday, asked to be...
Advanced CrossBow Technology is featured in five new racquets this season PHOENIX, May 15 /PRNewswire/ -- HEAD Penn Racquet Sports, one of the industry leaders in forward-thinking racquet design and technology, has launched its latest revolutionary technology: CrossBow. (Photo:...
HAMBURG: Nicolas Kiefer on Thursday became the first German this century to make the quarterfinals of the Hamburg Masters when he joined Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic in the last eight. Kiefer’s 7-5, 6-3 win over Nikolay Davydenko means there will be huge support in the Am Rothenbaum stadium...
Maria Sharapova moved a step closer to the No. 1 ranking, overcoming some erratic moments before beating Dominika Cibulkova 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 in the second round of the Italian Open on Wednesday. With top-ranked Justine Henin announcing her retirement, Sharapova is poised to move to No. 1 next week —...
By RAF CASERT AP SPORTS WRITER In this Friday, Jan. 11, 2008 file photo, Belgium's Justine Henin plays a shot in her finals match against Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova at the Sydney International tennis tournament in Sydney. Justine Henin, the world's top-ranked women's player and winner of seven...
ROME: World number three Ana Ivanovic is one of the most improved players over the last year and the Serbian beauty is aiming to make 2008 her breakthrough year in the Grand Slams. The top seed here in Rome reached the finals of last year's Roland Garros and this year's Australian Open, helping...
