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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 5pm local time. Courts became flooded but light rain never abated and at just after 9pm tournament organisers...
Justine Henin is quitting professional tennis, according to a Belgian newspaper. Ditka, a Hall of Fame player who later coached the Bears to a Super Bowl title, has criticized the players' union for ignoring the medical needs of former players with serious injuries who can't afford to pay for...
Florida Southern's Michael Knoedler and Senka Softic. were named the ITA men's and women's players to watch from the Southeast Region. Knoedler, a junior, led the Mocs to a 17-9 record and a spot in the Southeast Regional finals. The two-time Sunshine State Conference Men's Player of the Year, he...
Rain caused disruption on day 2 at the Internazionali BNL d'Iltalia. Only 4 matches were completed today. All were 1st round encounters. There was time for an upset though with Victoria Azarenka defeating 19th seed Sybille Bammer 6-1 6-3.Channel: Sports Tags: tennis wta tour victoria azarenka...
Rome - Venus Williams's return from over a month on the sidelines with an unspecified medical problem was delayed on Tuesday as rain forced play to be abandoned at the Italian Open. Only four matches were completed before organisers suspended play all together, with the seventh seed's second...
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),...
— Photo: AP IN CONTROL: Nikolay Davydenko eased past Ivan Ljubicic to enter the third round of the Hamburg Open. HAMBURG: Neither fourth-seed Nikolay Davydenko nor fifth-seed David Ferrer wasted any time booking their places in the third round after comfortable wins at the Hamburg Masters Series...
China's Yan Zi ang Peng Shuai were both ousted from the Italian Open women's singles first round on Monday, as all seeds made it through. Yan, a 23-year-old doubles specialist, currently ranked 41st on the WTA Tour standings, was made light work 6-1, 6-1 by Hungarian 11th seed Agnes Szavay, while...
Rome - Maria Sharapova is due to step onto European clay for the first time this season, hoping to test her form as second seed at the WTA Rome Masters with a re-match of her recent Amelia Island finalCzech Dominika Cibulkova, 32nd in the world, duck...
Dinara Safina pulled out of the Italian Open on Monday due to a back injury. ... The 14th-ranked Russian won the biggest title of her career Sunday, beating Elena Dementieva in three sets at the German Open. Two years ago, Safina reached the Italian Open final but lost...
