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  Top Seed Zvonareva Beats Dushevina At Carlsbad

  August 13, 2011 22:33 IST

  Carlsbad, California, Aug 5: Top-seeded Vera Zvonareva of Russia beat countrywoman Vera Dushevina 6-3, 6-0 on Thursday as the top five seeds advanced at the Mercury Insurance Open.The third-ranked Zvonareva, who received a first-round bye,

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  Monfils Wins Twice To Reach Washington Quarters

  August 13, 2011 22:33 IST

  Washington, Aug 5: Top-seeded Gael Monfils won two matches on Thursday, beating Ryan Sweeting then Dmitry Tursunov, to progress to the quarterfinals of the Legg Mason Classic.Monfils was among several players who were forced to

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  John Isner, Monfils Advance At Legg Mason Classic

  August 12, 2011 11:15 IST

  Washington, Aug 5 : John Isner edged neighbor, friend and doubles partner James Blake 7-6 (0), 1-6, 7-6 (4) Thursday in a match delayed a day by rain to reach the quarterfinals of the Legg

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  Peng, Ivanovic Advance At Carlsbad

  August 12, 2011 11:15 IST

  Carlsbad, California, Aug 4 : China's Peng Shuai and former world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic both won in straight sets Wednesday in the second round at the Mercury Insurance Open, while Germany's Julia Goerges made

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  Sharapova Still No. 1 In Earnings

  August 03, 2011 17:38 IST

  New York, August 3: Maria Sharapova may not have won a grand slam title since 2008, but the Russian tennis player remains unchallenged as the world's highest paid woman in professional sports. For the seventh straight

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  Zvonareva Beats Craybas, Into R16 In Carlsbad

  August 03, 2011 11:29 IST

  Carlsbad, California, Aug 3 : Vera Zvonareva converted the only two service breaks of the match, enabling her to beat veteran qualifier Jill Craybas 6-4, 7-5 on Tuesday night to progress to the round-of-16 at

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  Blake Upsets Defending Champion Nalbandian In DC

  August 03, 2011 11:32 IST

  Washington, Aug 3 : James Blake's reward for upsetting defending champion David Nalbandian 6-2, 6-4 on Tuesday at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic will be a third-round matchup against his big-serving doubles partner John Isner.Isner

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  Young, Blake Win Openers Easily In Washington

  August 02, 2011 10:02 IST

  Washington, Aug 2 : Donald Young reeled off 14 consecutive points in a surge that helped him to a 6-0, 6-3 win over New Zealand's Artem Sitak on Monday in the first round of the

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  Serena Williams Returns To Top 100 After Title Win

  August 05, 2011 17:04 IST

  London, August 1:  Serena Williams has returned to the top 100 in the women's rankings after winning her first title in more than a year at Stanford on Sunday.The former No. 1 jumped 90 places

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  Sania-Yaroslava Win Citi Open In USA

  August 05, 2011 17:04 IST

  College Park, Aug 1: Sania Mirza won her third WTA doubles title of the season and 12th overall as she and Yaroslava Shvedova pipped Olga Govortsova of Belarus and Alla Kudryavtseva of Russia in the

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  Latvia's Gulbis Edges Fish At Farmers Classic

  August 05, 2011 10:24 IST

  Los Angeles, Aug 1: Ernests Gulbis of Latvia won the Farmers Classic on Sunday, rallying past top-seeded Mardy Fish 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 for his second career ATP tour title.Gulbis entered the tournament on a five-match

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  Somdev-Huey In Semis Of Farmer's Classic

  August 04, 2011 14:31 IST

  Los Angeles (US), July 31: Continuing their good run, Somdev Devvarman and Treat Conrad Huey moved to the semifinals of the ATP Farmer's Classic with a comfortable straight sets win over Gilles Muller of Luxembourg

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  Peer And Petrova Advance To Citi Open Final

  July 31, 2011 10:32 IST

  College Park, Maryland, July 31: Top-seeded Shahar Peer advanced to the final of the Citi Open by defeating third-seeded Tamira Paszek of Austria 3-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4 in a match that went more than three

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  Verdasco, Granollers Advance To Swiss Open Final

  August 03, 2011 11:32 IST

  Gstaad, Switzerland, July 30:  Fernando Verdasco beat top-seeded Nicolas Almagro 6-7 (2), 7-6 (2), 6-3 on Saturday to set up an all-Spanish final against Marcel Granollers at the Swiss Open.The fourth-seeded Verdasco, seeking his first

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  Top seed Peer moves to semifinals at Citi Open

  August 03, 2011 11:31 IST

  College Park, Maryland, July 30: Top-seeded Shahar Peer of Israel beat Italy's Alberta Brianti 6-2, 6-1 on Friday to advance to the semifinals of the Citi Open.In a match that lasted 3 hours, 42 minutes,

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  Bellucci to meet Bogomolov in quarters at Farmers

  July 29, 2011 11:41 IST

  Los Angeles, Jul 28 : Thomaz Bellucci beat doubles partner Alejandro Falla 6-0, 6-1 on Thursday to storm into the quarterfinals of the Farmers Classic.The fourth-seeded Brazilian Bellucci was playing his first match of the

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  Erakovic upsets No. 1 seed Azarenka at Stanford

  July 29, 2011 11:35 IST

  Stanford, California, Jul 28 : New Zealand qualifier Marina Erakovic stunned top-seeded and defending champion Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 at the Bank of the West Classic on Thursday to reach her second

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  Starace Beats Chela To Reach Quarters In Croatia

  July 29, 2011 11:07 IST

  Umag, Croatia, Jul 29 : Potito Starace of Italy upset top-seeded Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 to reach the quarterfinals at the Croatia Open on Thursday.Starace, last year's finalist, trailed 3-0 in

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  Harrison Ousts Russell To Reach Quarters

  August 01, 2011 13:08 IST

  Los Angeles, Jul 27 : Teenager Ryan Harrison continued his recent run of strong form by beating fellow American Michael Russell 6-3, 6-4 on Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals at the Farmers Classic.Lu Yen-hsun of

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  Bartoli Tops Marino To Reach Quarters At Stanford

  August 01, 2011 13:08 IST

  Stanford, California, Jul 27 : Marion Bartoli of France reached her seventh quarterfinal of the year, beating Canada's Rebecca Marino 6-4, 6-3 Wednesday at the Bank of the West Classic.The ninth-ranked Bartoli, who won this

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  Russell Ousts Tursunov in LA

  July 27, 2011 8:13 IST

  Los Angeles, California, Jul 26 : Michael Russell provided an upset on the opening day of the Farmers Classic, ousting sixth-seeded Dimitry Tursunov 6-7 (5), 6-0, 6-2 on Monday.The American, ranked 110th in the world,

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  Maria Kirilenko Upsets No. 6 Seed At Stanford

  July 31, 2011 9:08 IST

  Stanford, California, Jul 26 : Russia's Maria Kirilenko beat sixth-seeded Julia Goerges of Germany 6-2, 6-3, Tuesday in the first-round of the Bank of the West Classic.Seventh-seeded Ana Ivanovic of Serbia, playing her first match

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  Zvonareva Defeats Pervak To Win Baku Cup Final

  July 25, 2011 23:29 IST

  Baku, Azerbaijan, July 25: Vera Zvonareva won her second title of the year Sunday, beating Ksenia Pervak 6-1, 6-4 in an all-Russian final at the Baku Cup.Zvonareva started strong with a break in the opening

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  Simon Beats Youzhny In German Open Semifinals

  July 29, 2011 11:41 IST

  Hamburg, Germany, July 24: Gilles Simon rallied to beat Mikhail Youznhy of Russia 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 on Saturday to reach the German Open final.The fifth-seeded Frenchman will be looking for his second title of the

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  Russia's Zvonareva Advances To Baku Cup

  July 29, 2011 11:36 IST

  Baku, Azerbaijan, July23: Vera Zvonareva defeated Ukraine's Mariya Koryttseva 6-1, 6-2 on Saturday to reach the final of the Baku Cup.The top-seeded Russian on Sunday will bid for her second title of the year, against

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  Serena Williams Into US Open With Special Ranking

  July 29, 2011 11:08 IST

  New York, Jul 20: Serena Williams is using her special injury-protected No. 1 ranking to get into the U.S. Open field.She is ranked 172nd this week, and only the top 105 players have been granted

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  Monfils, Melzer Advance At German Open In Hamburg

  July 28, 2011 11:47 IST

  Hamburg, Germany, Jul 20: Top-seeded Gael Monfils of France bounced back from a first-round loss last week in Stuttgart to beat Spanish qualifier Albert Ramos 6-4, 6-2 on Wednesday and advance to the third round

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  Serena Williams Continues Comeback At WTT Event

  July 28, 2011 11:37 IST

  New York, Jul 19 : Serena Williams continued her comeback Tuesday, taking part in mixed doubles, doubles and singles in World Team Tennis.Williams, who sat out nearly a year with an assortment of health problems