Sharapova reaches Stanford semi
July 31st, 2010 · No Comments
Maria Sharapova defeats fellow Russian Elean Dementieva 6-4 2-6 6-3 at the Stanford Classic in California to set up a semi-final against Agnieszka Radwanska.
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Sharapova defeats Dementieva at Stanford (AP)
July 30th, 2010 · No Comments
Maria Sharapova outlasted fellow Russian Elena Dementieva, 6-4, 2-6, 6-3, in a match Friday night that lasted 2 hours, 47 minutes in the quarterfinals of the Bank of the Classic. The fifth-seeded Sharapova improved to 6-3 against top 10 competition since returning from shoulder surgery last May. She advanced to her fourth semifinal of the year.
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Below-par Murray reaches LA semi
July 30th, 2010 · No Comments
Britain's Andy Murray beats Alejandro Falla at the Farmers Classic in Los Angeles, but the top seed has plenty to work on ahead of his semi-final.
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Defending champion Querrey wins in LA (AP)
July 30th, 2010 · No Comments
When he wasn't yelling at himself and breaking two rackets, defending champion Sam Querrey kept it together long enough to beat Rainer Schuettler 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (7) in the quarterfinals of the Farmers Classic on Friday. The second-seeded American used back-to-back big serves in the tiebreaker to win at the Los Angeles Tennis Center on the UCLA campus.
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US Open Series TV Schedule
July 30th, 2010 · No Comments
TV Schedule (All times Eastern)
(All times Eastern)
WEEK
DATE
TIME
EVENT
NETWORK
Week 1
Fri. 7/23
12:00 ? 2:00 pm
Tennis Championships
Tennis Channel
4:00 ? 6:00 pm
Atlanta Tennis Championships
ESPN2
7:00 ? 9:00 pm
Atlanta Tennis Championships
ESPN2
Sat. 7/24
1:30 ? 3:30 pm
Atlanta Tennis Championships
ESPN2
7:00 ? 9:00 pm
Atlanta Tennis Championships
Tennis Channel
Sun. 7/25
3:00 ? 5:00 pm
Atlanta Tennis Championships
ESPN2
8:00 ? 9:30 pm
Atlanta Tennis Championships
Tennis Channel
Week 2
Fri. [...]
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US Open Series TV Schedule
July 30th, 2010 · No Comments
TV Schedule (All times Eastern)
(All times Eastern)
WEEK
DATE
TIME
EVENT
NETWORK
Week 1
Fri. 7/23
12:00 ? 2:00 pm
Tennis Championships
Tennis Channel
4:00 ? 6:00 pm
Atlanta Tennis Championships
ESPN2
7:00 ? 9:00 pm
Atlanta Tennis Championships
ESPN2
Sat. 7/24
1:30 ? 3:30 pm
Atlanta Tennis Championships
ESPN2
7:00 ? 9:00 pm
Atlanta Tennis Championships
Tennis Channel
Sun. 7/25
3:00 ? 5:00 pm
Atlanta Tennis Championships
ESPN2
8:00 ? 9:30 pm
Atlanta Tennis Championships
Tennis Channel
Week 2
Fri. [...]
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Azarenka ends Bartoli’s streak in Stanford at 8 wins
July 30th, 2010 · No Comments
Belarus' Victoria Azarenka beat defending champion Marion Bartoli 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 on Friday in the Bank of the West Classic quarterfinals, ending the Frenchwoman's run of eight straight victories in the event.
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Groth ousts defending champ Dushevina in Istanbul
July 30th, 2010 · No Comments
Jarmila Groth of Australia defeated defending champion Vera Dushevina of Russia 7-5, 6-2 in the quarterfinals of the Istanbul Cup on Friday.
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Groth ousts defending champ Dushevina in Istanbul
July 30th, 2010 · No Comments
Jarmila Groth of Australia defeated defending champion Vera Dushevina of Russia 7-5, 6-2 in the quarterfinals of the Istanbul Cup on Friday.
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Defending champ Querrey beats Schuettler in Los Angeles
July 30th, 2010 · No Comments
Defending champion Sam Querrey defeated Rainer Schuettler of Germany 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (7) in the quarterfinals of the Farmers Classic.
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Defending champ Querrey beats Schuettler in Los Angeles
July 30th, 2010 · No Comments
Defending champion Sam Querrey defeated Rainer Schuettler of Germany 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (7) in the quarterfinals of the Farmers Classic.
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July 30th, 2010 · No Comments
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Chela beats top-seeded Davydenko with ease in Croatia
July 30th, 2010 · No Comments
Eighth-seeded Juan Ignacio Chela routed top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko 6-2, 6-1 on Friday to reach the Croatia Open semifinals.
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Chela beats top-seeded Davydenko with ease in Croatia
July 30th, 2010 · No Comments
Eighth-seeded Juan Ignacio Chela routed top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko 6-2, 6-1 on Friday to reach the Croatia Open semifinals.
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Is Mirka turning into Bridgette (that?s Sampras?s wife. Geeeeeezzzzzz)?
July 30th, 2010 · No Comments
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Melzer, Ljubicic reach Croatia quarters (AP)
July 30th, 2010 · No Comments
Eighth-seeded Juan Ignacio Chela routed top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko 6-2, 6-1 on Friday to reach the Croatia Open semifinals. Davydenko, from Russia, only held serve once against Chela, the Argentine who will play Potito Starace of Italy on Saturday. Starace beat No. 3 Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia 6-4, 7-6 (6).
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Rules Quiz
July 30th, 2010 · No Comments
Test your knowledge of the rules of tennis. Questions cover a range of scenarios, from common to bizarre.
Rules Quiz originally appeared on About.com Tennis on Friday, July 30th, 2010 at 21:58:59.
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Top-seeded Youzhny loses to Schukin at Swiss Open
July 30th, 2010 · No Comments
Top-seeded Mikhail Youzhny lost to 147th-ranked Yuri Schukin of Kazakhstan in the Swiss Open quarterfinals.
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Top-seeded Youzhny loses to Schukin at Swiss Open
July 30th, 2010 · No Comments
Top-seeded Mikhail Youzhny lost to 147th-ranked Yuri Schukin of Kazakhstan in the Swiss Open quarterfinals.
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Top-seeded Youzhny loses to Schukin at Swiss Open
July 30th, 2010 · No Comments
Top-seeded Mikhail Youzhny lost to 147th-ranked Yuri Schukin of Kazakhstan in the Swiss Open quarterfinals.
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Ernests Gulbis. In His Own Words.
July 30th, 2010 · No Comments
It?s telling, for me at least, that ?s racquet bashing during his second round loss to at the Farmers Classic, has generated more interest than ?s tougher than expected match. Of course, it helps that Gulbis?s press conference afterwards generated some of the best one liners we?ve heard all year. I [...]
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Ernests Gulbis. In His Own Words.
July 30th, 2010 · No Comments
It?s telling, for me at least, that ?s racquet bashing during his second round loss to at the Farmers Classic, has generated more interest than ?s tougher than expected match. Of course, it helps that Gulbis?s press conference afterwards generated some of the best one liners we?ve heard all year. I [...]
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Ernests Gulbis Makes Sunny Return at Farmers Classic.
Gulbis Loses Cool and Match to Falla at Farmers Classic.
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Youzhny reaches Swiss Open quarterfinals (AP)
July 30th, 2010 · No Comments
Top-seeded Mikhail Youzhny lost to 147th-ranked Yuri Schukin of Kazakhstan in the Swiss Open quarterfinals. The 31-year-old Schukin, who came through qualifying, reached his first career semifinal by defeating the 14th-ranked Russian 6-4, 2-6, 7-5 on Friday. Schukin will play seventh-seeded Frenchman Richard Gasquet in Saturday's semifinals.
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Top seed Schiavone loses at Istanbul Cup (AP)
July 30th, 2010 · No Comments
Jarmila Groth of Australia defeated defending champion Vera Dushevina of Russia 7-5, 6-2 in the quarterfinals of the Istanbul Cup on Friday. Groth converted four of her five break points, using strong returns to dominate the second set. Third-seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova also reached the semifinals by beating Sorana Cirstea of Romania 6-4, 6-2, while fellow Russian Elena Vesnina ousted Anastasia...
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Baltacha bows out of Istanbul Cup
July 30th, 2010 · No Comments
Elena Baltacha fails to build on her win over top seed Francesca Schiavone as she loses 6-4 6-0 to Germany's Andrea Petkovic at the Istanbul Cup.
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Baghdatis and Tomic Make Coaching Changes
July 30th, 2010 · No Comments
There must be something about the month of July that brings forth a need to change one?s coach on the ATP World Tour.
Following the news earlier this week that had hired Paul Annacone on a ?trial basis,? and had fired Miles Maclagan in search of better results, Cypriot [...]
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Youzhny Defeated in Gstaad; Rain Allows Play in Umag; Top Four Seeds Alive at LA Open
July 30th, 2010 · No Comments
Allianz Suisse Open —Switzerland
Top seed was bounced from the quarterfinal stage of the Allianz Suisse Open on Friday by qualifier , 6-4, 2-6, 7-5.
Needing two hours and 13 minutes to advance, Schukin continued his dream march this week by winning 70 percent of his first serve points, while breaking Youzhny?s serve [...]
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Hobbled Murray Wins LA Summer Opener; Sharapova v. Dementieva in Stanford
July 30th, 2010 · No Comments
fought through stiffness in his summer hardcourt opener.
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Melzer, Ljubicic advance to Croatia Open quarterfinals
July 30th, 2010 · No Comments
Second-seeded Juergen Melzer of Austria has beaten Jan Hajek of the Czech Republic 6-1, 6-0 to gain the Croatia Open quarterfinals.
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A Special Offer From Our Sponsor
July 30th, 2010 · No Comments
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Reading Between the Lines
July 30th, 2010 · No Comments
by Pete Bodo Howdy. Isn't in nice to have the Bank of the West Classic at to kick around, in a good way? It's always good news when the WTA produces a sub-major tournament with story lines that crackle...
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los angeles: friday oop
July 30th, 2010 · No Comments
FARMERS CLASSIC, LOS ANGELES, CALIF. ORDER OF PLAY ? FRIDAY, JULY 30, 2010 STRAUS STADIUM start 12:00 noon (GER) vs [2] (USA) [6] (SRB) vs [3] (CYP) Not Before 4:00 PM [4] (ESP) vs [WC] (USA) Evening Session ? Not Before 7:30 PM [...]
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Murray Battles Red Hot Smyczek and Cold Night in L.A. Debut.
July 30th, 2010 · No Comments
Everyone thinks of as having 80 degree weather and blue skies every day, and while for the most part that?s true, sometimes it can get down right frosty in these parts. For the night matches taking part at the Farmers Classic in Los Angeles, cool nights have become part of the norm including [...]
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Champion Bartoli defeats Ivanovic
July 30th, 2010 · No Comments
Reigning champion Marion Bartoli advances to the Stanford Classic quarter-finals with a 6-3 6-4 win over former world number one Ana Ivanovic.
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Borwell & Kops-Jones in last four
July 29th, 2010 · No Comments
British doubles number one Sarah Borwell and her American partner Raquel Kops-Jones are into the semi-finals of the WTA Tour event in California.
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Murray battles through LA opener
July 29th, 2010 · No Comments
Andy Murray survives a second-set wobble to beat Tim Smyczek 6-1 4-6 6-2 and book his place in the Farmers Classic quarter-finals in Los Angeles.
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Two Rackets Better Than One?
July 29th, 2010 · No Comments
Sick of your backhand? Wish that the bliss of a forehand could go on and on? Well, Professor Don Mueller (aka Prof. Tennis) has come up with a way to make tennis all-forehand, and by his account, injury free.
The story, which originally aired last year prior to the start of the on ABC, [...]
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Benneteau Changes Coach
July 29th, 2010 · No Comments
Frenchman has announced that he will begin working with high-profile French coach Thierry Champion.
Previously coached by Loic Courteau, Benneteau has enjoyed a productive season which has included reaching the finals of , and the fourth-round of .
Benneteau is currently ranked No. 32 in the world.
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Sampras to Make China Debut On Champions Tour
July 29th, 2010 · No Comments
Former world No. 1 and 14-time Grand Slam winner Pete Sampras will join a star-studded cast for the October 21-24th Chengdu Open, which will take place at the Sichuan International Tennis Center in Chengdu, China.
Sampras will join Pat Rafter, Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Michael Stich in the eight man field. Sampras will compete in Group [...]
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Gulbis Loses Cool and Match to Falla at Farmers Classic.
July 29th, 2010 · No Comments
It was perhaps a little unfair that as walked off of the stadium court after his loss to 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(8), the classic 80?s song ?Bad to the Bone? by George Thorogood and the Destroyers played over his exit. It?s not clear if that song was cued up anyway or if [...]
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Lopez, Falla earn second-round wins in Los Angeles
July 29th, 2010 · No Comments
Fourth-seeded Feliciano Lopez of Spain has defeated Dudi Sela of Israel 7-6 (7), 6-4 in second-round play at the Farmers Classic.
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Lopez, Falla earn second-round wins in Los Angeles
July 29th, 2010 · No Comments
Fourth-seeded Feliciano Lopez of Spain has defeated Dudi Sela of Israel 7-6 (7), 6-4 in second-round play at the Farmers Classic.
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Lopez, Falla earn second-round wins in Los Angeles
July 29th, 2010 · No Comments
Fourth-seeded Feliciano Lopez of Spain has defeated Dudi Sela of Israel 7-6 (7), 6-4 in second-round play at the Farmers Classic.
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tattoo watch: finding love and hope in a shirtless robert lindstedt
July 29th, 2010 · No Comments
Swede Robert Lindstedt is still in the doubles draw with Romanian partner Horia Tecau at this week?s Farmer?s Classic in . They were practicing a day before their match against the team of Butorac and Rojer. FYI, Rojer used to play for UCLA?s tennis team. (Draw: Doubles) More: A closer look at Robert?s tattoo, [...]
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Kirilenko advances to quarterfinals at Stanford
July 29th, 2010 · No Comments
Russian Maria Kirilenko beat sixth-seeded Shahar Peer of Israel 6-4, 6-3 on Thursday at the Bank of the West Classic.
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Maria Kirilenko - Shahar Pe'er - Bank of the West Classic - Israel - Literature
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Kirilenko advances to quarterfinals at Stanford
July 29th, 2010 · No Comments
Marion Bartoli, Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka advanced to the quarterfinals of the Bank of the West Classic on Thursday.
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Maria Sharapova - Marion Bartoli - Victoria Azarenka - United States - Melanie Oudin
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CNN FOLLOWS MARTINA NAVRATILOVA THROUGH HER GREATEST CHALLENGE
July 29th, 2010 · No Comments
PRESS RELEASE
Network gets rare access to tennis legend’s fight against cancer in
‘Martina: My Toughest Opponent’
It has been almost six months since tennis legend Mart Navratilova was told she tested positive for breast cancer. On a day she considers her [...]
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Confessions of a Parking Valet.
July 29th, 2010 · No Comments
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Murray does not plan to engage a new coach until after the U.S. Open. Really?
July 29th, 2010 · No Comments
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Byran brothers about to set another record.
July 29th, 2010 · No Comments
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