July 2006
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Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 27 Jul 2006 1:28 am. Filed under
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Radek Stepanek upset second-seeded James Blake 7-6 (7), 5-7, 6-2 to win the ATP Countrywide Classic on Sunday. It was the second career title for Stepanek, who entered the match with a 13-15 record this season. He advanced to the final when wild card Nicolas Kiefer of Germany withdrew due to a sore knee.
Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 27 Jul 2006 1:21 am. Filed under
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Anna Chakvetadze won her second consecutive tournament, making quick work of surprise finalist Sania Mirza and taking the Bank of the West Classic 6-3, 6-2 on Sunday. "I'm pleased with the way I played and happy I won," Chakvetadze said. "I didn't serve that well the whole week but I played well. I had to concentrate more on every point." She improved to 6-0 in tournament finals and will rise to No.
Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 26 Jul 2006 10:34 pm. Filed under
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Andy Roddick thinks Gloria Connors' impact on his career will last long after her death. Gloria Connors, who coached her son Jimmy Connors for most of his stellar career, died at the age of 82 on Monday at her home in Belleville, Ill. Funeral services are scheduled for Friday. Jimmy Connors, who won eight Grand Slam singles titles and spent 160 consecutive weeks atop the world rankings, has been...
Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 26 Jul 2006 7:20 pm. Filed under
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Carlos Moya of Spain and Andrei Pavel of Romania advanced to the final of the Croatia Open with two-set victories Saturday. Moya has a chance to win his fifth title at Umag on Sunday after defeating Argentina's Guillermo Canas 6-3, 6-2 in one semifinal. Pavel beat Serbian qualifier Viktor Troicki 6-3, 6-3 in the other.
Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 26 Jul 2006 4:49 pm. Filed under
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Italy's Andreas Seppi rallied from a set down to beat Feliciano Lopez of Spain 5-7, 6-0, 7-6 (3) in the first round of the Austrian Open on Tuesday. Seppi led 5-1 in the first set when the match got interrupted by rain for about six hours. When play resumed, Seppi lost the next six games to drop the set, but then won six in a row to even the match.
Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 26 Jul 2006 12:37 pm. Filed under
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Gisela Dulko of Argentina won her first WTA Tour title Sunday, rallying to beat Sorana Cirstea 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-2 in the final of the Gaz de France Budapest Grand Prix. Dulko won four games in a row to start the second set. Her serve was broken in the opening game of the third set, but she rebounded by winning four straight games to establish a 4-1 lead.
Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 23 Jul 2006 4:05 pm. Filed under
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Unseeded Vera Zvonareva completed her sweep of the Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open, beating fourth-seeded Katarina Srebotnik 6-2, 6-4 Sunday to win her second tournament of the year. Zvonareva, who opened the week ranked 52nd on the WTA Tour, made taking the title look easy by winning every set during the Tier III tournament.
Posted by The Official Site of The Championships, Wimbledon on 9 Jul 2006 8:00 pm. Filed under
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The 120th Championships were a resounding success with both men's and women's singles crowns annexed by the number one seeds, Roger Federer and Amelie Mauresmo.
Posted by The Official Site of The Championships, Wimbledon on 9 Jul 2006 8:00 pm. Filed under
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Facts and Figures from The 120th Championships.
Posted by Administrator on 9 Jul 2006 12:44 pm. Filed under
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Congratulations to Kellen and Nate on winning the Junior Boys Doubles Championships at Wimbledon today!
Posted by The Official Site of The Championships, Wimbledon on 8 Jul 2006 8:00 pm. Filed under
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Bob and Mike Bryan not only completed a career Grand Slam when they lifted the men’s doubles trophy, but their win also served to restore faith in American tennis.
Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 8 Jul 2006 3:58 pm. Filed under
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Andy Ram of Israel and Russia's Vera Zvonareva won the Wimbledon mixed doubles title Saturday, beating Venus Williams and Bob Bryan of the United States, 6-3, 6-2. It was Ram's first Grand Slam title. Zvonareva won the U.S. Open mixed doubles title with Bob Bryan in 2004. The ninth-seeded pair won their semifinal match earlier Saturday, beating No.
Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 8 Jul 2006 3:53 pm. Filed under
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Bob and Mike Bryan won the Wimbledon doubles title Saturday to complete a career Grand Slam. The American twins, chest-bumping and hugging after key points, beat Fabrice Santoro of France and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. It was the brothers' seventh consecutive appearance in a Grand Slam doubles final.
Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 7 Jul 2006 6:50 am. Filed under
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Two-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal withdrew from next week's clay-court Swedish Open on Friday Nadal, the defending Swedish Open champion, has won a record 60 matches on clay. He pulled out because he plays Australian Open runner-up Marcos Baghdatis in the Wimbledon semifinals later Friday. "It is incredibly frustrating to have to withdraw from my favorite tournament," Nadal said in a...
Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 6 Jul 2006 5:28 pm. Filed under
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Serena and Venus Williams were picked Wednesday to play for the United States in the Fed Cup semifinals against Russia on July 14-15. Doubles specialist Lisa Raymond and teenager Vania King complete the U.S. squad announced by captain Zina Garrison. The Williams sisters, currently competing at Wimbledon, were part of the American team that beat Belgium 5-0 in the quarterfinals at Delray Beach, Fla.,...
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