October 2006
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Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 7 Oct 2006 6:44 am. Filed under
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Venus Williams advanced to the semifinals of the Japan Open on Thursday with a 7-6 (4), 6-3 win over Australia's Alicia Molik. Facing her toughest opponent of the tournament, the top-seeded Williams relied on solid groundstrokes to defeat Molik in 1 hour, 33 minutes at Ariake Colosseum. Williams struggled with her serve in the first set, double faulting five times, but took control midway through...
Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 5 Oct 2006 8:31 am. Filed under
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Top-ranked Amelie Mauresmo withdrew from the Porsche Grand Prix on Thursday because of a right shoulder injury. The Frenchwoman pulled out shortly before she was to play her first match of the tournament against Michaella Krajicek in the second round. Lisa Raymond has taken Mauresmo's place in the draw as the highest-ranked loser in qualifying.
Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 5 Oct 2006 7:17 am. Filed under
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Venus Williams advanced to the semifinals of the Japan Open on Thursday with a 7-6 (4), 6-3 win over Australia's Alicia Molik. Facing her toughest opponent of the tournament, the top-seeded Williams relied on solid groundstrokes to defeat Molik in 1 hour, 33 minutes at Ariake Colosseum. "I was having some problems with my errors which was frustrating," Williams said.
Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 4 Oct 2006 7:07 pm. Filed under
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Ana Ivanovic was upset by qualifier Kateryna Bondarenko 6-2, 1-6, 6-1 Thursday at the Porsche Grand Prix, and top-ranked Justin Henin beat Dinara Safina 6-4, 6-1 in her first match since winning the U.S. Open. Ivanovic, the runner-up at the French Open and a Wimbledon semifinalist, had numerous errors against the hard-hitting Ukrainian.
Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 4 Oct 2006 5:28 pm. Filed under
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Stefan Koubek was disqualified from the Open de Moselle on Thursday for directing an on-court tirade at a tournament official during a match with Sebastien Grosjean. Koubek, who will face a fine, led 5-7, 7-6 (4), 4-2 when the second-round match was interrupted. The Austrian was angered after Grosjean protested a linesman's call on his serve.
Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 4 Oct 2006 8:55 am. Filed under
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Maria Sharapova withdrew from the Fed Cup semifinals against the United States because of a right shoulder injury. In a statement posted on her Web site Tuesday, the 2006 U.S. Open champion said she had a "tremendous amount of swelling" and doctors advised her to rest her shoulder for the next 10 days.
Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 4 Oct 2006 8:39 am. Filed under
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Former U.S. Open champion Kim Clijsters may miss the French Open and limit her farewell season further to reduce the risk of injury. Clijsters, ranked fourth in the world, pulled out of this week's Open Gaz de France in Paris because of a sore hip to ensure she could play in next week's Diamond Games in Antwerp -- her last tournament in her Belgian homeland before retiring at the end of the year.
Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 2 Oct 2006 1:15 pm. Filed under
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Patrick McEnroe received a two-year contract extension Monday to stay on as captain of the U.S. Davis Cup team, charged with ending the country's longest title drought since the competition began in 1900. If McEnroe does remain in the job through 2008, he would tie Tom Gorman (1986-93) for the longest tenure as U.S.
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