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Kuerten among wild cards at French Open (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 15 May 2008 1:18 pm. Filed under Uncategorized.
Three-time French Open champion Gustavo Kuerten was given a wild-card entry into this year's tournament by the French tennis federation on Thursday. The 31-year-old Brazilian will be playing his final tournament at Roland Garros, where he won his only majors in 1997, 2000 and 2001. The clay-court tournament begins May 25, with the main draw two days before.
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Sharapova to assume No. 1 ranking (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 15 May 2008 10:25 am. Filed under Uncategorized.
Maria Sharapova will assume the No. 1 ranking in tennis because of Justine Henin's retirement. The 25-year-old Henin, who retired Wednesday, asked to be removed from the rankings, the WTA Tour said Thursday. Sharapova will automatically become No. 1 when the next rankings are released Monday. It will mark the fourth time the Russian has held the top ranking.
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Henin announces immediate retirement (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 14 May 2008 10:27 am. Filed under Uncategorized.

Belgium's Justine Henin addresses the media at a tennis club in Limelette, Belgium, Wednesday, May 14, 2008. Justine Henin retired from tennis Wednesday, an abrupt ending to a short and successful career in which she won seven Grand Slam singles titles and leaves while ranked No. 1. The 25-year-old Belgian made the surprising announcement at a news conference, less than two weeks before the start of the French Open. She has won that clay-court major championship four times, including each of the past three years.

The determination that helped Justine Henin beat bigger, stronger opponents time and again was fading. "I decided," the 25-year-old Belgian said, "to stop fooling myself and accept it." Henin retired from tennis Wednesday, an abrupt ending to a career in which she won seven Grand Slam singles titles and spent more than 100 weeks ranked No.


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Report: Henin to retire Wednesday (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 14 May 2008 6:16 am. Filed under Uncategorized.
Top-ranked Justine Henin will make a major announcement about her career Wednesday amid reports she will quit professional tennis. Henin, who has been in a slump all spring, called a news conference, while local newspapers already carried headlines saying "Henin quits." The 25-year-old Belgian has always said she sought a long career and despite injuries and a divorce, she had a sterling 2007 with...
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Report: Henin to retire Wednesday (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 14 May 2008 2:11 am. Filed under Uncategorized.
Justine Henin is quitting professional tennis, according to a Belgian newspaper. The 25-year-old Henin, the top-ranked player in the world, will make the announcement Wednesday, Het Nieuwsblad reported. Henin has been battling fatigue and not playing well. This year she lost to Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova and Italy's Francesca Schiavone.
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Doubles team of twins heroic in fire (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 13 May 2008 4:46 pm. Filed under Uncategorized.
Twin brothers who play professional tennis as a doubles team helped the wife and son of another doubles player escape from a hotel fire. Sanchai and Sonchat Ratiwatana of Thailand were making their way through thick, black smoke to exit their hotel when they heard someone calling for them. It was the wife of Lucas Arnold Ker, who like the twins is in town for a Challenger Series tournament.
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Sharapova, WTA compromise on photo shoot (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 12 May 2008 12:03 pm. Filed under Uncategorized.
Maria Sharapova reached a compromise with the WTA Tour and completed a promotional photo shoot before the Italian Open began Monday. The second-ranked Russian was opposed to the shoot because she does not like distractions before tournaments, and claimed the WTA threatened to fine her more than $300,000 if she refused.
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Recent winner Safina out of Italian Open (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 12 May 2008 9:42 am. Filed under Uncategorized.
Dinara Safina pulled out of the Italian Open on Monday due to a back injury, one day after the biggest triumph of her career. The 14th-ranked Russian won the title of the German Open on Sunday, defeating Elena Dementieva in three sets. Two years ago, Safina reached the Italian Open final but lost to Martina Hingis.
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US Open to air on ESPN, Tennis Channel (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 12 May 2008 4:15 am. Filed under Uncategorized.
The U.S. Open tennis tournament's cable TV coverage is leaving USA Network after 25 years and moving to ESPN and Tennis Channel starting in 2009. The six-year deal through 2014 was announced by the U.S. Tennis Association on Monday. ESPN now owns TV rights to parts of all four tennis Grand Slam tournaments.
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Mauresmo withdraws from Italian Open (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 11 May 2008 9:39 am. Filed under Uncategorized.
Two-time champion Amelie Mauresmo withdrew from the Italian Open on Sunday due to a rib injury. The 19th-ranked Frenchwoman won the clay-court warmup for the French Open in 2004 and '05. She was also the runner-up twice. Last week, Mauresmo withdrew from the German Open. She joins top-ranked Justine Henin on the sideline.
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Fatigued Henin out of Italian Open (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 9 May 2008 5:45 pm. Filed under Uncategorized.
Top-ranked Justine Henin has withdrawn from next week's Italian Open, citing fatigue, and the WTA Tour said Friday she will be fined $20,000 for the late withdrawal. On Thursday, Henin lost to Dinara Safina 5-7, 6-3, 6-1 in the third round of the German Open. That loss followed a 6-2, 6-0 drubbing by Serena Williams at the Sony Ericsson Open last month, the worst for a No.
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US-Spain Davis Cup semi to be in Madrid (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 9 May 2008 1:21 pm. Filed under Uncategorized.
Rejecting pleas from its players and coach, the Spanish tennis federation chose Madrid's bullring Friday as the venue for the Davis Cup semifinal series against the United States. The Spanish players had preferred one of the three other candidates -- Benidorm, Tenerife and Gijon -- for the Sept. 19-21 matchup against the defending champion Americans.
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Spain’s Davis Cup city pick gets ugly (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 6 May 2008 4:06 pm. Filed under Uncategorized.
The selection process to determine which city will host Spain's Davis Cup semifinal series against the United States is threatening to turn into a mutiny. The players and team captain are upset that the Spanish tennis federation appears to be ready to overlook home-court advantage in favor of sponsorship money.
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Brengle, Odesnik earn French Open berths (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 6 May 2008 3:53 pm. Filed under Uncategorized.
Madison Brengle and Wayne Odesnik earned wild-card berths for the French Open by winning U.S. Tennis Association mini-tournaments. The 18-year-old Brengle, a recent Fed Cup team selection, defeated Ahsha Rolle to emerge from an eight-woman field for a USTA wild card into the clay-court Grand Slam tournament, which begins May 25.
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Unseeded teen Azarenka advances in Rome (AP)

Posted by Yahoo! Sports - Tennis News on 5 May 2008 9:54 am. Filed under Uncategorized.

Finland's Jarkko Nieminen returns a ball to Czech Republic's Radek Stepanek during their men's first round match, at the Rome Masters tennis tournament, in Rome, Monday, May 5, 2008.

Unseeded teenager Victoria Azarenka routed Sybille Bammer 6-1, 6-3 Tuesday in the first round of the Italian Open before play was delayed because of rain. Azarenka has showed strong form in the last two weeks, when she lost to eventual champion Dinara Safina at the German Open and posted a runner-up finish at the Prague Open.


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