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Tennis-Palermo International women's singles results

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:33:09 +0100

July 16 (Reuters) - Palermo International women's singles second round results from Italy on Thursday (prefix denotes seeding) Yaroslava Shvedova (Kazakhstan) beat Alberta Brianti (Italy) 6-3 6-2 2-Patty Schnyder (Switzerland) beat Nuria Llagostera Vives (Spain) 6-2 6-2 Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Germany) beat Arantxa Rus (Netherlands) 7-6(5) 6-3 5-Sara Errani (Italy) beat Patricia Mayr (Austria) 7-6(6) 6-1

UPDATE 1-Tennis-Swedish Open men's singles results

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:23:41 +0100

July 16 (Reuters) - Swedish Open men's singles second round results from Bastad on Thursday (prefix denotes seeding, * new result) * Juan Monaco (Argentina) beat Victor Crivoi (Romania) 6-0 7-6(1) 1-Fernando Verdasco (Spain) beat Daniel Koellerer (Austria) 6-7(1) 6-2 7-5 Andreas Vinciguerra (Sweden) beat Guillermo Canas (Argentina) 6-7(5) 6-3 6-4 5-Nicolas Almagro (Spain) beat Potito Starace (Italy) 2-6 6-1 6-1 4-Juergen Melzer (Austria) beat Daniel Gimeno (Spain) 6-2 6-2

Tennis-Prague Open women's singles results

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:33:35 +0100

July 16 (Reuters) - Prague Open women's singles second round results on Thursday (prefix denotes seeding) Timea Bacsinszky (Switzerland) beat Stefanie Voegele (Switzerland) 6-4 6-1 3-Iveta Benesova (Czech Republic) beat Monica Niculescu (Romania) 7-5 6-4 Zarina Diyas (Kazakhstan) beat 8-Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) 6-4 6-2 Kateryna Bondarenko (Ukraine) beat Kristina Barrois (Germany) 7-5 7-5

REFILE-Tennis-Zverev defeats top seed Simon in Stuttgart

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:09:20 +0100

BERLIN, July 16 (Reuters) - German Mischa Zverev cruised past top seed and world number seven Gilles Simon 6-4 6-2 in Stuttgart on Thursday to advance to the quarter-finals.

UPDATE 2-Tennis-Stuttgart Cup men's singles results

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:00:43 +0100

July 16 (Reuters) - Stuttgart Cup men's singles second round results from Germany on Thursday (prefix denotes seeding, * new result). * Mischa Zverev (Germany) beat 1-Gilles Simon (France) 6-4 6-2 Lukasz Kubot (Poland) beat 5-Philipp Kohlschreiber (Germany) 6-2 6-4 2-Nikolay Davydenko (Russia) beat Michael Berrer (Germany) 6-3 6-3 Jeremy Chardy (France) beat Martin Vassallo Argueello (Argentina) 2-6 6-3 6-1 Nicolas Kiefer (Germany) beat Simon Greul (Germany) 6-3 6-4 Fab

BRIEF-Tennis-Next India v Australia Davis Cup tie in India - ITF

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:49:30 +0100

MADRID, July 16 (Reuters) - The next Davis Cup tie between India and Australia will be a home fixture for India, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) ruled on Thursday.

UPDATE 1-Tennis-Swedish Open men's singles results

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:46:40 +0100

July 15 (Reuters) - Swedish Open men's singles results on Wednesday (prefix denotes seeding, * denotes new result). Second round 2-Robin Soderling (Sweden) beat Kristof Vliegen (Belgium) 6-2 6-3 3-Tommy Robredo (Spain) beat Peter Luczak (Australia) 6-2 6-3 Teimuraz Gabashvili (Russia) beat Bjoern Phau (Germany) 6-3 6-2 First round 5-Nicolas Almagro (Spain) beat Marat Safin (Russia) 6-3 7-6(6) Daniel Gimeno (Spain) beat Frederico Gil (Portugal) 6-1 6-4 (Compiled by Infostrada Sports;

Tennis-Safin tumbles out of Swedish Open, tires of tennis

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:03:55 +0100

BASTAD, Sweden, July 15 (Reuters) - Former world number one Marat Safin tumbled out of the Swedish Open on Wednesday losing to Spaniard Nicolas Almagro 6-3 7-6 in the first round and said he was looking forward to a life free from rackets and balls.

UPDATE 1-Tennis-Palermo International women's singles results

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:04:40 +0100

July 15 (Reuters) - Palermo International women's singles results from Italy on Wednesday (prefix denotes seeding). Second round * 1-Flavia Pennetta (Italy) beat Roberta Vinci (Italy) 7-5 6-1 * Tathiana Garbin (Italy) beat Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (Spain) 6-2 6-3 * 7-Aravane Rezai (France) beat Varvara Lepchenko (U.S.) 6-7(2) 6-4 6-2 Olga Govortsova (Belarus) beat 6-Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) 6-2 6-2 First round 2-Patty Schnyder (Switzerland) beat Anastasia Pivovarova (Russia)

UPDATE 1-Tennis-France's Gasquet cleared to return to tour

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:44:08 +0100

PARIS, July 15 (Reuters) - France's Richard Gasquet has been cleared to return to the tour after testing positive for cocaine, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) said on Wednesday.