Tennis

Errani moves into Slovenia Open semifinals

Fox News (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

Eight-seeded Sara Errani eliminated No. 1 Maria Kirilenko 6-1, 7-5 on Friday, winning her eighth straight match to reach the semifinals at the Slovenia Open. Errani, who won last week's WTA Tour event in Palermo, Italy, next faces third-seeded Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark, who beat Russia's Vera Dushevina 6-0, 6-1. Wozniacki won 80 percent of the points on her first serve, faced only three break points...

• Goerges upsets Srebotnik in Slovenia Open - MSNBC.com
• Srebotnik stunned again, falls at Slovenia Open - ESPN

French Open finalist Safina reaches Carson semis

CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

French Open finalist Dinara Safina, No. 10 seed Flavia Pennetta and unseeded American Bethanie Mattek moved into the semifinals of the East West Bank Classic on Friday.

Safina moves onto semifinals in Carson

Fox News (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

French Open finalist Dinara Safina, No. 10 seed Flavia Pennetta and unseeded American Bethanie Mattek moved into the semifinals of the East West Bank Classic on Friday. Safina, of Russia, was a 6-3, 6-1 winner over No. 8 seed Victoria Azarenka, of Belarus, and will face the winner of Friday night's match between top seed Jelena Jankovic and No. 9 Nadia Petrova in Saturday night's semifinal. The afternoon...

• Safina wins twice to move to semifinals in Carson - MSNBC.com

Errani takes out top seed Kirilenko at Slovenia Open

CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

Eight-seeded Sara Errani eliminated No. 1 Maria Kirilenko 6-1, 7-5 on Friday, winning her eighth straight match to reach the semifinals at the Slovenia Open.

Rogers Cup - Friday Wrap Up

Pro Tennis Fan (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

A strange day of tennis on Friday at the Rogers Cup in Toronto as several matches failed to live up to expectations. The morning match between young Croatian sensation Marin Cilic and streaking Frenchman Gilles Simon went a full three...

Sharp Safina tops Azarenka to earn Carson semis

ESPN (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

Dinara Safina, Flavia Pennetta and unseeded American Bethanie Mattek moved into the East West Bank semis on Friday.

Djokovic, Blake bow out at Rogers Cup

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Novak Djokovic and James Blake added their names to the upset list in Toronto, falling in Friday's quarterfinals at the Rogers Cup.

Venus withdraws from Rogers Cup in Montreal

CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

Wimbledon champion Venus Williams has withdrawn from next week's Rogers Cup women's tennis tournament with a knee injury.

Nadal to face Murray after narrow escape in Toronto - Summary

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

Toronto - Rafael Nadal takes a perfect 4-0 record against Andy Murray into their Saturday semi-final at the Toronto Masters after the Spanish second seed rescued a 6-7 (12-14), 6-2, 6-1 quarter-final win over Richard Gasquet. Reigning French Open and...

Nadal wins at Rogers Cup; Blake upset

MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

TORONTO (AP) -Andy Murray eliminated defending champion Novak Djokovic from the Rogers Cup with a 6-3, 7-6 (3) win in the quarterfinals Friday night.

• Blake loses to Kiefer at Rogers Cup - MSNBC.com
• Blake loses to Kiefer at Rogers Cup - MSNBC.com: Tennis

Murray ends Djokovic reign as Toronto champion

Reuters (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

TORONTO (Reuters) - Briton Andy Murray ended Novak Djokovic's reign as Toronto Masters champion by beating the world number three 6-3 7-6 to reach the semi-finals on Friday.

Errani ousts Kirilenko to reach Slovenia semifinals

ESPN (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

No. 8 Sara Errani ousted No. 1 Maria Kirilenko 6-1, 7-5 on Friday to reach the semifinals at the Slovenia Open.

Venus to skip next week's Rogers Cup with injury

ESPN (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

Venus Williams has withdrawn from next week's Rogers Cup tennis tournament with a knee injury.

Anna Kournikova Avoids Justin Gimelstob Following Insult

Entertainment Base! Fun! Daily! (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

Anna Kournikova doesn’t care about Justin Gimelstob or what he thinks about her. Last month, Gimelstob insulted the 28-year-old tennis diva on a radio show, but fans who were hoping to see the two face off on-court were likely to be disappointed. Kournikova was in Washington on Wednesday night with World Team Tennis’ St. Louis Aces, who [...]

Venus out of next week's Montreal Cup

Reuters (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Wimbledon champion Venus Williams has withdrawn from next week's Montreal Cup, the WTA Tour said on Friday.

Nadal and Djokovic ease into Toronto quarters, Roddick out, Nadal breezes into French Open quarters, Nadal and Djokovic On Toronto

rockport | yesterday

Rafael Nadal and defending champion Novak Djokovic eased into the last eight of the Toronto Masters on Thursday, while a racket-smashing Andy Roddick suffered a shock upset.

Federer seeks golden tonic in Beijing, Bachchans outplay Federer, Roger Federer, Tennis-Federer seeks golden tonic in Beijing

rockport | yesterday

• Olympic gold, FedEx's tonic - Daily News Analysis
• Federer seeks golden tonic in Beijing - Sify

Sania knocked out of East West Bank Classic, Sania Mirza knocked, Sania knocked out of East West Bank Classic

rockport | 07/24/2008

Sania Mirza once again fell at the second round stage when she lost in straight sets to Meng Yuan at the USD 600,000 East West Bank Classic tournament.