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WTA Backspin by Todd Spiker (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Lists have always been a stock and trade component of WTA Backspin, and that's never more the case than with the annual Backspin Awards. The final "Ms. Backspin" standings won't show up in this space for a day or two, but don't expect me to suspend myself for a year for such an instance of "unknown whereabouts." I know just where they are! As for what those pesky Belgians might...
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Agnieszka Radwanska,
Aleksandra Wozniak,
Alexa Glatch,
Alexandra Dulgheru,
Alisa Kleybanova,
Alla Kudryavtseva,
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova,
Aravane Rezai,
Ayumi Morita,
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova,
Carla Suárez,
Carla Suarez Navarro,
Caroline Wozniacki,
Ekaterina Makarova,
Elena Vesnina,
Evgeniya Rodina,
Flavia Pennetta,
Gisela Dulko,
Julia Goerges,
Kateryna Bondarenko,
Lucie Safarova,
Magdalena Rybarikova,
Marion Bartoli,
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Sabine Lisicki,
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Vera Dushevina,
Vera Zvonareva,
Victoria Azarenka,
Viktoriya Kutuzova,
Virginie Razzano,
Yanina Wickmayer,
Yaroslava Shvedova,
Zheng Jie
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Fox News (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Top-seeded Vera Zvonareva of Russia and defending champion Jelena Jankovic of Serbia advanced to the second round of the Kremlin Cup on Tuesday. Zvonareva beat Ioana Raluca Olaru of Romania 6-2, 6-2 while Jankovic ousted Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan 6-4, 5-7, 6-1.
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Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Oct 20 (Reuters) - Kremlin Cup women's singles first round results from Moscow on Tuesday (prefix denotes seeding, * denotes new result). * 1-Vera Zvonareva (Russia) beat Ioana Raluca Olaru (Romania) 6-2 6-2 * Monica Niculescu (Romania) beat Sorana Cirstea (Romania) 3-0 (Cirstea retired) 2-Jelena Jankovic (Serbia) beat Yaroslava Shvedova (Kazakhstan) 6-4 5-7 6-1 Aleksandra Wozniak (Canada) beat Sara...
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Jethro Tull,
Monica Niculescu,
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Sara Errani,
Sorana Cirstea,
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Tsvetana Pironkova,
Vera Zvonareva,
Yaroslava Shvedova
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Tennishead (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Top seed Flavia Pennetta clinically took her chances to defeat Ioana Raluca Olaru 7-5 6-2 and book a semi-final place at the Generali Ladies tournament in Linz.
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ESPN (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Top-seeded Flavia Pennetta came a step closer to winning her first indoor title by beating Ioana Raluca Olaru of Romania 7-5, 6-2 in the quarterfinals of the Generali Ladies on Friday.
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Tennishead (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
Russia's Ekaterina Bychkova was the only player to cause an upset at the WTA Tashkent Open, dumping out third seed Ioana Raluca Olaru.
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Tennishead (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
Womens Singles: Round 1 (1) Yaroslava Shvedova (Kaz) bt Maria Elena Camerin (Ita) 6-1 6-1 Ekaterina Ivanonva (Rus) bt Lenka Wienerova (Svk) 7-6 (7-5) 7-5 Evgeniya Rodina (Rus) bt Kristina Kucova (Svk) 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (7-1) (6) Monica Niculescu (Rom) bt Corinna Dentoni (Ita) 6-3 6-0 Ekaterina Bychkova (Rus) bt (3) Ioana Raluca Olaru (Rom) 7-5 7-5 Akgul Amanmuradova (Uzb) bt Ksenia Lykina (Rus) 6-1 4-6...
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Ksenia Lykina,
Lenka Wienerova,
Lesya Tsurenko,
Maria Elena Camerin,
Monica Niculescu,
Patricia Mayr,
Sandra Zahlavova,
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Yuliana Fedak
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ATP Mens Tennis (Free subscription) | 08/25/2009
New Heaven Pilot Pen Tennis Tuesday august 25th Order of Play Stadium (from 10.00hrs) 1. Alizé Cornet vs. Samantha Stosur 2. ATP: Davydenko vs. Kendrick 3. ATP: Capdeville vs. Verdasco 4. Alona Bondarenko vs. Amélie Mauresmo 5. Edina Gallovits vs. Caroline Wozniacki (NB 19.00hrs) 6. ATP: Ram vs. Fish Grandstand (from 10.00hrs) 1. ATP: Dent vs. Kunitsyn 2. Marion Bartoli vs. María...
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Amelie Mauresmo,
Anna Chakvetadze,
Caroline Wozniacki,
Edina Gallovits,
Flavia Pennetta,
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Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez,
Marion Bartoli,
Samantha Stosur,
Sybille Bammer,
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WTA Backspin by Todd Spiker (Free subscription) | 07/28/2009
This weekend in Portoroz, in the first hard court event of the 3rd Quarter, Dinara Safina won her third singles title of the season to get her U.S. Open preparation off to a great start. Uh-oh. Here we go again? Remember, Safina heading toward a slam with a full head of steam isn't anything new. A year ago, the Russian won the U.S. Open Series and Silver in Beijing, only to fall in the Open SF. A year...
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USA Today (Free subscription) | 07/26/2009
Andrea Petkovic of Germany captured her first WTA Tour title on Sunday, beating Ioana Raluca Olaru of Romania 6-2, 6-3 at the ...
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CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 07/26/2009
Andrea Petkovic of Germany has won her first career WTA Tour title by beating Ioana Raluca Olaru of Romania 6-2, 6-3 at the Nuernberger Gastein Ladies.
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ESPN (Free subscription) | 07/26/2009
Andrea Petkovic of Germany has won her first career WTA Tour title by beating Ioana Raluca Olaru of Romania 6-2, 6-3 at the Nuernberger Gastein Ladies.
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pascalre | 05/19/2009
Qualifier Ioana-Raluca Olaru defeats Jelena Dokic at the Warsaw Open 2009 6-4 6-3. Jelena Dokic, who started the year with great matches (defeating Anna Chakvetadze and Caroline Wozniuacki) at the Australian Open, showed with her own words: one of the badest matches during the last two years. Jelena oppinon to her perfomance today. The reason seems to be playing Fed-Cup for Australia, so she had no...
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Photos of Jelena Dokic from this match
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