Tennishead (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
Womens Singles: Round 1 (3) Yanina Wickmayer (Bel) bt Timea Bacsinszky (Swi) 7-6 (8-6) 6-4 Alexandra Dulgheru (Rom) bt Sybille Bammer (Aut) 6-3 6-1 Alize Cornet (Fra) bt Kristina Barrois (Ger) 4-6 6-3 6-3 (2) Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) bt Monica Niculescu (Rom) 6-4 6-2 Womens Singles: Round 2 (8) Sara Errani (Ita) bt Tatjana Malek (Ger) 6-3 6-0 Petra Kvitova (Cze) bt (5) Iveta Benesova (Cze) 6-4 7-5...
Sports (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009
Maria Sharapova ended the US Open run of Christina McHale when she overpowered the American 6-2 6-1 at Flushing Meadows overnight. With her victory, the 2006 champion booked a third-round meeting with another American teenager, Melanie Oudin, who earlier upset fourth seed Elena Dementieva.Sharapova, seeded 29th, produced a display of power tennis although her 17-year-old opponent refused to be overawed...
The Inquisitr (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009
Flushing Meadows, NY (AHN) - World No. 1 Dinara Safina of Russia bounced back from a set down to oust German Kristina Barrois on Thursday with a 6-7 (5-7), 6-2, 6-3 second-round win at the Billie Jean King USTA National Tennis Center. The top seeded Russian, who was tested heavily by Olivia Rogwska in the opening [...]
Fox News (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009
Melanie Oudin is starting to make a name for herself. The 17-year-old American pulled off the biggest upset so far at the U.S. Open, beating No. 4 Elena Dementieva 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 on Thursday. Oudin also swung a big upset at Wimbledon, beating Jelena Jankovic in the third round. Top-ranked Dinara Safina overcame another shaky day of tennis to advance to the third round with a three-set victory over Kristina...
Daily Mail online | Sport (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009
Top seed Dinara Safina came through another shaky match at the US Open to reach the third round with a win over Kristina Barrois.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009
NEW YORK, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Dinara Safina was forced to once again defend her number one ranking after squeezing by unheralded Kristina Barrois at the U.S. Open on Thursday, her second successive struggle against an unseeded opponent.
Fox News (Free subscription) | 09/03/2009
Melanie Oudin is starting to make a name for herself. The 17-year-old American pulled off the biggest upset so far at the U.S. Open, beating No. 4 Elena Dementieva 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 on Thursday. Oudin also swung a big upset at Wimbledon, beating Jelena Jankovic in the third round. Top-ranked Dinara Safina overcame another shaky day of tennis to advance to the third round with a three-set victory over Kristina...
France24 (Free subscription) | 09/03/2009
World number one Dinara Safina, still looking for her first Grand Slam win, was her own worst enemy as she struggled against Germany's Kristina Barrois, eventually qualifying for the US Open third round with a 6-7 (5/7), 6-2, 6-3 win.
Sports - The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 09/03/2009
Volatile top seed Dinara Safina flirted with an early exit for a second successive match but held on to defeat Germany's Kristina Barrois 6-7 6-2 6-3 and reach the third round of the U.S. Open on Thursday....
Skysports.com (Free subscription) | 09/03/2009
World number one Dinara Safina once again failed to silence her US Open critics with a three-set win over Kristina Barrois.
The Seferm Post (Free subscription) | 09/03/2009
World number one Dinara Safina of Russia advanced to the third round of the US Open on Thursday by defeating Germany's 67th-ranked Kristina Barrois 6-7 (5/7), 6-2, 6-3. In a near-replay of a first-round struggle Safina had against Australian teen Olivia Rogowska, the 23-year-old Russian sprayed 38 unforced errors, double faulted 15 times, screamed at herself often and was her own worst enemy.
Belfast Telegraph (Free subscription) | 09/03/2009
Top seed Dinara Safina came through another shaky match at the US Open to reach the third round with a win over Kristina Barrois.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 09/03/2009
Top-ranked Dinara Safina overcame another shaky day of tennis Thursday to advance to the third round of the U.S. Open with a three-set victory over Kristina Barrois.
Fox News (Free subscription) | 09/03/2009
Melanie Oudin is starting to make a name for herself. The 17-year-old American pulled off the biggest upset so far at the U.S. Open, beating No. 4 Elena Dementieva 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 on Thursday. Oudin also swung a big upset at Wimbledon, beating Jelena Jankovic in the third round. Top-ranked Dinara Safina overcame another shaky day of tennis to advance to the third round with a three-set victory over Kristina...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 09/03/2009
Dinara Safina, the world’s No. 1 player, grimaced and agonized and double-faulted on key points, but pulled herself together in time to win over Kristina Barrois.
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