All-Russian US Open Final a Tough Sell for US Television
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So it will be that hottie Maria Sharapova grunting her way to a second...no? Got beat? Then it&#39;s that tempestuous nude-posing Marilyn Manson-look-alike Anastasia Myskina gunning for a second...no? Elena Dementieva?
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HDTV sports fans are disappointed that there's a limited menu of Olympic sports that can be seen on high definition and that many of these events are shown 24 hours or later than they are on NBC.
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With the U.S. Open and French Open champions, plus home-court advantage, Russia looks as if it has a good shot at winning the Fed Cup for the first time.
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It was the US Open all over again Saturday at the WTA stop in Beijing: Serena Williams and Svetlana Kuznetsova working their way toward the final, and Russian Vera Zvonareva breaking down in tears during her match.
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The US Open is really all that&#39;s left for defending champion Andy Roddick this year. He&#39;s coming in ranked No. 2 without a big title run since he won Miami in March and although he&#39;s been in the mix at nearly
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The unpredictability of Marat Safinâs game is becoming a thing of the past. These days the tempestuous Russian is as strong and forceful opponent as it is possible to find on the opposing side of a tennis
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The United States-Russia Davis Cup Final will be held at the Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon, the U.S. Tennis Association announced on Wednesday.
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Elena Dementieva hopes the second all-Russian women&#39;s final at a Grand Slam this year goes better than the first one when she faces compatriot Svetlana Kuznetsova on &quot;Super Saturday&quot; at the US Open.
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Twice defending champion Roger Federer   and former world number one Andy Roddick will square off in a   mouthwatering U.S. Open final on Sunday after rolling over   Russians in their semi-finals.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Svetlana Kuznestova became the first Russian to advance to a US Open final after defeating American and former champion Lindsay Davenport in three sets on Friday at Ashe Stadium in Flushing Meadows, NY.
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In the players&#39; lounge, in the locker rooms, in officials&#39; offices Wednesday, TVs around the US Open showed Jennifer Capriati&#39;s quarterfinal victory over Serena Williams.
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NEW YORK -- Whom do we blame for what happened last night -- a Russian woman Svetlana Kuznetsova taking home the US Open tennis championship?
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You didn't need Boris Sobkin, a distinguished Russian mathematician, to explain that Safin plus Youzhny equals 2-0 in Russian. But Sobkin was justifiably pleased nonetheless to have had a hand in the formula that spread gloom through a band of American tourists known as the United States Davis Cup team.
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Against a Chinese player from nowhere, newly-crowned US Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova from Russia had a narrow escape at the singles second round of the 585,000 US dollars
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Former champion Marat Safin loses to Thomas Enqvist at the US Open.
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The Russians are assured of their third different women&#39;s champion in successive grand slams at Flushing Meadows today, Elena Dementieva and Svetlana Kuznetsova having wiped the floor with their American opposition in yesterday&#39;s semi-finals.
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Svetlana Kuznetsova powered to her  first grand slam title by beating fellow Russian Elena  Dementieva 6-3, 7-5 in the final of the U.S. Open at Flushing  Meadows on Saturday.