Safina extends family run in China
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Russian Dinara Safina stormed into the second round of the China Open on Monday, the day after big brother Marat Safin won the men&#39;s title.
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Russian Dinara Safina stormed into the  second round of the China Open Monday, the day after big  brother Marat Safin won the men's title.
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Russian Dinara &quot;Little Sis&quot; Safina led 3-1 over the former No. 1 American Wednesday before Williams found her rhythm to string together five consecutive games to survive her debut at the WTA stop in Beijing.
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Guangzhou, China (Sports Network) - Eighth-seeded Klara Koukalova was one of three first-round winners Monday at the inaugural Guangzhou International Women&#39;s Open tennis tournament.
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BEIJING : Wimbledon winner Maria Sharapova scorched Russian compatriot Tatiana Panova 6-1, 6-1 to kick-start her campaign at the China Open and book a place in the quarter-finals.
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Russiaâs Marat Safin won his first title in almost two years with a gritty 7-6, 7-5 victory over compatriot Mikhail Youzhny at the China Open on Sunday, just as another Russian star, recent US Open winner Svetlana Kuznetsova won another title in Bali.
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Beijing, China (Sports Network) - Big Russian Marat Safin and Thai star Paradorn Srichaphan moved into the semifinals, but third-seeded Argentine David Nalbandian went by way of the upset Friday at the inaugural China Open.
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BEIJING -- Serena Williams and Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova both advanced to the quarterfinals of the China Open on Wednesday.
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Serena Williams joined her Wimbledon conqueror Maria Sharapova in the quarterfinals of the China Open with a hard-earned 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 win over Russian Dinara Safin.
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BEIJING : Flying Finn Jarkko Nieminen soared into his third semi-final of the season, stunning third seed David Nalbandian 6-2, 2-6, 6-2 at the 500,000-dollar China Open.
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Beijing, China (Sports Network) - Big Russian Marat Safin was forced to win a pair of matches on Thursday, while former world No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero played just one match and came up a second-round loser at the inaugural China Open.
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Former US Open champion Marat Safin of Russia has advanced to the finals of the China Open tennis tournament in Beijing after scoring a straight-set win over Finland&#39;s Jarkko Nieminen 6-2, 6-4.
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Defending Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova of Russia has advanced to the semifinals of the China Open women&#39;s tennis tournament in Beijing.
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Marat Safin won the China Open on Sunday, beating fellow Russian Mikhail Youzhny 7-6 (4), 7-5 to claim his first title in two years.
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Werner Eschauer of Austria and the qualifier Steve Darcis of Belgium advanced to the final of the Dutch Open yesterday in Amersfoort, Netherlands. Neither one has played for an ATP title before. Darcis, ranked 297th, upset the second-seeded Mikhail Youzhny, 4-6, 6-0, 7-5, and Eschauer defeated Robin Haase, 6-4, 6-4, in the semifinals.At the clay-court Palermo Open in Italy, the 18-year-old Agnes Szavay reached her first career final by beating Sara Errani, 7-6 (0), 6-1, in the semifinals. Szavay, seeded eighth, will face the second-seeded Martina MÃ¼ller in the final today. MÃ¼ller defeated Karin Knapp, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1.At the Western & Southern Financial Group Womenâs Open in Mason, Ohio, Akiko Morigami earned her second berth in a final in three years by outlasting the qualifier Akgul Amanmuradova, 6-7 (8), 6-4, 6-3. She will play the top-seeded Anna Chakvetadze in the final today. Chakvetadze advanced with a 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 win over the third-seeded Sania Mirza.
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Marat Safin won the China Open yestereday, beating fellow Russian Mikhail Youzhny, 7-6 (4), 7-5, to claim his first title in two years.
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Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova advanced to the quarterfinals of the China Open on Wednesday, routing fellow Russian Tatiana Panova 6-1, 6-1.