Olympic double champion Wang out of table tennis semifinals
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ATHENS, Aug. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Chinese Sydney Olympic double champion Wang Nan lost to Singapore&#39;s Li Jia Wei 4-1 Thursday evening and failed to make the women&#39;s singles semifinals in the table tennis tournament of the 2004 ...
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Lindsay Davenport exited the US Open disappointed but not downhearted after her hopes of a second title were ended in the semi-finals by Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova 1-6, 6-2, 6-4 on Friday.
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Top-ranked Amelie Mauresmo was routed in the China Open final Sunday, losing 6-4, 6-0 to Svetlana Kuznetsova in a final interrupted because of rain.
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The Chinese powered their way to another men's gymnastics world championship Thursday. Can anyone catch them in time for the Olympics in Beijing? Hardly looked like it with the way they performed and everyone else stumbled.
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Chinese second seeds Wang Nan and Zhang Yining have defeated South Korean third seeds Lee Eun Sil and Seok Eun Mi to win the Olympic women&#39;s doubles table tennis gold medal.
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Olympic champions Serbia and Montenegro, hit by a virus, were eliminated from the men&#39;s volleyball tournament Wednesday in an outstanding quarter-final with Russia.
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Russian second seed Svetlana Kuznetsova   thrashed a weary Peng Shuai 6-0 6-2 on Saturday to reach the   final of the China Open and end local hopes of a first   homegrown champion.
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ATHENS : Table tennis stars Wang Nan and Zhang Yining won China&#39;s 15th Olympic gold and their badminton team mates guaranteed themselves another victory, as the nation jostled with the United States to remain atop the medals leaderboard.
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Serena Williams breezed into the China Open semi-finals on Friday when Russia&#39;s Nadia Petrova retired with an ankle injury during the second set of their quarterfinals match.
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Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Olympic medalists Kostas Kenteris and Ekaterini Thanou quit the Athens Games, overshadowing the start of track and field events on the fifth day of competition. Venus Williams and Andy Roddick were eliminated from the tennis.
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Well, at least that one's out of the way. Happened pretty quick, too. Turns out the Americans can't play singles very well, either.
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Top-seeded Roger Federer was upset in the second round of the Olympic tournament Tuesday night, losing 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 to Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic.
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World number one Maria Sharapova retired in the second set of her Pan Pacific Open semi-final against Serbia's Ana Ivanovic due to a hamstring injury.
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Double Olympic champion Kelly Holmes has pulled out of the women&#39;s 800 metres scheduled for the second and final day of the world athletics final.
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ATHENS, Greece -- Ryu Seung-min beat China&#39;s Wang Hao in six games, becoming the first South Korean to win the men&#39;s table tennis gold medal since 1988.
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SPORTS NETWORK - World No. 1 Lindsay Davenport was ousted by defending champion Anastasia Myskina in straight sets Saturday in the semifinals of the Kremlin Cup in Moscow.
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In the sixth game of the menâs singles table tennis final Ryu Seung-min earned his second gold-medal point at 10-9. The 22-year-old had already missed out on his first chance in the fifth