Tennis: Dent Advances in China Open
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Seventh seed Taylor Dent of the United States has eased past Australian Peter Luczak in the first round of the rain-interrupted China Open at the Beijing Tennis Center.
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Arantxa Parra Santonja of Spain rallied to beat Belarusian Anastasiya Yakimova 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 Wednesday and advance to quarterfinals of the Tashkent Open.
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Four-time champion Andre Agassi moved  into the last 16 of the Australian Open without dropping a set  as he held off fellow American Taylor Dent 7-5, 7-6, 6-1 in an  entertaining match Friday.
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Jiri Novak of the Czech Republic settled his game after a rocky start and beat Taylor Dent 5-7, 6-1, 6-3 Sunday to win the Japan Open for the sixth title of his career.
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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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Marco Baghdatis reached his first final since the Australian Open, defeating Thailand's Paradorn Srichaphan 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 Saturday to advance to the title match of the China Open.
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US Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova overcame a strong effort by Chinese qualifier Li Na and an opposing crowd to reach the quarterfinals of the China Open with a 6-3, 6-7 (6-8), 7-6 (7-3) victory on Thursday.
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Marcos Baghdatis records a comfortable win over Mario Ancic to claim the China Open.
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Taylor Dent defeated Australian qualifier Peter Luczak 6-3, 6-2 in a rain-delayed first-round match at the China Open on Tuesday.
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Fourth seed Rainer Schuettler reached the second round of China Open here on Monday with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over unseeded Australian Paul Baccanello.
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CHINA&#39;S lowly-ranked Na Li played the match of her career today against US Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova before finally falling in a gruelling three-set battle at the $US585,000 ($830,0000) China Open.
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No. 2 seed German newcomer Florian Mayer defeated Frenchman Arnaud Di Pasquale 7-6(6), 4-6, 6-4 to advance to the quarterfinals.
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Eighth-seeded Klara Koukalova of the Czech Republic rallied after a scoreless first set Monday to beat Sun Tiantian of China 0-6, 7-6 (5), 6-1 at the Guangzhou International Women's Open.
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Jiri Novak of the Czech Republic has won the Japan Open with a 5-7, 6-1, 6-3 victory over American Taylor Dent in Tokyo. The fifth-seeded Novak, who beat Lleyton Hewitt in the semi-finals, overcame the seventh
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Serena Williams overcame problems with her serve to defeat Russia&#39;s Vera Zvonareva 6-2, 6-3 Saturday, advancing to the China Open final against US Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova.
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Top-ranked Amelie Mauresmo rallied for a 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (3) win over Jelena Jankovic to advance to the final of the China Open. Mauresmo will play second-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova, who cruised to the final with a 6-0, 6-2 win over Peng Shuai of China.
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Serbia's Jelena Jankovic thrashed   Lourdes Dominguez Lino of Spain 6-0 6-1 in the first round of   the China Open on Monday, her first outing since her U.S. Open   heroics two weeks ago.