Top seeds Hewitt, Sharapova safely through in Japan
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Top seeds Lleyton Hewitt and Maria Sharapova were taken to three sets in their second round matches before safely advancing at the $860,000 Japan Open on Wednesday.
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Lleyton Hewitt and Marat Safin, two former world number ones, made light of strong winds to earn morale-boosting victories in their opening round-robin matches at the Las Vegas Open on Tuesday.
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Top seed Lleyton Hewitt was pushed to  three sets by a Japanese player for the second day in a row at  the $860,000 Japan Open Thursday.
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World number one Maria Sharapova battled her way into the semi-finals of the Pan Pacific Open with a 4-6 6-0 6-1 victory over Japan's Ai Sugiyama on Friday.
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Top seed Lleyton Hewitt of Australia needed three sets to advance at the AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships on Wednesday. Hewitt, who had received a first-round bye, defeated Japanese wild card Gouichi Motomura
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Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova reached the semifinals of the Korea Open on Friday with a comfortable 6-2, 6-1 win over Australian Samantha Stosur.
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Top-seeded Lleyton Hewitt eased past No. 9-seeded Frenchman Cyril Saulnier after a tight first set 7-5, 6-1 Friday in the quarterfinals at the ATP stop in Tokyo, setting up a semifinal meeting with No.
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Maria Sharapova squeezed in a victory between downpours at Wimbledon on Saturday, beating Ai Sugiyama of Japan 6-3 6-3 to book her place in the fourth round.
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Tokyo, Japan (Sports Network) - Top seeds Lleyton Hewitt of Australia and David Nalbandian of Argentina highlighted Wednesday&#39;s second-round winners at the $775,000 Japan Open.
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World number one Roger Federer overcame stubborn Serb qualifier Viktor Troicki 7-6 7-6 to reach the third round of the Japan Open on Wednesday.
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Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova surged into the Korea Open semifinals Friday with a comfortable 6-2, 6-1 win over Australian Samantha Stosur.
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Top seeded Lleyton Hewitt rallied from a first set loss Thursday to defeat Japan&#39;s Takao Suzuki, 6-7 (3), 6-2, 6-4 and advance to the Japan Open quarterfinals.
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Defending champion Maria Sharapova of Russia entered the Japan Open tennis final on Friday while Thai star Paradorn Srichapan was dumped out of the men&#39;s quarter-finalsby Jiri Novak of the Czech Republic.
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Reigning Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova beat No. 1 Lindsay Davenport 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (5) in the Pan Pacific Open final Sunday and will move up to a career-high third in the WTA Tour rankings.
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Tennis stars Maria Sharapova and Ana Ivanovic insisted here Tuesday the women's game is clean as the world's elite players gear up for the first Grand Slam of the year in Australia.
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WORLD No.3 Lleyton Hewitt booked his place in the semi-finals of the Japan Open while defending champion Maria Sharapova cruised into the women&#39;s singles final yesterday.
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DEFENDING champion Maria Sharapova cruised into the Japan Open women&#39;s singles final today while world No.3 Lleyton Hewitt booked his place in the men&#39;s semis.