Nestor, Knowles win first-round match
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MADRID (CP) - Canadian Daniel Nestor and Bahamian partner Mark Knowles defeated Julian Knowle of Austria and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia and Montenegro in first-round action at the $3-million US Madrid Masters tennis tournament Tuesday.
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Roger Federer took the first step   toward what he hopes will be a third consecutive U.S. Open   title as he cruised past Wang Yeu-tzuoo of Taiwan 6-4 6-1 6-0   in the first round on Wednesday.
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Greg Rusedski beats Xavier Malisse in the first round of the ATP International in Delray Beach, Florida.
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Bothered more by the wind and her wrist wrap than her opponent, defending gold medalist Venus Williams overpowered Melinda Czink of Hungary 6-1, 6-2 in the opening match of the Athens Games' tennis tournament. Andy Roddick made his Olympic debut with a 6-3, 7-6 (4) victory over Flavio Saretta of Brazil, swatting 12 aces and 16 service winners.
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World No. 1 and top seed Roger Federer won his first-round match Tuesday in the Thailand Open in Bangkok. Defending champion Taylor Dent of the United States also won, scoring
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Ninth seed Elena Bovina of Russia made the most of not having to face one of her compatriots by recording a straight-sets victory on the opening day of the Generali Ladies Linz tennis tournament.
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Playing the first match on Arthur Ashe Stadium Court, the eighth-seeded Williams pounded out a 6-3, 6-4 victory over the Marion Bartoli, the 10th seed and Wimbledon runner-up.
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A DETERMINED Guillermo Canas held off a strong early charge from Spain&#39;s Guillermo Garcia-Lopez to win his first round clash at the Shanghai ATP event 7-6 6-1 today.
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Marat Safin defeated Lleyton Hewitt, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4, for his first Grand Slam title since the 2000 U.S. Open.
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Top-seeded Andy Roddick took a methodical 6-4, 6-4 victory over Rik De Voest of South Africa in their first-round match Wednesday at the Countrywide Classic.
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Britain's resurgent tennis hope wins first-round tie
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Serbia's Novak Djokovic and Spaniard David Ferrer rolled into the U.S. Open semi-finals for the first time in their careers with dominating last-eight victories on Thursday.
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Los Angeles - Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova won her opening match at the $3m WTA Tour Championships on Thursday, downing fellow Russian and US Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-1 6-4.
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No. 3 Novak Djokovic reached his first Grand Slam final with a 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 victory over No. 15 David Ferrer.
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Anastasia Myskina picked up her first win at the season-ending WTA Tour Championships on Friday beating world number one Lindsay Davenport 7-6(5), 6-4 in Los Angeles.
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Maria Sharapova won the first set of the U.S. Open women's final Saturday night, 6-4 over Justine Henin-Hardenne.
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Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova beat Emmanuelle Gagliardi of Switzerland 6-1, 6-3 Tuesday in the first round of the Korea Open.