Brunet advances to K-1 final
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Schinias, Greece - Two-time Olympic silver medalist Caroline Brunet of Lac Beauport, Que., advanced directly to the 500-metre K-1 Olympic final by winning her heat during Tuesday&#39;s canoe-kayak flatwater qualifying.
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Maria Sharapova has cruised into the final of the Korea Open with a crushing 6-0 6-2 victory over Anne Kremer. The 17-year-old Wimbledon champion was in fine touch throughout the match, taking just 47 minutes to oust her opponent from Luxembourg.
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The top three seeded players &#151; Svetlana Kuznetsova, Patty Schnyder and defending champion Lindsay Davenport &#151; won in straight sets Friday to reach the semifinals of the Wismilak International.
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Sport: Tennis: British No1 crushes Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-2, 6-2 to reach final of Open 13
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Sweden's Robin Soderling won his first ATP singles title, using a strong serve to defeat Belgium's Xavier Malisse 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 Sunday in the Lyon Open final.
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Fourth seed David Nalbandian tamed the big-serve threat of Croatian Ivan Ljubicic 6-4, 6-4 on Saturday to move into the final of the â¬2.
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HALLE, Germany  - Tomas Berdych went one better than last year when he beat Marcos Baghdatis 7-5 6-4 in the final of the Halle Open on Sunday.
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Mardy Fish beat the hard-serving Ivo Karlovic, 7-6 (3), 6-4, in a Pilot Pen semifinal in New Haven to advance to his first final this year.
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Svetlana Kuznetsova powered to her  first grand slam title by beating fellow Russian Elena  Dementieva 6-3, 7-5 in the final of the U.S. Open at Flushing  Meadows Saturday.
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Top-seeded Maria Sharapova pounded unseeded Anne &quot;Kosmo&quot; Kremer of Luxembourg 6-0, 6-2 Saturday to advance to the final at the WTA stop at Seoul.
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Second-seeded Jiri Novak beat Wesley Moodie 6-3, 6-3 Saturday to advance to the final of the Millennium Tennis Championships.
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In-form Svetlana Kuznetsova won the battle of Russia&#39;s grand slam champions to book her place in the final of the China Open on Saturday.
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France's Brian Joubert won his first Grand Prix final on Saturday to establish himself as the top contender for next month's European championship crown.
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James Blake struggled yesterday but advanced to the final of the ATP Countrywide Classic in Los Angeles, defeating Hyung-Taik Lee of South Korea, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.âAlmost never on tour does a match go according to plan,â Blake said. âYou get a little frustrated. But at 27, Iâm better at not letting a little frustration turn into a big frustration.âBlake will face the winner the late semifinal between the unseeded Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic and the wild card Nicolas Kiefer of Germany.
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Barry Brust was grateful he had no time to contemplate the enormity of stopping Joe Thornton and his fellow San Jose Sharks. For the Kings' young goalie, simply doing it was much easier than thinking about it. Anze Kopitar scored two goals and Brust made 34 saves in his first NHL victory, leading Los Angeles to a 4-2 victory over the Sharks on Thursday night.
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Elena Dementieva outlasted Jennifer Capriati 6-0, 2-6, 7-6 (5) to set up all-Russian women&#39;s final at the US Open. Earlier, Svetlana Kuznetsova became the first Russian woman to reach the Open final when she beat a limping Lindsay Davenport 1-6, 6-2, 6-4.
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Svetlana Kuznetsova squeezed past  fellow Russian Nadia Petrova 7-6, 6-3 at the U.S. Open on  Wednesday to reach her first grand slam semi-final.