Venus and Henin-Hardenne knocked out of Open
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They do themselves in with unforced errors, and the mistakes cost Henin-Hardenne her No. 1 ranking. By Associated Press. NEW YORK - Venus Williams grunted loudly, Lindsay Davenport muttered to herself and about
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Justine Henin, the top female tennis player in the world, defeated Venus Williamsto advance to face Svetlana Kuznetsova in the finals of the United States Open.
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Top seed Justine Henin loses the first set as she takes on Maria Sharapova for a place in the Australian Open semi-finals.
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Andy Roddick hit one last errant shot into the net and hung his head, his medal hopes over. A short while later, Venus Williams was gone, too. In back-to-back stunners at the Olympic tennis tournament, Roddick was upset by No. 16 Fernando Gonzalez of Chile 6-4, 6-4, and defending gold medalist Williams lost to Mary Pierce of France 6-4, 6-4. Both were third-round matches.
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Justine Henin rallied to defeat Nicole Vaidisova yesterday, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, and advanced to the final of the Zurich Open today. The top-ranked Henin will play Tatiana Golovin, who defeated Francesca Schiavone, 6-0, 6-4, in the other semifinal.The 15th-ranked Vaidisova did not succumb easily.Henin dropped a set for only the second time since losing in the semifinals at Wimbledon. She also lost a set against Golovin before defeating her in a final in Germany earlier this month.Henin, a winner of 19 consecutive matches, has captured eight titles in 12 tournaments this season.In the final set, Henin broke to lead, 3-2. She converted the first of two break points by drilling a forehand to the baseline that Vaidisova could not return. Trailing by 5-3, Vaidisova saved two match points to hold serve. She then broke the next game.Henin had saved two break points, but she smashed a lazy lob into the net. The following point, Henin angrily threw her racket to the ground after hitting a backhand shot well wide.Henin finally broke for good the next game, putting Vaidisova on the defensive and ending the match with a forehand winner.
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Defending champion Justine Henin- Hardenne was eliminated by Nadia Petrova in straight sets at the US Open, while two-time champion Andre Agassi advanced to a quarterfinal showdown with top men&#39;s seed Roger Federer.
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Venus Williams and Jennifer Capriati lost their shots at qualifying for the WTA Tour Championships with losses Friday in the Advanta tournament.
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Justine Henin, who is chasing her first Wimbledon title, beat Serena Williams Wednesday while Venus Williams steamrolled Maria Sharapova in the fourth round.
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Venus Williams suffered a recurrence   of her left wrist injury as she was beaten 6-3 6-0 by   17-year-old Polish qualifier Agnieszka Radwanska in the second   round of the Luxembourg Championship on Thursday.
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Justine Henin-Hardenne began the U.S. Open with a 74-minute victory over Maria Elena Camerin, eliminating the Italian 6-2, 6-1 as the last of the year's Grand Slams started late and under cloudy skies.
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Americans Venus Williams and Jennifer Capriati both crashed out of the Advanta Championships in Philadelphia on Friday. Sixth seed Vera Zvonareva of Russia upset Capriati
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The successive oustings of the Williams sisters by Justine Henin shows that Venus and Serena can not afford any more career dives.
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NEW YORK The rivalry match at the United States Open fizzled, but the mismatch sizzled. After Lindsay Davenport defeated Venus Williams, 7-5, 6-4, in a match that was ho-hum until the last game, Nadia Petrova
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Venus Williams and Jennifer Capriati's  hopes of qualifying for next week's lucrative season finale  were crushed by quarter-final defeats at the Advanta  Championships in Philadelphia on Friday.
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British world number four Tim Henman was knocked out of the quarter-finals of the Swiss Indoors tournament, falling 7-6 7-5 to unseeded Czech Jiri Novak.
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Venus Williams suffered a recurrence of her left wrist injury as she was beaten 6-3 6-0 by 17-year-old Polish qualifier Agnieszka Radwanska in the second round of the Luxembourg Championship on Thursday.
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Sport: Wimbledon: World No1 Justine Henin loses only four games in win over Elena Vesnina.