Petrova beaten in first round for second straight year
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Russian 11th seed Nadia Petrova suffered a first-round defeat at the French Open for the second successive year when she was dumped out 7-5 5-7 6-0 by Czech Kveta Peschke on Tuesday.
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Wimbledon champion Venus Williams beat Russian Nadia Petrova 7-6 0-6 6-4 in the second singles on Saturday to level the Fed Cup semi-final between the United States and Russia at 1-1 in Stowe, Vermont.
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Andre Agassi made a surprise appearance at the Australian women's hardcourt championships Thursday, playing an unscheduled exhibition match after top-seeded Nadia Petrova withdrew before her quarterfinal.
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Svetlana Kuznetsova, Martina Hingis and Lleyton Hewitt easily advanced to the second round on Tuesday. Other early winners included No. 11 Patty Schnyder and No. 13 Nicole Vaidisova.
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Crowd favorite Jennifer Capriati  flirted with disaster before scrambling past Czech Denisa  Chladkova 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 to reach the second round of the U.S.  Open on Monday.
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MELBOURNE, Australia  - Former world No. 1 Serena  Williams was forced to dig deep before beating 11th-seeded  Russian Nadia Petrova, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, Sunday to reach the  quarter-finals of the Australian Open.
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Former champion Mary Pierce lost to Dally Randriantefy of Madagascar 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 Wednesday in the second round of the SEAT Open.
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Former world number one Kim Clijsters  continued her comeback from a debilitating wrist injury with a  7-5, 6-7, 6-1, victory over Russia's Nadia Petrova in the  second round of the Antwerp Diamond Games on Wednesday.
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NEW YORK , New York, United States of America -- Defending champion Justine Henin-Hardenne crashed out of the US Open here on Monday losing 6-3, 6-2 to Russia&#39;s Nadia Petrova in the fourth round.
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Russian Nadia Petrova sends defending champion Justine Henin-Hardenne out of the US Open in the fourth round.
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Russian Vera Zvonareva became the second seed to crash out of the $650 000 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Filderstadt, Germany on Tuesday, falling to a straight sets 6-3, 7-5 first round defeat against compatriot Elena Likhovtseva.
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Nadia Petrova of Russia made an early Paris Open exit when Ukraine's Kateryna Bondarenko beat her 7-6 3-6 6-4 in the first round on Tuesday.
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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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NEW YORK, US -- Russian qualifier Anna Chakvetadze shocked lackluster French Open champion Anastasia Myskina by beating her 7-6 6-3 in the second round of the US Open in New York.
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Nadia Petrova provided further  evidence of the growing Russian strength in women's tennis when  she defeated world number one Justine Henin-Hardenne 6-3, 6-2,  in the fourth round of the U.S. Open on Monday.
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Vera Dushevina upset second-seeded Maria Kirilenko 6-3, 5-7, 7-5 Tuesday to advance to the second round of the Korea Open.
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Defending champion and top seed Amy Frazier of the United States was upset by Li Na of China 7-5, 7-5 in the first round of the Moorilla International on Monday.