Roddick, Venus, Navratilova Win Openers
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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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Tokyo - Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova had a long day along with 2002 Wimbledon finalists Lleyton Hewitt and David Nalbandian in their first matches at the Japan Open tennis tournament on Wednesday.
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NEW YORK - Most of the top players advanced in straight sets to play Sunday in the U.S. Open, including Justine Henin-Hardenne, Lindsay Davenport, Venus Williams, Roger Federer, Andre Agassi and Tim Henman...
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Twice champion Venus Williams overcame early jitters to beat nemesis Jelena Jankovic 4-6 6-1 7-6 on Wednesday and secure a clash with world number one Justine Henin in the U.S. Open semi-finals.
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Venus Williams overcame struggles with her serve after a four-month layoff to defeat Akiko Morigami of Japan 6-1, 2-6, 6-4 Monday night in the opening round of the Cellular South Cup, a Tier III tournament.
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Maria Sharapova posted a convincing 6-3 6-4 victory over seventh seed Venus Williams in their first-ever meeting at the Swisscom Challenge indoor tournament in Zurich.
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Andy Roddick hopes to use home advantage to the maximum as he begins the defence of his US Open crown next week. Roddick, who opens this year against American
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Sport: Venus Williams beats Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-3 6-4 .
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Venus Williams&#39; victory on Thursday night made history at the US Open. For the first time at the tournament, four Black women advanced to the third round.
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NEW YORK -- Martina Navratilova and Nadia Petrova didn't have enough to down the top-seeded women's doubles combination at the U.S. Open on Thursday.
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VENUS WILLIAMS survived a potentially difficult opening round at the $US1.3million ($1.8m) WTA event in Zurich yesterday (AEST) when she beat Croatia&#39;s Karolina Sprem 6-2 6-2.
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No. 2 seed Andy Roddick opened with a win Tuesday at the Masters Cup, turning around a two-match losing streak against Tim Henman in edging the Brit 7-5, 7-6(6), coming back from 2-5 down in the second-set tiebreak.
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Venus Williams dispatched her second Russian opponent in as many days to book a spot in the semifinals and Rafael Nadal won a five-set victory to advance.
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All the emotion Venus Williams crammed into staving off elimination against Lindsay Davenport at the U.S. Open saved the 25th edition of their rivalry from being a dud.
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NEW YORK: Andy Roddick, Serena Williams and Jennifer Capriati provided a Labour Day weekend treat as they turned on the style at the US Open on Sunday.
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NEW YORK - Andy Roddick and Justine Henin-Hardenne play their first matches today at the U.S. Open...
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New York -- Andy Roddick was having none of the drama that accompanied the women&#39;s quarterfinals Tuesday. Taking the court in the wake of the Serena Williams-Jennifer Capriati tempest, Roddick methodically