Abassova upsets favourite
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Tamilla Abassova beat world champion and Russian team-mate Svetlana Grankovskaya to cruise into the women&#39;s sprint final on Tuesday.
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Venus Williams followed her sister Serena out of the Australian Open in the quarterfinals, both in losses to Serbian players. Venus went down 7-6 (3), 6-4 to fourth-seeded Ana Ivanovic on Wednesday, a day after defending champion Serena lost to No. 3 Jelena Jankovic.
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Ana Ivanovic is used to plenty of attention as one of Wimbledon&#39;s star attractions, but the Serbian sixth seed admitted she was still dazzled by rubbing shoulders with David Beckham and Kiefer Sutherland.
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Maria Sharapova loses her French Open semifinal to Ana Ivanovic, a Serbian teenager who soared to a 6-2, 6-1 victory Thursday to reach her first Grand Slam final. Justine Henin also advances.
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Former world number one Maria Sharapova defeated fellow Russian Anna Chakvetadze 6-0, 7-6 (12/10) in an exhibition match here on Sunday.
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Akiko Morigami outlasted the qualifier Akgul Amanmuradova from Uzbekistan yesterday to earn a 6-7 (8), 6-4, 6-3 win and her second finals berth in three years at the Western & Southern Financial Group Womenâs Open in Mason Ohio.Morigami, the seventh seed from Japan, had 17 chances to break Amanmuradovaâs serve and converted just four. The most crucial came in the sixth game of the third set, when Morigami returned a second serve deep to Amanmuradovaâs backhand. Amanmuradova hit her return volley into the net.âIt was a little bit tough,â Morigami said. âI kept telling myself not to think about the breaks and just to focus on the next point.âShe will face the winner of the semifinal match between top-seeded Anna Chakvetadze of Russia and third-seeded Sania Mirza of India.
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Ana Ivanovic, the seventh seed, defeated Maria Sharapova, 6-2, 6-1. Ivanovic will play Justine Henin on Saturday.
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Venus Williams came through a stiff test against Serbian schoolgirl Ana Ivanovic on Thursday to book her place in the Zurich Challenge quarter-finals.
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Fourth seed Ana Ivanovic beats Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki in the fourth round of the Australian Open.
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Amelie Mauresmo is in after outplaying Maria Sharapova, who also is in. And Anastasia Myskina is in after a victory over Elena Dementieva that put Davenport out.
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The top-seeded Belgian was upset in the fourth round of the year&#39;s last Grand Slam tournament by 14th-seeded Nadia Petrova 6-3, 6-2.
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Australian Open runner-up Ana Ivanovic has reached a career-high second in the ATP world rankings behind Justine Henin of Belgium.
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Elena Likhovtseva upset sixth-seeded Vera Zvonareva 6-3, 7-5 at the Porsche Grand Prix Tuesday, helped by 13 double faults from her fellow Russian.
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Serbian fourth seed Ana Ivanovic produced an electrifying display to reach the Australian Open third round Thursday as fellow contenders Venus Williams and Svetlana Kuznetsova battled through.
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Sport: Australian Open: Maria Sharapova brushed aside Ana Ivanovic 7-5, 6-3 to claim her third grand slam title
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The difference between Lindsay Davenport and Vera Zvonareva Sunday looked to be far greater than five spots in the WTA rankings. The fourth-ranked Davenport dominated No.
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The latest champion, and possibly the most convincing.