Tennis: Dent Advances in Japan Open
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Seventh-seed Taylor Dent of the United States advanced with a 6-3, 6-4 over Tomas Zib of the Czech Republic in second-round action at the Japan Open tennis tournament in Tokyo.
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Last year&#39;s Wimbledon finalist Mark Philippoussis hit 11 aces against Tomas Zib of the Czech Republic but crashed out in the first round of the Japan Open tennis tournament in Tokyo overnight.
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MIYAZAKI - Tiger Woods, playing in Japan for the first time in two years, got off to a strong start Thursday as he shot a 5-under-par 65 to take a three-stroke lead at the Dunlop Phoenix Tournament.
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Top seed Lleyton Hewitt was pushed to three sets by a Japanese player for the second day in a row at the $860,000 Japan Open on Thursday.
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Mark Philippoussis has suffered his 13th first round loss of the year at the Japan Open in Tokyo. Inside the top 10 in the world rankings at the start of the year after an impressive 2003 season that included
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OTSU - World No. 1 Annika Sorenstam kick-started her bid for a fourth straight Mizuno Classic title by tying the course record with a 9-under-par 63 to move into the lead after the first round of the $1 million event in Shiga Prefecture.
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Maria Sharapova is pushed to three sets by Samantha Stosur in her first match at the Japan Open.
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Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova overpowered American Mashona Washington on Saturday to claim back-to-back Japan Open titles. Top seeded Sharapova cruised to a 6-0, 6-1 victory over Washington
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Fifth-seeded Taylor Dent of the United States on Tuesday launched his bid to retain his title at the $550,000 Thailand Open with a first-round 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 win over fellow American Justin Gimelstob.
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TOKYO - Jiri Novak of the Czech Republic outlasted American Taylor Dent in the men&#39;s singles final to win the Japan Open tennis title with a 5-7, 6-1, 6-3 victory on Sunday.
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Roger Federer downs Tim Henman 6-3 6-3 to capture the Japan Open title in Tokyo.
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Jiri Novak rallied from a set down against Taylor Dent to win the Japan Open men&#39;s singles final 5-7, 6-1, 6-3 on Sunday. Novak, the No.
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LLEYTON HEWITT overcame a mid-match blip to make a strong start to his Japan Open campaign and take another small step towards replacing Andy Roddick as the world&#39;s No.
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Seventh seed Taylor Dent of the USA has waltzed into the second round of the ATP tourney at the inaugural China Open on Tuesday. Dent beat Aussie Peter Luczak in straight sets
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Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova advanced to the final of the Japan Open on Friday, beating Tamarine Tanasugarn in straight sets.
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No. 2 seed German newcomer Florian Mayer defeated Frenchman Arnaud Di Pasquale 7-6(6), 4-6, 6-4 to advance to the quarterfinals.
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NAMES Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova overpowered American Mashona Washington , 6-0, 6-1, yesterday in Tokyo to win her second straight Japan Open. In the men's competition, Jiri Novak eliminated top-seeded Lleyton Hewitt , 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, and will face Taylor Dent of the United States in today's final. Dent ousted Bohdan Ulihrach , 4-6, 6-4, 6-1, in the other semifinal ...