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Dinara Safina almost lost to Timea Bacsinszky in US Open third round
Swiss teenager Timea Bacsinszky almost stunned sixth seed Dinara Safina in straight sets, but the Russian recovered in the last moment and continued her successful run on the Tour (since May, in-form Safina has...
Ashley Harkleroad misses the US Open because of pregnancy
Ashley Harkleroad, most famous for being the first tennis player to pose for Playboy, is not playing the US Open because of pregnancy.
The 23-year-old Harkleroad had an emergency surgery in March when she had...
Venus Williams comfortably into fourth round at US Open
Seventh seed Venus Williams moved into the fourth round of the US Open with an imposing 6-2 6-1 victory over No.27 seed Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine.
Williams, the 2000 and 2001 champion, served three aces...
Marion Bartoli beats Lindsay Davenport in the third round of the US Open
France’s Marion Bartoli defeated local favorite Lindsay Davenport 6-1 7-6 to move into the fourth round of the US Open.
The 1998 champion Davenport was asked whether she believed her defeat to No.12 seed Bartoli...
Svetlana Kuznetsova loses in US Open third round
The 2004 champion and last year’s finalist Svetlana Kuznetsova lost 6-3 6-7 6-3 in the third round of the US Open to Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia.
Third-seeded Kuznetsova was erratic and made 36 unforced errors,...
Jankovic overcomes Zheng, hair stays intact
Second seed Jelena Jankovic advanced to the fourth round of the US Open with a hard-fought victory over Wimbledon semifinalist Jie Zheng of China, ranked 37th in the world. I’m joking about this "hair...
Ana Ivanovic blames lack of practice for early exit at the US Open
World number one and top seed Ana Ivanovic was stunned by 188th-ranked Julie Coin in the second round of the US Open and it’s the earliest exit by women's top seed at the US...
Ana Ivanovic upset in US Open second round by Julie Coin
Top seed and world number one Ana Ivanovic of Serbia was shocked in the second round of the US Open falling to 188th-ranked Julie Coin of France 6-3 4-6 6-3.
Ivanovic was broken two times...
Venus Williams advances to round three at US Open
Seventh seed Venus Williams didn’t need to work much to get past Rossana De Los Rios of Paraguay and move into the third round of the US Open, the tournament she won in 2000...
Dinara Safina moves into US Open third round
Russian sixth seed Dinara Safina advanced to the third round of the US Open with a 6-4 6-3 victory over Roberta Vinci of Italy.
Roland Garros finalist Safina, who has won three WTA titles this...