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Venus opens with win in Beijing
Beijing :: China | 2 months ago
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The American came back from 4-0 down in the second set to win 6-2 7-6 (7-1) at the Olympic Green Tennis Centre. Tenth seed Flavia Pennetta of Italy beat China's Han Xinyun 7-6 (7-2) 6-2. Dinara Safina and Serena Williams are among the leading women in...
Tags: Venus Williams, china opens, Serena Williams, Vera Dushevina, Maria Sharapova, Beijing, tennis centre, olympic tennis, Russian, China
Maria snatches women's singles bronze
Beijing :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility Maria seemed uncomfortable in the first game, making many unforced errors. But she fought back in the second game, leading 14-6, 18-8 and concluded the game 21-13 to force for a rubber game. In the decider, she comfortably led 18-8 before allowing the...
Tags: Elena Dementieva, gold medal, Beijing, Indonesian, Chinese Zheng Jie, Dinara Safina, olympic tennis, bronze medal, beijing olympic
Blake stuns Federer in Olympic quarterfinals
Beijing :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility The What's-Wrong-With-Roger Federer questions will continue after he was stunned in straight sets in the Olympic quarterfinals by James Blake of the United States, who was 0-8 against Federer before Thursday. Blake kissed the American flag on his shirt...
Tags: Roger Federer, Venus Williams, Serena Williams, Beijing, United States, James Blake, williams sisters, olympic tennis, Russia, France
Nestor, Niemeyer eliminated in Olympic tennis
Murray :: UT :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility ET Canadians Daniel Nestor and Frederic Niemeyer were defeated Monday in Olympic doubles tennis by brothers Andy and Jamie Murray of Great Britain. The Murrays came back to prevail 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 at the Olympic Green Tennis Center.
Tags: Andy Murray, Jamie Murray, andy murrays, crashes outing, Lu Yen-Hsun, Daniel Nestor, Chinese Taipei, murrays crashes, olympic tennis, Frédéric Niemeyer
Nadal, Serena Williams win Olympic singles debuts
Beijing :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility Venus and Serena Williams also advanced to the second round, as did Novak Djokovic, the biggest threat to prevent a Nadal-Federer final. Nadal played doubles but not singles at the Athens Olympics in 2004. He's playing both at Beijing, staying in the...
Tags: Andy Murray, olympic tennis, David Ferrer, Rafael Nadal, Italy, Serena Williams, Serb Janko Tipsarevic, Novak Djokovic, Beijing, Serbia
Ivanovic forced to withdraw from Games
Beijing :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility Top women's seed Ana Ivanovic has withdrawn from the Olympic tennis event with an injury to her right thumb. Ana Ivanovic "I was so looking forward to playing here and being part of this occasion." Ivanovic, who will be replaced by fellow Serb Jelena...
Tags: Ana Ivanović, seed ana, olympic tennis
Ana: I am flattered being the Favourite
Beijing :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility Having flown a long way from Italy, she was welcomed at the airport by a large number of reporters and fans. Olympic Games are wonderful; they come to me as a result of a hard work- said Ivanovic on her arrival to China. Beside Ana, our other players...
Tags: nadal, federer, wimbledon, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Beijing, olympic tennis, olympic village
LLeyton Hewitt: Beware of Roger Federer
Beijing :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility Lleyton Hewitt says don't discount Roger Federer's chances of winning Olympic gold, despite the Swiss star's recent lackluster play and the pending loss of his No. There's only the French Open and Olympic gold that's not on Roger's career highlights,"...
Tags: Lleyton Hewitt, Roger Federer, Lleyton Hewitt, Beijing, Fernando Gonzalez, Rafael Nadal, olympic gold, olympic tennis, olympic games, open ceremony
Australian Broadcasting Company: Mauresmo withdraws from Beijing
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
Credibility Mauresmo withdraws from Beijing Posted July 4, 2008 08:21:00 Amelie Mauresmo, who won the women's singles silver medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics, has announced her withdrawal from the French team for the Beijing Olympics. The former Wimbledon and Australian...
Tags: Beijing, Amélie Mauresmo, beijing olympic, tennis tournament, silver medal, olympic tennis, Ana Ivanović, singles silver, Athens, French
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