| Tennis: Davis Cup World Group Qualifying Playoffs Results |
| rld Group for the first time in 13 years. Romania d. Japan 3-2Andrei Pavel and Victor Hanescu win both Sunday singles to keep Romania in the elite World Group. Takao Suzuki blew a 2-0 set lead in the first singles against Pavel, while Hanescu finished off Japan's Go Soeda in four sets including two tiebreaks. Korea d. Slova... |
2007-09-24
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| Kirilenko Wins; Hantuchova Falls in Tokyo |
| while No.6 seed Li crushed another American, Lilia Osterloh, 63 62.
Three other first rounds took the court. Francesca Schiavone beat Japanese wild card Erika Takao, 75 75; Severine Brémond defeated fellow Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli, 60 62; and Nicole Pratt outlasted Meghann Shaughnessy, 67(4) 61 64.
The 19-year-old Takao... |
2007-01-31
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| Bammer Beats Heat, American King Rolls at WTA Bangkok |
| ting spirit in a come-from-behind upset victory of No.2 seed Anabel Medina Garrigues, whom she had never beaten before.No.5 seed Eleni Daniilidou spoiled Erika Takao's 19th birthday by handing her a 64 64 loss. The Greek, who will be the highest seed in Friday's quarterfinal line-up, also struggled with the humidity."I didn... |
2006-10-13
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| No. 2 Seed and Molik Ousted at WTA Bangkok |
| aughed that it was impossible that we are playing each other again."Other Wednesday winners were No.5 Eleni Daniilidou, No.8 Jelena Kostanic, Vania King, Erika Takao, Klara Zakopalova, Nakamura and Severine Bremond.-- WTA... |
2006-10-12
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| Federer Struggles Into Semis at ATP Tokyo |
| Top seed Roger Federer again had a rough going in Tokyo Friday as the Swiss pulled out a third-set tiebreak to defeat Japanese wildcard Takao Suzuki 4-6, 7-5, 7-6(3)."It was a difficult match and I was afraid I might lose it," Federer said. "I could see the headlines, 'Federer loses to a guy outside the top 1,000.' I'm glad... |
2006-10-07
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