| Venus Falls in Turkey; Dementieva Advances |
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The only other seed on display in Istanbul was Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska, who looked in great touch on her way to a crushing 61 60 defeat of Italy's Romina Oprandi. The No.7 seed now goes on to meet No.1 seed Maria Sharapova in the next round, with a semifinal place at stake. The day's only other match saw Catalina Castań... |
2007-05-24
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| Bondarenko Advances in Turkey; Venus On Tap Today |
| saw contrasting fortunes for the Bondarenko family however, as Alona's younger sister Kateryna was bundled out of the tournament, by 21-year-old Italian Romina Oprandi. The match was a scrappy affair with eight breaks of serve and the same number of double faults, but it was Oprandi who held her nerve to advance to a second-r... |
2007-05-22
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| Serena Falls to Schnyder in Rome Thriller; Jankovic Rolls |
| one coming earlier in the day, as No.2 seeds and reigning Australian Open champions Cara Black and Liezel Huber downed unseeded Italians Karin Knapp and Romina Oprandi, 57 62 104. Both doubles semis will take the court Saturday in the Italian capital. (WTA)... |
2007-05-19
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| Serena Wins in Rome |
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Unfortunately for the home crowd, the Italian favorites continued to drop out as Francesca Schiavone, Flavia Pennetta, Roberta Vinci, wildcard Romina Oprandi and lucky loser Sara Errani all lost their first-round matches. Errani was a replacement for Ana Ivanovic who withdrew because of an ankle injury.
But two Ita... |
2007-05-16
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| Hantuchova, Dementieva Advance in Rome |
| e fate, defeating Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta 62 64.
Tuesday's action begins at 1 p.m. local time with the only Italian wildcard left in the draw, Romina Oprandi, taking on China's top-ranked star Li Na on Campo Centrale.
In fact, the Campo Centrale schedule is packed with the host nations's stars with Francesca Schiav... |
2007-05-15
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| Injuries Top-Seeded Again on ATP, WTA Tours |
| otlight seems to be on the unseeded players as Serena Williams (d. Safarova 7-6 in the third), (WC) Alicia Molik (d. (6) A.Bondarenko) and (WC) Sania Mirza (d. Oprandi 6-0 in the third) advanced while additional seeds (2) Anabel Medina Garrigues (l. to Bammer) and (5) Mara Santangelo (l. to Castano) fell.
"I just kept making... |
2007-01-09
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