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Federer, Nadal into 3rd round at Paris Masters.
Federer, Nadal into 3rd round at Paris Masters. Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and defending champion David Nalbandian reached the third round of the Paris Masters on Wednesday without dropping a set. Nadal topped Florent Serra of France 6-2, 6-4, and eighth-seeded Nalbandian downed Nicolas Kiefer of Germany 7-6 (5), 6-3. Federer had the most trouble, [...]
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Results Wednesday from the Bell Challenge.
Results Wednesday from the Bell Challenge. A US$175,000 (?140,000) WTA Tour event on hard indoor courts at Club Avantage Multi-Sports de Quebec (seedings in parentheses): Singles First Round Rebecca Marino, Canada, def. Jill Craybas, United States, 7-6 (4), 6-1. Second Round Melinda Czink, Hungary, def. Julie Ditty, United States, 6-1, 6-1. Melanie Oudin, United States, [...]
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Top seed Petrova breezes in Bell Challenge match.
Top seed Petrova breezes in Bell Challenge match. Top seed Nadia Petrova breezed past Maria Mokh 6-1, 6-2 on Tuesday in the Bell Challenge. Petrova will face Varvara Lepchenko in the second round. Lepchenko beat Rossana De Los Rios 6-1, 6-3. Fourth-seeded Tamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand fell to Frenchwoman Severine Bremond 6-2, 7-6. Bremond will [...]
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Nadal, Nalbandian into 3rd round at Paris Masters.
Nadal, Nalbandian into 3rd round at Paris Masters. Top-ranked Rafael Nadal and defending champion David Nalbandian advanced to the third round of the Paris Masters with straight-sets wins Wednesday. Nalbandian, who beat Nadal in last year’s final, downed Nicolas Kiefer of Germany 7-6 (5), 6-3 to set up another meeting with fellow Argentine Juan Martin [...]
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Results Thursday from the China Open.
Results Thursday from the China Open. A US$524,000 ATP men’s tournament and a US$600,000 WTA women’s tournament at The Beijing Tennis Centre (seedings in parentheses): Singles Men Second Round Dudi Sela, Israel, def. David Ferrer (1), Spain, 6-3, 6-3. Andy Roddick (2), United States, def. Brendan Evans, United States, 6-4, 6-3. Tommy Robredo (6) Spain, [...]
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