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Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will renew their rivalry in the Italian Open final Sunday.In Saturday's semifinals at the Foro Italico, Federer held off a stiff challenge from Frenchman Benoit Paire 7-6 (5), 6-4, and six-time Rome champion Nadal defeated sixth-seeded Tomas Berdych 6-2, 6-4.It will mark Nadal's eighth consecutive final since his return from an injury layoff and the first for Federer this year.Nadal holds a 19-10 edge head to head against Federer, but they have split their last four meetings.In the women's tournament, Serena Williams is one victory away from winning her fourth consecutive title this year — with the French Open a week away. She will face third-seeded Victoria Azarenka in Sunday's final.The top-ranked American overcame an early break of her serve to ease past Romanian qualifier Simona Halep 6-3, 6-0, extending her career-best winning run to 23 matches.Williams is coming off consecutive titles in Miami, Charleston and Madrid.Azarenka kept her concentration t...
Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova reached the quarterfinals at the Madrid Open on Thursday, with the two top-ranked players winning in straight sets.Williams neede...
Second-seeded Maria Sharapova beat Sabine Lisicki of Germany 6-2, 7-5 Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Madrid Open.After breaking Lisicki late in the ...
Victoria Azarenka will not reach a third straight Madrid Open final after suffering a second-round upset Wednesday at the $4 million French Open tune-up.Russian left...
Sara Errani of Italy was the lone seeded player in action Saturday to start the Madrid Open and the 2012 French Open runner-up had an easy win against Poland's Urszu...
Maria Kirilenko of Russia defeated Sorona Cirstea of Romania 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 Saturday to reach the Pattaya Open final.Kirilenko will play for the title Sunday against ...
KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) — Thrusting a clenched fist toward the far end of the court before the final point, Venus Williams telegraphed her intentions.Her next shot p...
Former French Open champion Francesca Schiavone posted a first-round victory Wednesday at the $235,000 Moroccan Grand Prix.The sixth-seeded Italian veteran got past ...
Third-seeded Alize Cornet reached the quarterfinals, while former French Open champion Francesca Schiavone posted a first-round victory Wednesday at the $235,000 Mor...
Russia is back in the Fed Cup final, but it took a dramatic comeback against the Slovak Republic on Sunday to do it.The Slovaks appeared on the way to their first fi...
Dominika Cibulkova and Daniela Hantuchova won singles matches Saturday to give the Slovak Republic a commanding lead in their Fed Cup semifinal against Russia.Cibulk...
Host Russia will battle the Slovak Republic in a best-of-five Fed Cup semifinal in Moscow this weekend.Saturday's opening singles will pit Russian Anastasia Pavlyuch...
Vera Zvonareva rallied from 5-3 down in the deciding set to defeat Daniela Hantuchova 7-5, 6-7 (5), 7-5 Thursday in the quarterfinals of the Qatar Ladies Open.Zvonar...
Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova won her second straight Pattaya Open title Sunday, defeating Russia's Maria Kirilenko 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-3.This was Hantuchova's fifth car...
Defending champion Daniela Hantuchova ousted Vania King of the United States 7-6 (7), 6-4 Friday to reach the semifinals at the Pattaya Open.The Slovak remained unbe...
Defending champion Daniela Hantuchova ousted Vania King of the United States 7-6 (7), 6-4 Friday to reach the semifinals at the Pattaya Open.The Slovak remained unbe...
Venus Williams lost to Daniela Hantuchova 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 in the quarterfinals Thursday, exiting Eastbourne a day after her sister was defeated but still pleased with ...
Roger Federer was ousted by Kei Nishikori of Japan with a 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 loss Thursday in the third round of the Madrid Open.Following the loss by the second-ranked S...
Top seeds Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova were a pair of straight-set third-round winners Thursday at the $4 million Madrid Open, a clay-court French Open tune-u...
Rafael Nadal cruised into the Madrid Open quarterfinals with a 6-2, 6-3 victory Thursday over Mikhail Youzhny that featured an array of creative shots.Top-ranked Ser...