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Elena Sergeevna Vesnina () (born Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, on 1 August 1986) is a professional female tennis player from Russia.
Read More at Wikipedia ›Elena Vesnina shook off an earthquake and upset Jelena Jankovic 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 on Tuesday at the New Haven Open.
Later, top seed Caroline Wozniacki won for the first time in over a month. The world's No. 1 player easily dispatched Polona Hercog of Slovenia 6-3, 6-0 as she began her quest for a fourth consecutive title here.Vesnina was leading 2-0 in the first set and facing two break points when the quake, which was centered in Virginia, sent the Connecticut Tennis Center swaying, forced the evacuation of the stadium and caused a delay of over two hours.Parts of the White House , Capitol and Pentagon also were evacuated after the magnitude-5.8 quake, which was felt all along the East Coast.After play resumed, Vesnina held on to win the set, but she dropped the second and was tied at 4-4 in the third before rallying and breaking seventh-seeded Jankovic's serve in the final game of the match."I will remember this day for the rest of my life," Vesnina said. "There is nothing you can say. It...Reigning champion Petra Kvitova and former world No. 1 star Serena Williams were a pair of first-round winners, while Venus Williams was sent packing in the second r...
Top seed Sara Errani and unseeded Russian Elena Vesnina will square off in Saturday's final at the $220,000 Budapest Grand Prix tennis event, a clay-court French Ope...
Top seed Sara Errani secured a berth in the quarterfinals at the $220,000 Budapest Grand Prix tennis event, a clay- court French Open tune-up.The Italian Errani, who...
Top seeds Sara Errani and Ksenia Pervak were among Tuesday's opening-round winners at the $220,000 Budapest Grand Prix tennis event, a clay-court French Open tune-up...
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Top seed Sara Errani led the charge into the semifinals at the $220,000 Budapest Grand Prix tennis event, a clay- court French Open tune-up.Errani, who titled in Bar...
Top-seed Sara Errani posted a 7-5, 6-4 win over unseeded Russian Elena Vesnina in Saturday's final at the $220,000 Budapest Grand Prix tennis event, a clay-court Fre...
Serbia and Russia split the opening singles matches Saturday in their Fed Cup semifinal, as Jelena Jankovic gave the visitors the first point before Svetlana Kuznets...
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Fourth-seeded Czech Klara Zakopalova was among Monday's winners, while third-seeded Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova came up a first-round loser at the $220,000 Budapest...
Serena Williams defeated Elena Vesnina 6-3, 6-1 to reach the second round of the Madrid Open on Monday.The ninth-seeded Williams fired 13 aces and 40 winners during ...
Reigning champion Petra Kvitova and former world No. 1 star Serena Williams were a pair of first-round winners Monday at the $5.189 million Madrid Open.The third-see...
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