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Top seed Bartoli falls; Kanepi advances in Portugal

Top-seeded Marion Bartoli came up an opening-round loser, while reigning champion Kaia Kanepi advanced Tuesday at the $235,000 Portugal Open tennis event.Chinese Peng Shuai upended the former Wimbledon runner-up Bartoli in 6-0, 1-6, 6-4 fashion at this clay-court French Open tune-up. Bartoli has now dropped her last three tournament-opening matches.Meanwhile, Kanepi resumed her winning ways in Portugal with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over France's Kristina Mladenovic on Day 2.Kanepi defeated Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro in last year's finale in Estoril.Another upset left the draw without its top-two seeds, as Poland's Urszula Radwanska tackled No. 2 seed Dominika Cibulkova of the Slovak Republic 2-6, 6-4, 6-4.And playing for the second time in three days, former French Open champion Francesca Schiavone beat Spaniard Lourdes Dominguez Lino once again, this time 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 in a first-round affair. The veteran Italian also bested Dominguez Lino, in straight sets, in a championship match in Ma...

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  1. Shahar Peer will play, Venus Williams to defend title at Dubai tournament

    DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Shahar Peer of Israel will play in the Dubai Tennis Championships, a year after she was denied an entry visa for the tournament.Sh...

  2. Israeli Shahar Peer makes winning start to Dubai tournament after last year's visa denial

    DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Shahar Peer rallied to beat 15th-ranked Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium 3-6, 6-2, 7-5 in her opening match at the Dubai Tennis Champio...

  3. Israeli Shahar Peer makes winning start to Dubai tournament after last year's visa denial

    DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Shahar Peer rallied to beat 15th-ranked Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium 3-6, 6-2, 7-5 in her opening match at the Dubai Tennis Champio...

  4. Venus Williams beats Shahar Peer of Israel 6-3, 6-0 to reach Madrid Masters final

    MADRID (AP) — Venus Williams reached her first Madrid Masters final by defeating Shahar Peer of Israel 6-3, 6-0 Saturday.Williams improved to 12-1 record on clay thi...

  5. Caroline Wozniacki reclaims No. 1 ranking after beating Shahar Peer to reach Dubai semis

    Caroline Wozniacki regained the No. 1 ranking after beating Shahar Peer of Israel to reach the semifinals of the Dubai Championships on Friday.The 20-year-old Dane l...

  6. Caroline Wozniacki to reclaim No. 1 ranking after beating Shahar Peer to reach Dubai semis

    Caroline Wozniacki has regained the No. 1 ranking from Kim Clijsters after beating Shahar Peer of Israel to reach the semifinals of the Dubai Championships on Friday...

  7. Kvitova, Vinci reach Katowice semis

    Top seeds Petra Kvitova and Roberta Vinci were a pair of easy quarterfinal winners Friday at the inaugural Katowice Open.The former Wimbledon champion Kvitova drille...

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