18-year-old Nishikori wins in Japan Open first round
Associated PressKei Nishikori beat American Robert Kendrick 7-6, 6-7, 6-2 to reach the second round of the $969,000 Japan Open on Tuesday.
Story | Conversation | September 30, 2008Delic tops Soeda in straight sets at Japan Open; Kanepi also advances
Associated PressAmer Delic beat Go Soeda of Japan 6-4, 6-2 Monday to advance to the second round of the Japan Open.
Story | Conversation | September 29, 2008Hantuchova, Schnyder, Petrova advance to semifinals
ReutersTop seed Daniela Hantuchova struggled to overcome Taiwan's Chan Yung-Jan in the quarterfinals of the Bali Classic on Friday.
Story | Conversation | September 12, 2008Hantuchova struggles in second set before ousting qualifier
ReutersTop-seeded Daniela Hantuchova struggled at times in her 6-1, 7-5 victory against Ukrainian qualifier Olga Savchuk to reach the quarterfinals of the Bali Classic on Wednesday.
Story | Conversation | September 10, 2008Ivanovic survives scare from Dushevina; Williamses roll into second round
ESPN.com news servicesTop seed Ana Ivanovic survived a scare at the U.S. Open before scraping past Vera Dushevina of Russia 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 in the first round.
Story | Conversation | August 26, 2008Ivanovic wins, injured Sharapova withdraws at Montreal
Associated PressSeventh seed Dinara Safina of Russia and ninth seed Patty Schnyder of Switzerland each advanced to the third round in straight sets at the Rogers Cup.
Story | Conversation | July 30, 2008Sugiyama ousts Vaidisova; Petrova, Kuznetsova advance
Associated PressAi Sugiyama downed 16th-seeded Nicole Vaidisova 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 in an opening-round match at the Rogers Cup.
Story | Conversation | July 29, 2008Hantuchova ousted, Petrova ends losing streak on hard courts
Associated PressWimbledon quarterfinalist Nadia Petrova moved into the second round of the East West Bank Classic with her first hard-court win since January, a 6-0, 6-4 victory over Russian countrywoman Alina Jidkova.
Story | Conversation | July 22, 2008Sharapova needs 8-6 win in third set to overcome Rodina
ESPN.com news servicesWomen's No. 1 Maria Sharapova survived an upset bid by world No. 103 Evgeniya Rodina and her own errors to prevail 1-6, 6-3, 8-6 on Wednesday in the first round of the French Open.
Story | Conversation | May 28, 2008Dementieva advances; Craybas defeats fellow American King
Associated PressTop-seeded Elena Dementieva defeated Liana Ungur of Romania 6-2, 7-6 (4) Wednesday in the second round of the Istanbul Cup.
Story | Conversation | May 21, 2008Petrova defeats Osterloh in straight sets at Istanbul
Associated PressThird-seeded Nadia Petrova defeated American Lilia Osterloh 6-1, 6-2 Tuesday in the first round of the Istanbul Cup.
Story | Conversation | May 20, 2008Craybas, King both need three sets to reach second round at Istanbul Cup
Associated PressAmericans Jill Craybas and Vania King won first-round matches Monday at the Istanbul Cup, a clay-court tuneup for the upcoming French Open.
Story | Conversation | May 19, 2008Zvonareva, Szavay, Radwanska, Srebotnik reach second round
Associated PressVera Zvonareva, Agnes Szavay, Agnieszka Radwanska and Katarina Srebotnik all won their opening matches at the Family Circle Cup.
Story | Conversation | April 14, 2008Djokovic, Nalbandian lose; Williams sisters, Henin, Blake, Nadal advance
Associated PressDefending champion Novak Djokovic went into a funk after being warned for taking too much time between points and then blew a third-set lead to lose his opening match at the Sony Ericsson Open.
Story | Conversation | March 28, 2008Ivanovic, Venus advance to Australian Open quarterfinals
ESPN.com news servicesFourth seed Ana Ivanovic advanced to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open after she saved two set points and overcame a stubborn Caroline Wozniacki 6-1, 7-6 (2) on Monday.
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