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Former champion Schiavone through to French third round

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PARIS - Former champion Francesca Schiavone reached the third round of the French Open with a 2-6 6-3 6-1 defeat of Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova on Thursday.

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Serena sails through, Venus crashes out

MADRID - Serena Williams marked her first European appearance of the season with victory on the Madrid Open's striking blue clay courts on Monday, but her sister Venus crashed out in the second round.

Sports, 2010 U.S. Open 07 May 2012

Serena sails through, Venus crashes out

MADRID - Serena Williams marked her first European appearance of the season with victory on the Madrid Open's striking blue clay courts on Monday, but her sister Venus crashed out in the second round.

Sports, 2010 U.S. Open 07 May 2012

Jankovic exits, Azarenka battles through

INDIAN WELLS, California - Former champion Jelena Jankovic became the first seed to tumble out of the Indian Wells WTA tournament, losing 6-4 6-3 to American wild card Jamie Hampton in the second round on Friday.

Sports, 2010 U.S. Open 10 Mar 2012

Goerges and Radwanska to meet in Dubai final

- Unseeded German Julia Goerges enjoyed her third straight win over former world number one Caroline Wozniacki to reach the final of the Dubai tennis championships on Friday.

Sports, 2010 U.S. Open 24 Feb 2012

Serena stunned by Makarova at Australian Open

MELBOURNE - Russia's Ekaterina Makarova etched her name into Australian Open folklore on Monday by stunning Serena Williams 6-2 6-3 in their fourth-round match to end the American's aura of invincibility at Melbourne Park.

Sports, 2010 U.S. Open 23 Jan 2012

Courageous Clijsters through, Federer thumps Tomic

MELBOURNE - "Built Belgian tough" might become a badge of honor for future tennis generations after courageous Kim Clijsters' win over Li Na Sunday, while Roger Federer dashed the dreams of home fans by crushing young gun Bernard Tomic.

Sports, 2010 U.S. Open 22 Jan 2012

Wozniacki fights off Jankovic to ease into quarters

MELBOURNE - Caroline Wozniacki saw off a late fightback from former world number one Jelena Jankovic to ease into the quarter-finals of the Australian Open with a 6-0 7-5 victory on Sunday.

Sports, 2010 U.S. Open 22 Jan 2012

I thought about pulling the pin, says iron-woman Clijsters

MELBOURNE - Belgian iron-woman Kim Clijsters had to ignore voices in her head telling her to give up on her Australian Open title defense when she suffered an ankle injury in her fourth-round match against Li Na on Sunday.

Sports, 2010 U.S. Open 22 Jan 2012

Clijsters saves four match points to stun Li

MELBOURNE - Kim Clijsters was courage personified as the defending champion shook off a painful ankle injury and saved four match points to overhaul China's Li Na 4-6 7-6 6-4 and reach the quarter-finals of the Australian Open on Sunday.

Sports, 2010 U.S. Open 22 Jan 2012

U.S. Open 2010

Roger Federer of Switzerland returns a shot to Radek Stepanek of Czech Republic during their match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in Flushing Meadows in New York, in this August 31, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Jeff Haynes/Files

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