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MONTERREY, Mexico, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- Spaniard Silvia Soler-Espinosa upended No. 4 seed Alexandra Dulgheru Tuesday in opening-round action at the Monterrey Open.
Soler-Espinosa eliminated her Romanian opponent 6-3, 6-3 on the hard courts at Sierra Madre Tennis Club.
Meanwhile, another seeded player avoided an upset when No. 6 Greta Arn of Hungary breezed past China's Zhang Shuai 6-1, 6-4.
Russia's Valeria Savinykh posted a convincing 6-2, 6-3 decision over 41-year-old Japanese Kimiko Date-Krumm, while Croatian qualifier Maria Abramovic bested Bogota runner-up Alexandra Panova 7-5, 6-4.
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PARIS, June 1 (UPI) --
Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova, the world's top two ranked women's tennis players, picked up wins Friday at the French Open.
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NEW YORK, June 1 (UPI) --
U.S. author Lauren Weisberger is working on a sequel to her 2003 blockbuster novel, "The Devil Wears Prada," EW.com reported.
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MIAMI, June 1 (UPI) --
U.S. weather forecasters say the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is expected to be about average, despite the rare late-May landfall of Beryl.
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UMEA, Sweden, June 1 (UPI) --
Residents in a northern Sweden county said they marked the first day of June by shoveling thick, wet snow.
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