Aiko Nakamura - Japan's Aiko Nakamura returns the ball to Sybille Bammer of Austria in the first set of play at the U.S. Open tennis championship held at the U.S. National Tennis Center on August 25, 2008 in Flushing Meadows, New York. (UPI Photo/Monika Graff)
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Japan's Aiko Nakamura returns the ball to Sybille Bammer of Austria in the first set of play at the U.S. Open tennis championship held at the U.S. National Tennis Center on August 25, 2008 in Flushing Meadows, New York.
TOKYO, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Fifth-seeded Kaia Kanepi rallied for a three-set win Monday in first-round women's play at the $175,000 Japan Open Tennis Championships in Tokyo.
TOKYO, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- Eighth-seeded Anna Chakvetadze was ousted by qualifier Kaia Kanepi in first-round play Tuesday at the $1.34 million Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament in Tokyo.
BALI, Indonesia, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- Third-seeded Flavia Pennetta was a straight-set winner Tuesday in first-round play at the $225,000 Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic in Indonesia.
BIRMINGHAM, England, June 12 (UPI) -- Nicola Vaidisova and Alona Bondarenko both came from behind Thursday in third-round play at the $200,000 DFS Classic tennis tournament in England.
BIRMINGHAM, England, June 11 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Marion Bartoli was one of four seeded players losing matches Wednesday at the $200,000 DFS Classic tennis tournament in England.
PARIS, May 27 (UPI) -- No. 4-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova posted a win Tuesday in the women's half of the French Open, where rain again forced postponement of dozens of matches.
INDIAN WELLS, Calif., March 17 (UPI) -- Third-round winners in the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, Calif., Sunday included Russians Maria Sharapova and Svetlana Kuznetsova.