2006 U.S.OPEN DAY 7
Amelie Mauresmo pumps her fist after breaking serve during her 3 sets defeat of Mara Santangelo at the U.S. Open in Flushing Meadows, New York on September 3, 2006. (UPI Photo/John Angelillo) .
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Galina Voskoboeva rallied for a three-set victory Monday in first-round play of the $220,000 Pattaya Open tennis tournament in Thailand.
Top-seeded Maria Kirilenko cruised to a straight sets victory against Italy's Roberta Vinci in the second round of the Banka Koper Slovenia Open in Portoroz.
Top-seeded Italian Flavia Pennetta and fourth-seeded Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro were opening-round winners Monday at the Palermo International.
Third-seeded Virginie Razzano of France was upset by Taipei's Yung-Jan Chan 6-1, 6-0 Tuesday at the Strasbourg International tennis tournament.
Russia’s Anna Chakvetadze, No. 5 in the world, was paired against Italy’s Francesca Schiavone to open the Federation Cup finals this weekend in Moscow.
Francesca Schiavone Sunday beat Tatiana Golovin, 6-4, 2-6, 7-5, giving Italy a 3-2 win over France in the Fed Cup semifinals at Castellaneta Marina, Italy.
Former champion Maria Sharapova of Russia Saturday beat Japan's Ai Sugiyama 6-3, 6-3 in a third-round match at Wimbledon.
Justine Henin and Amelie Mauresmo, the tournament's top two seeds, coasted into the third round Wednesday at the International Women's Open.
No. 6-seeded Shahar Peer was pushed to a third set before claiming a first-round win at the $600,000 International Women's Open in Eastbourne, England.
Jelena Jankovic of Serbia rallied Sunday to beat Russia's Maria Sharapova in the final of the weather-plagued DFS Classic at Birmingham, England.
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