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Russian Nadia Petrova hits a shot during her French Open second-round match against fellow Russian Maria Sharpova at Roland Garros in Paris on May 27, 2009. Sharpova defeated Petrova 6-2, 1-6, 8-6. (UPI Photo/ David Silpa)
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MOSCOW, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Third-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland, No. 5 Nadia Petrova of Russia and two other seeded players were upset Wednesday at the Kremlin Cup.
MOSCOW, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- No. 5 seed Nadia Petrova coasted to a 6-2, 6-0 victory Monday over Yana Buchina on the opening day of the Kremlin Cup in Moscow.
BEIJING, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Sixth-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova stormed into the championship match of the China Open Saturday with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Nadia Petrova.
BEIJING, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- Nadia Petrova won a third-set tiebreaker Thursday for a third-round upset of world No. 2 Serena Williams at the $4.5 million China Open in Beijing.
QUEBEC CITY, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Melinda Czink moved into the semifinals of the Bell Challenge Friday when top-seeded Nadia Petrova retired from their match after one set.
QUEBEC CITY, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- No. 1 seed and defending champion Nadia Petrova coasted into the quarterfinals of the Bell Challenge Wednesday with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Madison Brengle.
QUEBEC CITY, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Nadia Petrova and third-seeded Aleksandra Wozniak won their first-round matches Tuesday at the women's Bell Challenge.
NEW YORK, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- Venus and Serena Williams beat Russia's Alisa Kleybanova and Ekaterina Makarova 7-6 (7-4), 3-6, 6-2 Thursday in a women's U.S. Open doubles semifinal match.
TORONTO, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- Russian Maria Sharapova advanced out of the first round Monday at the $2 million Rogers Cup in Toronto.
STANFORD, Calif., July 28 (UPI) -- Third-seeded Elena Dementieva and fifth seed Nadia Petrova won their opening round matches Monday at the Bank of the West Classic at Stanford, Calif.
