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No. 1 seeds stay perfect in NCAA Tournament ... Rose leads by two at Palmer Invitational ... Brodeur credited with goal in comeback ... Williams sisters advance at Sony Open ... Sports news from United Press International.
Serena and Venus Williams both reached the third round of the Sony Open Thursday, using very different methods to do so.
Petkovic, Pennetta score Sony Open wins ... Quarterback Kiel leaves Notre Dame ... UMKC hires Kareem Richardson as coach ... Vols send 102 letters to football recruit ... Sports news from United Press International.
Germany's Andrea Petkovic and Flavia Pennetta of Italy logged victories Tuesday on the opening day of the Sony Open in Miami.
Serena Williams, slowed momentarily by an ankle injury, didn't lose a game Tuesday in her first-round match at the Australian Open.
Francesca Schiavone advanced to the second round of the Strasbourg International tennis event Tuesday, dispatching Romanian Alexandra Cadantu.
French player Pauline Parmentier scored a 6-4, 6-4 win over top-seeded Sabine Lisicki of Germany Monday at the Strasbourg International tennis event in France.
Fourth-seeded Serbian Ana Ivanovic advanced to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open Monday, defeating Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki 6-1, 7-6 (7-2).
Fifth-seeded Maria Sharapova derailed the comeback of Lindsey Davenport with a straight-set win Wednesday in the second round of the Australian Open.
Second-seeded Dominika Cibulkova won just four games Wednesday in being upset in first-round play of the $145,000 Tashkent Open in Uzbekistan.
