US Open Championship in New York
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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OSAKA, Japan, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- Fourth-seeded Francesca Schiavone of Italy beat Anne Kremer of Luxembourg in Monday's first round of the HP Japan Women's Open.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Amelie Mauresmo and Anna Chakvetadze became the first two players to reach the quarterfinals Tuesday at the Pilot Pen in New Haven, Conn.
CINCINNATI, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Flavia Pennetta and Sybille Bammer pulled off huge upsets Thursday, eliminating the Williams sisters in the third round of the Western & Southern Women's Open.
BAD GASTEIN, Austria, July 23 (UPI) -- No. 1-seed Alize Cornet rallied for a three-set win Thursday, a day when two other high seeds lost at the Gastein Ladies tennis tournament in Austria.
PRAGUE, Czech Republic, July 19 (UPI) -- Austrian Sybille Bammer scored a straight-set win over top-seeded Francesca Schiavone Sunday in the championship match of the Prague Open in the Czech Republic.
PRAGUE, Czech Republic, July 17 (UPI) -- Francesca Schiavone breezed to a 6-1, 6-1 win over Kateryna Bondarenko Friday, putting her in the semifinals of the Prague Open.
PRAGUE, Czech Republic, July 15 (UPI) -- Francesca Schiavone and Sybille Bammer, the top two seeds in the Prague Open, earned quarterfinal berths Wednesday.
PRAGUE, Czech Republic, July 13 (UPI) -- Top seeds Francesca Schiavone of Italy and Sybille Bammer of Austria were first-round winners Monday at the Prague Open.
STRASBOURG, France, May 18 (UPI) -- Second-seeded Sybille Bammer fell to a crowd favorite Monday in the first round of the $220,000 Strasbourg International tennis tournament in France.
ROME, May 3 (UPI) -- Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli was among opening-round winners Sunday in the Internazionali BNL d'Italia tennis tournament in Rome.