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Federer upset by Stepanek in Rome
ROME -- Roger Federer has lost again, falling to 27th-ranked Radek Stepanek in the Rome Masters quarterfinals. Federer was beaten 7-6 (4), 7-6 (7) by the Czech player Friday. This was Federer's sixth loss of the year. The top-ranked Swiss lost only nine

Federer upset by Stepanek in Rome
Roger Federer lost again, falling to 27th-ranked Radek Stepanek 7-6 (4), 7-6 (7) Friday in the Rome Masters quarterfinals. Once seemingly invincible, Federer was beaten for the sixth time this year. The top-ranked Swiss lost only nine matches in all of

Federer falls in Rome quarters
World No. 1 superstar Roger Federer suffered a quarterfinal setback Friday at the hands of gritty Czech Radek Stepanek at the $3.5 million Italian Masters, a clay-court French Open tune- up.The unseeded Stepanek stunned the top-seeded Federer in straight

Federer upset by Stepanek in Rome
Roger Federer has lost again, falling to 27th-ranked Radek Stepanek in the Rome Masters quarterfinals. Federer was beaten 7-6 (4), 7-6 (7) by the Czech player Friday. This was Federer's sixth loss of the year. The top-ranked Swiss lost only nine matches

Tennis-Unseeded Wawrinka beats Blake to reach Rome semis
ROME, May 9 (Reuters) - Unseeded Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka won an entertaining tussle with American James Blake 6-7 7-6 6-1 to go through to the semi-finals of the Rome Masters on Friday. Wawrinka made a confident start, breaking Blake in the third game.

UPDATE 1-Tennis-Safina edges Williams to win classic in Berlin
(Adds details, quotes, byline) BERLIN, May 9 (Reuters) - Russian Dinara Safina won a great scrap with fifth seed Serena Williams 2-6 6-1 7-6 to end the American's 17-match winning streak and reach the German Open semi-finals on Friday. Safina, a surprise

Safina breaks Williams' unbeaten run
Dinara Safina Action Images Giantkiller Dinara Safina took her second major scalp in two days as she sent former world number one Serena Williams out of the German Open just 24 hours after dispatching top seed Justine Henin. Having beaten neither

Wawrinka ousts eighth seed Blake
Stanislas Wawrinka Action Images Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka was the first man to reach the Rome Masters semifinals on Friday after he upset eighth seed James Blake 6-7, 7-6, 6-1. This is the first time that Wawrinka has reached a Masters Series

'I can sit here and name 50 things I could do better,' Williams says of loss
BERLIN - Dinara Safina ended Serena Williams's 17-match winning streak with a 2-6, 6-1, 7-6 (5) victory on Friday to reach the German Open semifinals. The 17th-ranked Russian kept pressuring Williams' backhand, the same tactic that worked a day earlier

Serena's winning streak ends at 17 matches
BERLIN - Dinara Safina ended Serena Williams's 17-match winning streak with a 2-6, 6-1, 7-6 (5) victory on Friday to reach the German Open semifinals. The 17th-ranked Russian kept pressuring Williams' backhand, the same tactic that worked a day earlier

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Dinara Safina ends Serena Williams' win streak at German Open
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Teenager Azarenka reaches Berlin tennis semi-finals
BERLIN (AFP) - Unseeded teenager Victoria Azarenka upset 15th seed Alona Bondarenko in straight sets to become the first player to reach the German Open semi-finals here on Friday. Azarenka, from Belarus, held her nerve to win the first set tie-breaker

Wawrinka rallies past Blake to reach Rome semis
ROME -- Stanislas Wawrinka rallied past eighth-seeded James Blake 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 6-1 at the Rome Masters on Friday to reach his second semifinal in two weeks. Blake was coming off three-setters in his first two matches this week, and the American

Safina ends Serena's win streak at German Open
BERLIN -- Dinara Safina ended Serena Williams's 17-match winning streak with a 2-6, 6-1, 7-6 (5) victory on Friday to reach the German Open semifinals. The 17th-ranked Russian kept pressuring Williams' backhand, the same tactic that worked a day earlier

Blake wilts against Wawrinka
Rome - Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka was the first man to reach the Rome Masters semifinals here on Thursday after he upset eighth seed James Blake 6-7, 7-6, 6-1. This is the first time that Wawrinka has reached a Masters Series semifinal and is his

Giantkiller Safina slams Williams
by Ryland James Berlin - Giantkiller Dinara Safina took her second major scalp in two days as she sent former world number one Serena Williams out of the German Open just 24 hours after dispatching top seed Justine Henin. Having beaten neither Williams

Ivo serves his best, but it's Roger and out
ROME: World No 1 Roger Federer beat Croatia's Ivo Karlovic 7-6 6-3 in the Rome Masters yesterday to book a quarter-final against Czech Radek Stepanek. Earlier, Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic edged past Russia's Igor Andreev 6-3 3-6 6-3 in his

Giantkiller Safina breaks Williams' unbeaten tennis run
Giantkiller Dinara Safina took her second major scalp in two days as she sent former world number one Serena Williams out of the German Open just 24 hours after dispatching top seed Justine Henin. Having beaten neither Williams nor Henin before this

Tennis player on bail after date-rape claim
AN AUSTRALIAN tennis player on bail in London has denied claims that he date-raped a woman at his home near Wimbledon. Paul Hanley, Australia's highest-ranking doubles player, is accused of raping a young woman he met at a nearby bar. The rape was

Levy and Cohen shine at Alliance U-12 tournament
SIMON LEVY and Erin Cohen were crowned winners in their respective sections as the Alliance Investment Management national 12 and Under tennis tournament came to a close at Eric Bell Tennis Centre on Wednesday. Levy topped the boys' division following an

Safina sends Serena crashing out
Dinara Safina continued her magnificent form by ending Serena Williams' 17-match unbeaten run at the German Open.The Russian, who beat world number one Justine Henin on Thursday, saw off Williams 2-6 6-1 7-6 (7-5) to secure a semi-final against Victoria

Teenager Azarenka reaches Berlin tennis semi-finals
Unseeded teenager Victoria Azarenka upset 15th seed Alona Bondarenko in straight sets to become the first player to reach the German Open semi-finals here on Friday. Azarenka, from Belarus, held her nerve to win the first set tie-breaker 7-2 and then had

Nobody's laughing at Gers' plight, but they're not listening either
Home The Fiver The Spin Sport Talk After claiming Rangers had outgrown the SPL in the 1990s, the club's chairman Sir David Murray deserves no sympathy over fixture congestion now Ewan Murray May 9, 2008 1:16 PM Hillary Clinton v Barack Obama,

Wawrinka makes last four in Rome
Stanislas Wawrinka continued his good run at the Rome Masters with victory over James Blake in the quarter-finals.The Swiss number two followed up win overs Andy Murray and Juan Carlos Ferrero with a 6-7 (5-7) 7-6 (7-5) 6-1 defeat of Blake. Wawrinka

Paes and Bhupathi out of Rome Masters
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) India's challenge ended in the Rome Masters tennis tournament as both Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi, playing with their respective partners, failed to qualify for the quarterfinals of the doubles event. Both the pairs lost in

Federer vies for fifth title in possibly last...
Hamburg, May 9 (DPA) Another dream final between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, big crowds and more sunshine are what local organisers hope for at the Hamburg Masters Series tennis tournament. The possibly last edition of the event in its current form