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Kuznetsova wins China Open title |
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World number five Svetlana Kuznetsova from Russia blitzed world number one Amelie Mauresmo from France in straight sets at the China Open final on Sunday.
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Paths to China Open WTA tennis women's singles final |
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Following are the roads to the China Open WTA women's singles final between French Amelie Mauresmo and Russina Svetlana Kuznetsova (prefix number denotes seeding, wc denotes wildcard):
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Mauresmo, Kuznetsova to compete for in final of China Open women singles |
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The two players will compete for the title of the China Open women's singles finally are confirmed after world-ranked 1st French Amelie Mauresmo defeated 17-ranked Serbian Jelena Jankovic in the semifinals on |
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Jankovic feels fervency of Chinese tennis fans |
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After grabbing an easy victory over French player Marion Bartoli on Thursday, sixth-seeded Serbian Jelena Jankovic overwhelmed world seventh-ranked Nadia Patrova of Russia in the first quarterfinal of the 600, |
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Jankovic makes last four at China Open |
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Jelena Jankovic of Serbia advanced into last four at the China Open WTA tournament as she beat world number seven Nadia Petrova of Russia in full sets here at the 600,000 U.S. dollars tournament on Friday.
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Li Na advances into quarterfinals of China Open |
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Despite a slow start, Chinese top one Li Na still eased past Russian Elena Vesnina on a breezy evening with clear skies.
Li, ranked 23rd in the world, overcame a surprise 6-3 loss in the first |
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American veteran Davenport dumps Zheng Jie at China Open |
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Chinese number two Zheng Jie stopped her China Open pace as she was ousted by American Lindsay Davenport in straight sets here on Thursday.
Chinese upstart Zheng Jie, Ranked 33rd in the world, |
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Sugiyama edges Vaidisova to advance to China Open last eight |
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Japan veteran Ai Sugiyama overwhelmed World No. 10 Nicole Vaidisova 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 to advance to the quarterfinals at the China Open here on Wednesday.
Sugiyama took the vital service break in the |
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Top seed Zheng Jie and Yan Zi upset at China Open doubles |
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Top seed Zheng Jie and Yan Zi suffered a stunning first round exit as they lost 2-1 to Chinese Peng Shuai and Russian Vera Zvonareva at the China Open WTA tournament on Wednesday.
Zheng and Yan |
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Peng Shuai makes third round at China Open |
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20-year-old Chinese player Peng Shuai Wednesday beat defending champion Maria Kirilenko of Russia 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 in a second round match at the China Open WTA tournament.
Kirilenko, whose current singles |
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Li Na, Kirilenko make brief of opponents at China Open |
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Chinese top player Li Na and defending champion Maria Kirileoko both enjoyed breezing wins at Tuesday's China Open WTA tournament.
Li breezed through Russian qualifier Vera Dushevina in straight |
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Li Na through to second round despite lacklustre show-off |
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China female top one Li Na Tuesday breezed past qualifier Russian Vera Dushevina in straight sets here at the 600,000 U.S. dollars China Open tennis tournament, a tier two event on the WTA calendar.
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Yan Zi out of China Open second round after losing to qualifier |
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China's wild card Yan Zi committed 20 unforced errors to suffer a 2-0 defeat to Croat Jelena Kostanic here at the China Open WTA tournament on Tuesday.
The 25-year-old Croat, who entered the main |
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Cypriot President congratulates Baghdatis on winning China Open |
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President of the Cypriot Tassos Papadopoulos congratulated on Monday tennis player Marcos Baghdatis on winning his first professional title in his career in the China Open.
"This big success is a |
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China's Sun Tiantian through to second round at China Open |
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China's wild card entry Sun Tiantian recovered from the second set wobble to battle for a 2-1 first round win over Russia's Vera Zvonareva here at the China Open WTA tournament on Monday.
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Results from China Open tennis |
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Following are the results from the China Open tennis tournament (prefix number denotes seeding, wc denotes wildcard):
Men's singles final:
3-wc-Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, beat 4- |
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Ancic gets consolation after winning doubles at China Open |
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Croat Mario Ancic got a big consolation in winning the men's doubles title after taking an embarassing singles final defeat at the China Open ATP tennis tournament here on Sunday.
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Baghdatis crowned at China Open tennis |
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Title-hungry Croat Mario Ancic injured his leg unexpectedly at the end of the opening set while stretching to save a net-close ball before handing an easy 6-4, 6-0 win to Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis here at the |
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Mauresmo and Russians to battle for title at China Open |
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World number one and event top seed Amelie Mauresmo of France needs to overcome a couple of Russians before she reaches her fifth WTA title of the season here at the September 18-24 China Open tennis tournament. |
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Head to head for China Open ATP tournament final |
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Following are the head to head statistics between China Open ATP tournament finalists Mario Ancic and Marcos Baghdatis:
Mario Ancic, Croatia, vs Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus
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Profiles of leading women's singles contenders at China Open |
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Following are the brief biographies of the leading contenders in the women's singles at the China Open tennis tournament which will start its main draw on Monday:
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Chinese men players bid farewell to China Open |
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Chinese men players had to bid farewell to the China Open ATP tournament following Yu Xinyuan/Zeng Shaoxuan's doubles semi-final straight-set loss to Germany's Michael Berrer and Denmark's Kenneth Carlsen here |
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Davydenko retires due to injury at China Open |
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Second seed Nikolay Davydenko retired due to injury while trailing 1-0 in the second set of the quarterfinal match against Thai Paradorn Srichaphan here at the China Open ATP tournament on Friday.
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Top seed Ljubicic suffers exit from China Open quarters |
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Top seed Ivan Ljubicic suffered astunning exit from the China Open quarterfinals after losing to South Korea's Lee Hyung-Taik in straight sets here on Friday.
Lee upset Ljubicic 6-3, 7-6(3) in one |
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Ancic feels good at China Open comeback |
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Croat Mario Ancic said Friday that he felt good at the winning comeback in the 500,000 U.S. dollars China Open ATP tournament.
The 22-year-old have secured the fifth consecutive triumph within |
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Davydenko to focus on China Open, not Davis Cup |
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World number five Nikolay Davydenko from Russia guaranteed that he will play his best at the China Open with the Davis Cup waiting ahead next week.
The Davis Cup world group semifinals will take |
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Hard-serving Ancic makes China Open ATP tennis semis |
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Fourth seed Mario Ancic advanced into the semifinals of the China Open ATP tennis tournament by surviving some dicey moments in the second set before outlasting Slovakian Dominik Hrbaty 2-1 here on Friday.
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China Open: Ljubicic, Davydenko through to 1/4 finals |
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Top seed Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia fired 15 aces to beat Kevin Kim of the United States in straight sets here on Thursday.
With the 6-3 and 6-4 victory, the world No. 3 player set up a clash with |
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Davydenko eases past Gregorc to make last eight at China Open |
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World number five Nicolay Davydenko eased through to the quarterfinals by beating Luka Gregorc of Slovenia 7-6 (2), 6-2 on Thursday at the China Open ATP tournament.
Although Davydenko played below |
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China opens publication distribution, printing to foreign companies |
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A Chinese official on Thursday said China has met its commitment to the World Trade Organization (WTO) to open its publication distribution and printing sectors to foreign enterprises.
Liu Binjie, |
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Davydenko meets no trouble at delayed China Open debut |
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World number five Nikolay Davydenko of Russia proved to be in different league than Kenneth Carlsen of Denmark as the U.S. Open semifinalist eased into next round of the China Open tennis tournament.
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Ancic beats Lopez, Karlovic edges out Ledovskikh at China Open |
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Croat Mario Ancic overcame his injuries to beat Spain's Feliciano Lopez 2-1 at the China Open on Tuesday.
No. 4 Ancic, who has been out since the Wimbledon Open due to an knee injury from a yachting |
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Davydenko plans Great Wall tour after China Open debut |
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Second seed Nikolay Davydenko of Russia looks forward to exploring Beijing after the China Open ATP tournament.
The Newly-promoted world number five ventured out to a supermarket just 50 meters |
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All Seeds through to 2nd round at China Open |
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Fifth seed Dominik Hrbaty from Slovakia and sixth seed Paradorn Srichaphan of Thailand both cruised to the second round at the China Open ATP tournament here on Monday.
The world 28th-ranked |
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Srichaphan makes 2nd round at China Open |
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Asia's number one Paradorn Srichaphan of Thailand advanced into the second round at the China Open ATP tournament here on Monday after beating Rainer Schuettler of Germany 6-3, 6-3.
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ATP will not change calendar for China Open |
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Brad Drewett, CEO of the ATP International Group, said Monday that ATP will not change the calendar for the China Open despite top players' pullout.
World number two Rafael Nadal decided to quit |
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China's Li Na to partner with Jankovic at China Open women's doubles |
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22nd ranked Li Na from China confirmed Sunday that she will partner Jelena Jankovic of Sebia and Montenegro at the upcoming China Open WTA tournament.
Li, who has been with compatriot Peng Shuai |
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Draw for China Open ATP tennis men's doubles |
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Following are the draw for the 500,000 US dollars China Open ATP tennis tournament men's doubles (prefix number denotes seeding, wc denotes wildcard):
1-Ivo Karlovic, Croatia/Rogier Wassen, |
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Ljubicic named top seed at China Open |
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Croat Ivan Ljubicic was named top seed for the China Open ATP tennis tournament starting here on Saturday following the official ATP rankings.
The world number three may have geared up |
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Ljubicic, Mauresmo lead star-packed China Open |
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World number three Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia and world number one female player Amelie Mauresmo of France are leading the field of dozens of world-class tennis players to compete at the 1.1 million US dollars |
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