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Zvonareva wins Guangzhou for seventh WTA title Vera Zvonareva won her seventh WTA Tour singles title Sunday, beating China’s Peng Shuai 6-7 (4), 6-0, 6-2 in the Guangzhou International final.

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Pakistani news says U.S. drone crashes, U.S. denies ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A pilotless U.S. aircraft crashed in northwest Pakistan’s South Waziristan region on Tuesday, Pakistani news channels reported, but American officials denied the United States had lost any drones.

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Russia’s Safina wins Pan Pacific Open Dinara Safina overpowered Russian compatriot Svetlana Kuznetsova in straight sets Sunday to win the Pan Pacific Open for her fourth WTA title of the season. Fourth-seeded Safina coasted to a 6-1, 6-3 win over fifth-seeded Kuznetsova in a match that lasted 1 hour and 18 minutes at Ariake […]

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Schuettler advances at China Open Seventh-seeded Rainer Schuettler of Germany advanced to the second round of the China Open on Monday by beating Ivan Navarro of Spain 2-6, 6-3, 6-4. In the women’s event of the dual ATP-WTA tournament, seventh-seeded Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia defeated Gisela Dulko of Argentina 6-3, 6-1.

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Melzer rallies to beat BogdanovicBritish number two Alex Bogdanovic is beaten in four sets by Jurgen Melzer as Austria take the lead in their Davis Cup tie at Wimbledon.

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China trails New Zealand 2-1 (AP) Zeng Shaoxuan and Yu Xinyuan beat New Zealand’s Dan King-Turner and G. D. Jones 6-2, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 in doubles Saturday to keep China’s hopes alive in the Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Group Two final. Trailing 2-0 in the regional tie after Friday’s opening […]

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Nadal, Ferrer put Spain up 2-0 on U.S. in Davis Read full story for latest details.

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Murray fired up by Melzer remarkWorld number four Andy Murray draws Britain level with Austria in their Davis Cup tie after easily beating Alex Peya 6-4 6-1 6-4.

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Nalbandian to open against Andreev (AP) Seventh-ranked David Nalbandian of Argentina will play Igor Andreev in the opening singles Friday of the Davis Cup semifinal against Russia. Juan Martin del Potro will face No. 6 Nikolay Davydenko in the second match on clay at Parque Roca Stadium in front […]

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Nadal officially ends Federer’s record run at No. 1 Rafael Nadal, winner of two Grand Slams and the Olympic gold medal this year, officially dethroned Roger Federer as the top player on the ATP Tour on Monday.

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