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Entries from October 2009

Cilic, Kohlshreiber advance to Vienna semifinals VIENNA (AP)

October 31st, 2009 · No Comments

Cilic, Kohlshreiber advance to Vienna semifinals VIENNA (AP) — Marin Cilic of Croatia, Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany and Jurgen Melzer of Austria reached the semifinals of the BA Tennis Trophy on Friday.

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Bollettieri backs tainted AgassiFormer coach Nick Bollettieri believes

October 31st, 2009 · No Comments

Bollettieri backs tainted AgassiFormer coach Nick Bollettieri believes Andre Agassi should be remembered for the good he has done rather than his drug use.

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Top-seeded Youzhny retires in Russia (AP) Russian players

October 30th, 2009 · No Comments

Top-seeded Youzhny retires in Russia (AP) Russian players Mikhail Youzhny and Igor Andreev retired because of injury Thursday in second-round matches at the St. Petersburg Open. The top-seeded Youzhny was trailing Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan 6-2, 2-1 before quitting because of lower back pain, while Marat Safin of Russia […]

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U.S. would have tried to extradite Megrahi: U.S.

October 30th, 2009 · No Comments

U.S. would have tried to extradite Megrahi: U.S. envoy LONDON (Reuters) - The United States would have sought the extradition of the Lockerbie bomber if it had known the Scottish government was planning to release him, the U.S. ambassador to Britain said Thursday.

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Dementieva defeats VenusElena Dementieva battles back to beat

October 29th, 2009 · No Comments

Dementieva defeats VenusElena Dementieva battles back to beat defending champion Venus Williams on day one at the Sony Ericsson Championships in Doha.

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Injury hits Soderling London bidRobin Soderling’s hopes of

October 29th, 2009 · No Comments

Injury hits Soderling London bidRobin Soderling’s hopes of reaching the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals are dealt a blow as injury forces him out of the Stockholm Open.

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Pete Sampras tops Andre Agassi in first rematch

October 28th, 2009 · No Comments

Pete Sampras tops Andre Agassi in first rematch since 2002 Pete Sampras has beaten old rival Andre Agassi 3-6, 6-3, 10-8 in an exhibition match in Macau.

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Haas pulls out of Stockholm OpenGermany’s Tommy Haas

October 28th, 2009 · No Comments

Haas pulls out of Stockholm OpenGermany’s Tommy Haas withdraws from the Stockholm Open because of flu, a week after injury forced him to retire from the Shanghai Masters.

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Jankovic grabs final Doha berthJelena Jankovic qualifies for

October 27th, 2009 · No Comments

Jankovic grabs final Doha berthJelena Jankovic qualifies for next week’s season-ending WTA Championships after Vera Zvonareva loses to Tsvetana Pironkova 6-0 6-2 in the Kremlin Cup.

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Pete Sampras tops Andre Agassi in first rematch

October 27th, 2009 · No Comments

Pete Sampras tops Andre Agassi in first rematch since 2002 Pete Sampras has beaten old rival Andre Agassi 3-6, 6-3, 10-8 in an exhibition match in Macau.

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