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Venus Williams joins sister in 4th round
WIMBLEDON, England - One swing from completing her week's work, Venus Williams toed the baseline, dribbled the ball, gave it a toss and delivered yet another thunderclap serve at sun-kissed Wimbledon.
People:Venus Williams Ana Ivanovic Shahar Peer Tommy Haas Mikhail Youzhny Dinara Safina Activities:2008 Wimbledon
2008-06-28
Slick Nadal powers into fourth round
LONDON (Reuters) - Rafael Nadal stepped up his bid to dethrone Roger Federer at Wimbledon, the second seed clicking into overdrive on Saturday to dismiss German Nicolas Kiefer 7-6 6-2 6-3 and reach the fourth round.
People:Elena Dementieva Venus Williams Ana Ivanovic Shahar Peer Tommy Haas Mikhail Youzhny Activities:2008 Wimbledon
2008-06-28
Davenport captures WTA Memphis title
Fourth seed Lindsay Davenport won her 55th career WTA title by overpowering Olga Govortsova 6-2, 6-1 in the final of the WTA/ATP Memphis hardcourt tournament on Saturday.
Nations:Sweden New Zealand People:Shahar Peer Jonas Bjorkman Lindsay Davenport Andy Roddick
2008-03-02
Russia, China and Spain through to Fed Cup semi-finals
Defending champions Russia progressed smoothly into the semi-finals of the Fed Cup on Sunday, while Spain overcame last season's beaten finalists Italy to set up a last-four clash against China.
Nations:China France Italy Russia Spain People:Shahar Peer Dinara Safina Justine Henin Yan Zi Li Na Anna Chakvetadze
2008-02-03
Djokovic beats Tsonga for Aussie title
Novak Djokovic started making peace with the crowd as soon as he lifted the trophy. After beating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (2) Sunday night to win the Australian Open for his first Grand Slam title, Djokovic knew a little public relations was in order.
Nations:Australia Belarus Ukraine People:Novak Djokovic Shahar Peer Arnaud Clement Marat Safin Svetlana Kuznetsova Jelena Jankovic Activities:2008 Australian Open
2008-01-27
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