Tennis News

  1. Top seed Schiavone loses at Istanbul Cup (AP) - Britain's Elena Baltacha upset top-seeded Francesca Schiavone 6-4, 6-2 in the second round at the Istanbul Cup. Schiavone, the French Open champion, struggled with her serve and quickly fell behind in the second set. The Italian had eight double faults to none by Baltacha, and her first serve percentage was 42, far below the Briton's 59.
  2. Youzhny reaches Swiss Open quarterfinals (AP) - Top seeded Mikhail Youzhny advanced to the Swiss Open quarterfinals on Thursday, beating wild card Alexander Sadecky of Switzerland in straight sets. The 14th-ranked Russian won the second-round match 7-5, 6-4, ending No. 437-ranked Sadecky's first tour event. Youzhny next faces No. 147-ranked Yuri Schukin from Kazakhstan, a qualifier who has reached his first quarterfinals match on tour at age...
  3. Sharapova advances to Stanford quarters (AP) - Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka made it to the quarterfinals of the Bank of the West Classic on Thursday. Shahar Peer, another seeded player, wasn't as fortunate. Former world No. 1 Sharapova, the fifth seed, beat Belarus' Olga Govortsova, 6-3, 6-3 and the eighth-seeded Azarenka topped American Melanie Oudin, 6-3, 6-1 in second round action while Maria Kirilenko knocked off the...
  4. No. 5 seed Gulbis upset in Los Angeles (AP) - Fourth-seeded Feliciano Lopez of Spain has defeated Dudi Sela of Israel 7-6 (7), 6-4 in second-round play at the Farmers Classic. No. 5 seed Ernests Gulbis of Latvia wasn't so lucky. He lost to Alejandro Falla of Colombia 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (10) on Thursday. Top-seeded Andy Murray was set to make his Los Angeles debut in a night match against American qualifier Tim Smyczek.
  5. 2nd round of Croatia Open postponed (AP) - The second round of the Croatia Open tournament has been postponed for a day due to torrential rain. Four second-round matches scheduled for Thursday will now be played on Friday, along with the quarterfinals. Among those who still have to play in the second round are second-seeded Jurgen Melzer and third-seeded Ivan Ljubicic.
  6. Murray splits with coach Maclagan (AP) - Fourth-ranked Andy Murray is splitting with coach Miles Maclagan after less than three years. A statement on the British player's website on Tuesday said that "following a review of his coaching needs, Andy has parted company" with Maclagan. The statement says "the situation" will be reviewed after the U.S.
  7. Federer hires ex-Sampras coach Annacone (AP) - With his ranking on the decline, Roger Federer is working with coach Paul Annacone on a trial basis. Annacone, an American, is the former coach of Pete Sampras. He also coached Marat Safin and Tim Henman, and is now the head coach of men's tennis for Britain's Lawn Tennis Association. "I've been looking to add someone to my team, and I've decided to spend some days with Paul...

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