Bammer, Dulko advance to Pattaya final
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Austria's Sybille Bammer upset China's Peng Shuai 6-4, 6-2 Saturday to earn a berth in the final against Argentine Gisela Dulko at the Pattaya Women's Open.
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MOHD Fairuzizuan Tazari-Lin Woon Fui kept Malaysia's flag flying in the men's doubles on a day national No 1 Choong Tan Fook-Lee Wan Wah paid heavily for an error-ridden game.  Tan Fook-Wan Wah bowed out to Indonesia's Markis Kido-Hendra Setiawan 22-20, 21-10 in the third round.
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Confident Marcos Baghdatis said he was in prime shape to face Andy Roddick in Saturday's Kooyong Classic final after winning a battle of former Australian Open finalists on Friday.
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Tamilla Abassova beat world champion and Russian team-mate Svetlana Grankovskaya to cruise into the women&#39;s sprint final on Tuesday.
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Tapash Baisya and Enamul Haque shared three wickets to strengthen Bangladesh's chances of posting their maiden Test victory on the penultimate day of the first Test against Zimbabwe here.
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Third seed Conchita Martinez reached  her first singles final since last April when her opponent  Evgenia Linetskaya retired trailing 6-2, 4-0 in the Thailand  Open Saturday.
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Second-seeded Andy Roddick ground out a 7-6(1), 6-7(0), 7-6(2) win over Russia&#39;s Marat Safin on Saturday to set up a Thailand Open final showdown with Roger Federer.
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World No. 1 Roger Federer reached the final of the Thailand Open on Saturday, beating local hero Paradorn Srichaphan 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 at Impact Arena.
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Former US Open champion Marat Safin of Russia has advanced to the finals of the China Open tennis tournament in Beijing after scoring a straight-set win over Finland&#39;s Jarkko Nieminen 6-2, 6-4.
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NAMES US Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova and Germany's Marlene Weingartner rallied to semifinal victories yesterday and will meet today for the Wismilak International tennis title in Bali, Indonesia. Kuznetsova defeated Russian countrywoman Nadia Petrova , 6-7 (1-7), 6-1, 6-2. Weingartner, ranked No. 67, beat Italy's Maria Elena Camerin , 2-6, 6-3, 6-3, and will be playing in her first WTA ...
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Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova routed Anne Kremer of Luxembourg 6-0, 6-2 Saturday to advance to the Korea Open final. The top-seeded Sharapova will play for the title Sunday against Poland&#39;s Marta Domachowska
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HALLE, Germany  - Tomas Berdych went one better than last year when he beat Marcos Baghdatis 7-5 6-4 in the final of the Halle Open on Sunday.
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Martin Petrov scored twice as VfL Wolfsburg pulled three points clear at the top of the Bundesliga with a classy 3-0 win at home to title rivals VfB Stuttgart on Saturday.
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Yang, Yang, left, of China takes an outside turn against Alison Baver (47) of Reading, Penn., during the 1,500-meter finals at the World Cup Short Track Speed Skating competition in Madison, Wis.
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The American men answered their critics who said they were lucky to qualify for the Beijing Olympics by finishing fourth yesterday at the world gymnastics championships in Stuttgart, Germany. If not for two falls off the high bar, the United States would have been the bronze medalist. China breezed to its third consecutive title â and seventh in the past eight world championships â by an almost 5-point margin. Japan took the silver and Germany the bronze, 1.25 points ahead of the Americans.
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After a close competition between the Braintree and Burlington boys' gymnastics teams last week, the stage is set for the teams to battle again in the State Championship Meet tonight at Burlington High.
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STUTTGART, Germany  - China outclassed their rivals easily to retain their men's team title at the world gymnastics championships on Thursday.