French Open: Davydenko and Venus Williams Beat Out Their Opponents and the Rain
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On a day when only seven matches were completed due to rain, Nikolay Davydenko and Venus Williams were among those advancing to the next round.
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Venus Williams beats fifth seed Ana Ivanovic in the US Open fourth round while sister Serena also wins.
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Serena Williams struggles through the first set before a long rain delay allows her to regroup and dominate Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria on the opening day of the French Open.
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VENUS WILLIAMS survived a potentially difficult opening round at the $US1.3million ($1.8m) WTA event in Zurich yesterday (AEST) when she beat Croatia&#39;s Karolina Sprem 6-2 6-2.
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French Open runner-up Yelena Dementyeva recovered from a terrible start to beat an emotional Vera Zvonareva 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 in a bizarre fourth-round match at the US Open on Sunday.
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MOSCOW -- Nikolay Davydenko overcame leg cramps to beat Russian Davis Cup teammate Mikhail Youzhny in a tough Kremlin Cup semifinal, 7-5, 6-7, 7-5 on Saturday.
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On Saturday, Paul-Henri Mathieu overcame the qualifier Radek Stepanek, 6-3, 6-4, and Andreas Seppi beat the wild card Igor Andreev, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (5), to reach the final.
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Twice champion Venus Williams overcame early jitters to beat nemesis Jelena Jankovic 4-6 6-1 7-6 on Wednesday and secure a clash with world number one Justine Henin in the U.S. Open semi-finals.
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Roger Federer and Venus Williams won in straight sets on Thursday against French players who rely much more on their minds than their muscles.
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Venus Williams had her French Open dreams ripped apart by Jelena Jankovic on Thursday as the Serb advanced to the third round with a 6-4 4-6 6-1 victory.
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Venus Williams of the United States returns the ball to Croatia&#39;s Karolina Sprem, during their first round match, at the Swisscom Challenge Tennis Tournament in Kloten, Switzerland, Tuesday, Oct.19, 2004.
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Defending gold medalist Venus Williams overpowers Melinda Czink of Hungary 6-1, 6-2 in the opening match of the Athens Games' tennis tournament.
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Rain has interrupted play on the main courts at the French Open after 90 minutes of action on Sunday's opening day.
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ll the emotion Venus Williams crammed into staving off elimination against Lindsay Davenport at the United States Open last night saved the 25th edition of their rivalry from being a dud.
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Serena Williams recovered from a sluggish start to beat Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova 5-7 6-1 6-1 in a rain-hit French Open first-round match on Sunday.
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Sport: French Open: Tim Henman has been knocked out of the second major of the year after losing in straight sets to Latvia's Ernests Gulbis.
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Venus Williams overpowers Maria Sharapova while Rafael Nadal finally clinches victory on another rainy day at Wimbledon.