All-Russian US Open Final a Tough Sell for US Television
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So it will be that hottie Maria Sharapova grunting her way to a second...no? Got beat? Then it&#39;s that tempestuous nude-posing Marilyn Manson-look-alike Anastasia Myskina gunning for a second...no? Elena Dementieva?
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With its boisterous atmosphere, the United States Open is much different from the other three Grand Slam events and Open officials want it to be that way.
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Svetlana Kuznetsova became the third Russian woman to win a major this year, overpowering countrywoman Elena Dementieva in straight sets in the first all-Russian final at the US Open.
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For once, when the US Open kicks off in New York tomorrow it won&#39;t be the biggest show in town. The Republican convention, with its threatened attendant demonstrations
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During the U.S. Open, many tennis fans will pass through Grand Central Terminal without knowing that some of the OpenÂs top players are directly above their heads.
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NEW YORK -- Jimmy Connors's arms, clad in white oxford, hung nonchalantly over the railing separating Andy Roddick's box seats from the blue-and-green hardcourt beneath. Little emotion, until that last short volley pushed Roddick into the US Open final, crossed the face of the man who had shown so much emotion in this tournament in the past.
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Bali, Indonesia (Sports Network) - Surprise US Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova and fourth-seeded Nadia Petrova will square off in an all-Russian semifinal Saturday at the $225,000 Wismilak International tennis tournament.
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MELBOURNE -- No one has to say the Russians are coming. They're already here. Seven of the final 16 women at the Australian Open are from Russia, including Wimbledon champ Maria Sharapova, French Open winner Anastasia Myskina, and US Open victor Svetlana Kuznetsova. It could have been nine, but two others lost yesterday.
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Russian Davis Cup player Dmitry   Tursunov says he is dismayed that politics still seem to have a   role when his country faces the United States.
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Ho-hum. It&#39;s more of the same this year at the US Open. Top seeds have fallen like flies, Serena Williams and her go-go boots have been poured a nice, tall glass of lousy officiating, and Andre Agassi is trying
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Elena Dementieva somehow outlasted Jennifer Capriati 6-0, 2-6, 7-6 (5) to set up all-Russian women's final at the U.S. Open.
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Third-seeded defending champion Anastasia Myskina upset second-seeded Lindsay Davenport 6-4, 7-6 (1) Saturday to set the first-ever all-Russian final at the Kremlin Cup.
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Justine Henin takes on Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final of the U.S. Open on Saturday, chasing a seventh grand-slam title and a little piece of history.
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NEW YORK -- What are we going to do about Roger Federer? This is the American jingoists' plea as they talk about the nice young man from Switzerland who has taken over ownership of their tennis tournament, the United States Open.
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For good or bad, tennis players&#39; fortunes change as quickly as the direction of the swirling wind at the US Open. Just ask major champions Jennifer Capriati, Roger Federer and Carlos Moya, who all dealt with
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It's called the US Open, and though fewer than a fifth of the competitors this year are US-born, it's not because the US Tennis Association hasn't tried to get more Americans. All 16 of the wild cards in men's and women's singles were awarded to Americans, even at the expense of the men's NCAA champion, Benjamin Becker ...
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Tomorrow, he faces a far more demanding task. Tomorrow, with one more increasingly precious chance at US Open glory on the line in a marquee quarterfinal, the last American legend standing