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Tears, tantrums as French women blow Olympic hopes
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Russia, Serbia split singles, tied 1-1 in Fed Cup
-- Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated Ana Ivanovic 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 Saturday to tie Serbia 1-1 after opening singles in the Fed Cup semifinal. Jelena Jankovic won the opener for Serbia by defeating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4, 6-3.Serbia has reached the semifinals Read more »
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Tears, tantrums as French women blow Olympic hopes
at Roland Garros. With world number eight Marion Bartoli ineligible to compete at the Games as she does not play in the Fed Cup, Cornet and Parmentier had hoped to make the cut for the July 28-Aug. 5 tournament at Wimbledon. Cornet's 6-4 6-4 defeat by China's from SINA English Read more »
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Prague to host Fed Cup final
an indoor hard court at the O2 Arena in Prague, the organizers announced on Monday. Holders Czech Republic are through to the Fed Cup final for the second straight year after beating Italy 4-1 at home. Serbia edged out Russia 3-2 on the way to enter the final from SINA English Read more »
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WHEELCHAIR TENNIS: Happy birthday to Lou....
present when Great Britain won a bronze medal in the women’s event at the BNP Paribas World Team Cup - the Davis and Fed Cup-style wheelchair tennis team competition for the world’s top nations. It’s the second year in succession that Hunt’s returned from from This is Wiltshire Read more »
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Marina Erakovic in Olympic limbo
issue, but remained hopeful it could be sorted out. "It was unfortunate that Tennis NZ pulled the team to play in the Fed Cup and that's why she couldn't play this year," Mladen Erakovic said. If Erakovic is granted an exemption by the ITF but is not selected from Stuff.co.nz Read more »
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ITF appoints Executive Director of Professional Tennis
international rightsholder of the two largest annual international team competitions in sport, Davis Cup by BNP Paribas and Fed Cup by BNP Paribas. The ITF also manages the Olympic Tennis Event on behalf of the IOC. Through its Science and Technical Department, from On The Baseline Read more »
