Tennis-Schnyder advances but Groenefeld falls in Qatar

Guardian Unlimited - DOHA, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Fifth-seeded Patty Schnyder of Switzerland overcame a mid-match crisis to defeat Frenchwoman Aravane Rezai 6-2 2-6 6-2 in the first round of the WTA Tour's $1.3 million Qatar Open on Tuesday. Seventh-seeded German Anna-Lena
Source: sport.guardian.co.uk

Rice edges No. 16 Men’s Tennis, 4-3
Texas Sports - 4) rallied with four singles victories to top Texas, 4-3 Sunday afternoon at the Penick-Allison Tennis Center. “This was a tough loss,” said UT coach Michael Center. “We started slowly in singles play and rallied ourselves back into the match. I
Source: www.texassports.com

Federer wins first-round match at Dubai Open
FOXSports.com - Federer wins first-round match at Dubai Open He's one of the great all-time tennis players." Federer has been relatively injury-free during his consecutive weeks at No. 1
Source: msn.foxsports.com

Rux on top of junior world
Kerrville Daily Times - He’s just played a professional tennis player who is ranked around 300th in the world and competed in the Australian Open on numerous occasions. He knows the reason he lost the match and knows he could have performed better, but he describes his
Source: dailytimes.com

Anything you can do
Sports Illustrated - The Cellular South Cup title in Memphis, waxing Shahar Peer in the final. (Yes, the same Shahar Peer who served for the match Caps a terrific week of tennis by beating Andy Roddick in the Memphis final. German fails to so much as face a break point the
Source: sportsillustrated.cnn.com

Sports in brief
Salt Lake Tribune - Marat Safin beat Stefan Koubek of Austria 7-5, 6-2 in his opening round-robin match at the Tennis Channel Open on Tuesday at Las Vegas. The third-seeded Russian, now 3-0 in his career against Koubek, had to adapt to gusting winds of up to 32 mph
Source: www.sltrib.com

Stenson Rallies to Win Match Play Championship
Cybergolf - as fit as he's talented after the tall Swede rallied over the final nine holes of the 36-hole finale of the Accenture Match In tennis when Bjorn Borg was at the top it really boosted the sport in Sweden. Your victories and Annika's sort of position
Source: www.cybergolf.com

Hewitt asks for simpler round-robin format
Reuters India - since I got here, three to four times a day," he said. "That's been the hardest thing, I haven't hit many tennis balls, I've been trying to get my body right." Hewitt meets former Australian Open champion Thomas Johansson of Sweden in his second match
Source: in.today.reuters.com


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