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VICTORIA Azarenka of Belarus made a winning debut yesterday in the WTA Tour's season-ending Sony Ericsson Championships, defeating Jelena Jankovic in the first round-robin group match.

Juan Monaco of Argentina easily won his first-round match Monday in the Lyon Tennis Grand Prix in France.

Fourth-seeded Juan Monaco of Argentina and No. 5 Julien Benneteau of France both advanced to the second round of the Lyon Grand Prix after winning in straight sets on Monday.

Recent Japan finalist Mikhail Youzhny advanced to the second round of Moscow on Monday, defeating Horacio Zeballos 6-1, 7-6 .A The 27-year-old, who is currently ranked No.

Fourth-seeded Juan Monaco of Argentina beat Jan Hernych of the Czech Republic 6-2, 5-7, 7-5 in the first round of the Stockholm Open on Monday.

Fifth-seeded Albert Montanes defeated Marcel Granollers 6-1, 6-3 in an all-Spanish match Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the BCR Open Romania.

Boys' doubles: Cheng Peng Hsieh and Marton Fucsovics beat Julien Obry and Adrien Puget 7-6 5-7 10-1 Girls' doubles: Valeria Solovieva and Maryna Zanevska beat Elena Bogdan and Noppawan Lertcheewakarn 1-6 6-3 10-7 Men's wheelchair singles: Shingo Kunieda beat Maikel Scheffers 6-0 6-0 Men's wheelchair doubles: Stephane Houdet and Stefan Olsson beat ...

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Michael Chang plays against Swedish great Stefan Edberg during a Legends Singles match at the LA Open on Thursday.

Ivan Ljubicic saved all eight break points faced on serve. Top seed Nikolay Davydenko , who returned to the Top 10 of the South African Airways 2009 ATP Rankings after lifting his 15th ATP World Tour title at the International German Open in Hamburg last week, cruised past Spanish veteran Alberto Martin 6-2, 6-3 in 69 minutes Thursday for a spot in ...

Top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko eased into the Croatia Open quarterfinals by beating Alberto Martin of Spain 6-2, 6-3 on Thursday.

Top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko defeated Daniel Gimeno-Traver of Spain 6-2, 6-2 Wednesday to advance to the second round of the Croatia Open.

Two-time champion Tommy Robredo in action. Two-time champion Tommy Robredo of Spain returns to Centre Court action in a second round match against Australian qualifier Peter Luczak , who advanced to the second round after beating Spaniard Alberto Martin in straight sets.A The No.

Australian Peter Luczak has won his opening match at the Catella Swedish Open, defeating Spaniard Alberto Martin 6-2 6-2 in the clay-court tournament.

Swede Robin Soderling avoided a first-round exit for the fourth time at The Championships.

Ah, the joys of living in jolly old London. A strike on the tube caused suitable mayhem in the English capital Wednesday and Thursday, leading to a Planes, Trains and Automobiles scenario for more than a few.

Andy Roddick opened his grass-court season Tuesday by beating Kristof Vliegen of Belgium 6-1, 6-4 in the second round of the Queen's Club tournament.

Switzerland's Roger Federer has at the fourth attempt won the final of the French Open tournament in Paris, setting his name even more firmly in tennis history.

Jockey Rene Douglas may be paralyzed after being thrown from his horse during a Saturday race at Arlington Park in Arlington Heights, his agent said.

One. Just one. That's all Roger Federer needs, though two would obviously be better, and three or more superior still.