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Top-ranked Russian Dinara Safina went the distance on Tuesday to win her second-round match at the $2 million Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open.

Top-ranked Russian Dinara Safina went the distance on Tuesday to win her second-round match at the $2 million Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open.

Defending champion Serena Williams and four other past winners, including her sister Venus and wild-card entry Kim Clijsters, head the women's field for the U.S. Open.

Nathalie Dechy' pregnancy means the end of her labor days on the WTA Tour. The 30-year-old French woman announced her retirement today.

TIMES grand slam doubles winner Nathalie Dechy has retired from tennis at the age of 30 to spend more time with her family after becoming pregnant.

The French tennis federation said in a statement Tuesday that the 30-year-old Dechy has decided to end her career as she is expecting a child and wants to devote her time to family life.

Shock French Open finalist Robin Soderling is having a tough time of it on court one, having dropped the first set 7-6 to Luxemburg's Gilles Muller Safarova L.-Groth J. 3-6 - Australian Jarmila Groth has completed one of the greatest, probably THE greatest, win of her career with a 6-3 3-6 6-3 win over world number 48 and former Grand Slam ...

"A major kerfuffle outside the media centre - Boris Becker is being interviewed on the roof.

Ana is in London preparing for the third Grand Slam event of the tennis season - " The Championships in Wimbledon, which begin on Monday.

World No. 1 star Dinara Safina was an easy opening-round winner Tuesday at the $220,000 Ordina Open, a final grass-court Wimbledon tune-up. The French Open and Australian Open runner-up Safina got past German Anna-Lena Groenefeld 6-0, 6-3 on Day 3 at Autotron Rosmalen.

Show court schedules for Tuesday at the French Open : Play begins at 1200 GMT on Chatrier and Lenglen; other courts at 0900 GMT Court Philippe Chatrier Dinara Safina , Russia, vs.

Paris: The Indians had a mixed day at the French Open on Saturday as Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes won their respective men's doubles matches while the mixed doubles pair of Bhupathi and Sania Mirza crashed out in the first round.

Andy Ram and Nathalie Dechy advanced to the quarterfinals of the Roland Garros mixed doubles tournament on Sunday in Paris, defeating the sixth-seeded pairing of Elena Vesnina and Daniel Nestor, 6-4. 4-6, 10-7. Israel's Andy Ram during a men's doubles match of the Open 13 tennis tournament.

India's Leander Paes and Zimbabwean Cara Black eased into the French Open mixed doubles tennis second round with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Virginie Razzano of France and South African Jeff Coetzee here Friday.

Ana Ivanovic believes her Eastbourne debut could be the key to success at Wimbledon.