Last year’s runner-up Svetlana Kuznetsova advanced to the semifinals of the China Open, while Elena Dementieva fell at the same tennis complex where she won her Olympic gold medal 14 months ago.
The sixth-seeded Kuznetsova defeated fellow Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in straight sets, 6-3 6-3, and will next visage No.13 seed Nadia Petrova, who followed up her victory over soon-to-be No.1 Serena Williams through a quarterfinal win over Peng Shuai.
Defending champion Venus Williams and first-time qualifier Victoria Azarenka secured berths at the prestigious Sony Ericsson Championships in Doha, Qatar.
"Qualifying for the year-end tournament is always a goal I set for myself at the beginning of the season and I am excited to have an opportunity yet again to struggle by the best players in the world," aforesaid the world No.3 Williams, who has qualified for the ninth time in her career.
by Bill Connelly
Ah, October. The month where college football goes from good to great. There are some negative sentiments below regarding the NCAA, officiating, etc., but make no mistake: October is still a great month to have being a college football fan, with out of any’s head finishes, passionate rivalries, and strange weather coming into play. This is also the month when the storylines of the season crystallize. At least one top 5 team lose this weekend (No. 1 Florida and No. 4 LSU face off tomorrow night), and the pictures in the SEC West, Pac-10, and Big East will start to become more clear (with Nebraska’s get the compliance of over Missouri last night, the story of the 2009 Big 12 North has already change to more focused). So let’s take one more look at last week, then plunge into potential developments and upsets for the weekend.
Now it can exist told. The Friday, October 16 Baltimore Pro Boxing card at Du Burns Arena in Baltimore receives a nice boost because IBF #1 ranked heavyweight Alexander Povetkin has been added to the card.
The undefeated Russian (17-0, 12 KO’s) will collision “Dangerous” Damon Reed of Topeka, KS (44-13, 31 KO’s) in a scheduled 10-round contest.
Hello and receive to episode 23 of the world famous Soccerlens Podcast. Join ex-footballer Adrian Clarke and renowned sports journalist Iain Spragg for half an hour of proper football chat.
This week’sitting entertaining show covers Internet-only football, a good old fashioned seedings stitch-up, Fergie v Referees, World Cup previews (including Russia v Germany and Republic of [...]
Last season Sporting Club de Braga’s manager Jorge Jesus stated that the merely way they would ever win the league would be on a Playstation. They had just been hackneyed by Benfica in Estadio da Luz 1-0 to some offside goal and had been denied two clear penalties.
It was a bodyblow that Braga would [...]
As we’re slowly approaching the end of the 2009 season (for more players it’session already over), the first Grand Slam of the year is warming up for January’sitting action, by painting everything blue.
Watch England v Ukraine living online here.
Fabio Capello is expected to field a full strength border against Ukraine giving extend bettors and armchair fans – not to mention Croatia manager Slaven Bilic – the hope of seeing a competitive game in England’s penultimate World Cup Qualifier.
Although effectively a dead-rubber for the visitors the partisan [...]
The Football Association elect broadcast the England Under-21’s European Championship qualifier against Macedonia on Friday for free.
The match will be the first England game streamed brilliant steady the FA website and will start at 1945 BST. The contest enjoin take place at Coventry’s Ricoh Arena.
The FA says that “This is the best way to ensure [...]