Sharapova, Azarenka reach Stanford final (AP) - Maria Sharapova finds herself just playing tennis these days, a nice feeling after dealing with a return from major surgery a year ago. Sharapova shook off a first-set loss to beat Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska 1-6, 6-2, 6-2 on Saturday in the Bank of the West Classic to set up a championship match against Victoria Azarenka.
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:33:31 PDTQuerrey reaches Farmers final again (AP) - Second-seeded Sam Querrey defeated Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia 6-7 (7), 7-6 (7), 6-4 on Saturday to reach the Farmers Classic final for the second consecutive year. Querrey needed 2 hours and 47 minutes to put away Tipsarevic at the Los Angeles Tennis Center on the UCLA campus, not far from his hometown of Thousand Oaks.
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:27:40 PDTGasquet, Almagro reach Swiss Open final (AP) - Richard Gasquet of France beat Yuri Schukin of Kazakhstan 6-3, 6-4 Saturday to advance to a Swiss Open final against Nicolas Almagro of Spain. Both Gasquet and Almagro will be playing for their second ATP Tour title of the season Sunday on Gstaad's outdoor clay. The seventh-seeded Gasquet had little trouble against the 147th-ranked Schukin, who was playing in his first career semifinal.
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 10:06:18 PDTPavlyuchenkova reaches Istanbul final (AP) - Third-seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova has advanced to the final of the Istanbul Cup with a 7-6 (1), 2-6, 7-5 win over Australian Jarmila Groth. She will play fellow Russian Elena Vesnina, who upset sixth-seeded Andrea Petkovic of Germany, 1-6, 6-0, 7-6 (2) in Saturday's other semifinal. The No. 29-ranked Pavlyuchenkova fended off strong serving from Groth, who had 11 aces.
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 10:12:59 PDTFerrero, Starace make Croatia Open final (AP) - Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain reached the Croatia Open final for a second straight year after dispatching Andreas Seppi of Italy 6-4, 6-2 Saturday. Ferrero will play Sunday against Potito Starace of Italy, who beat eighth-seeded Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-2 to gain his first final in three years.
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:24:27 PDTMurray splits with coach Maclagan (AP) - Fourth-ranked Andy Murray is splitting with coach Miles Maclagan after less than three years. A statement on the British player's website on Tuesday said that "following a review of his coaching needs, Andy has parted company" with Maclagan. The statement says "the situation" will be reviewed after the U.S.
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:36:19 PDTFederer hires ex-Sampras coach Annacone (AP) - With his ranking on the decline, Roger Federer is working with coach Paul Annacone on a trial basis. Annacone, an American, is the former coach of Pete Sampras. He also coached Marat Safin and Tim Henman, and is now the head coach of men's tennis for Britain's Lawn Tennis Association. "I've been looking to add someone to my team, and I've decided to spend some days with Paul...
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