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Tashkent Open Wednesday Results and Thursday Order of Play

Sabine Lisicki, 4th seed, reached the quarterfinals at the Tashkent Open after beating Alexandra Panova in 2 sets.

Magdalena Rybarikova, 5th seed, also made it through with a 2 set win over Vesna Manasieva.

The other 2 winners on Wednesday were Urszula Radwanska and Ioana Raluca Olaru.

Check out all the scores from the Tashkent Open and Thursday Order of Play...

Singles - Second Round
(4) Sabine Lisicki (GER) d. (Q) Alexandra Panova (RUS) 75 61
(5) Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) d. Vesna Manasieva (RUS) 61 75
Urszula Radwanska (POL) d. Sofia Shapatava (GEO) 75 62
Ioana Raluca Olaru (ROU) d. (Q) Ksenia Palkina (KGZ) 26 63 62

Singles - First Round
[Q] Arantxa Rus (NED) d. [WC] Vlada Ekshibarova (UZB) 36 62 61

Doubles - First Round
[1] Dzehalevich/Shvedova (BLR/KAZ) d. Manasieva/Yakimova (RUS/BLR) 46 63 10-5
Klepac/Radwanksa (SLO/POL) d. [2] Amanmuradova/Govortsova (UZB/BLR) 61 61
Panova/Rybarikova (RUS/SVK) d. Ekshibarova/Narzikulova (UZB/UZB) 62 61


Thursday 2nd October 2008 Order of Play

Centre Court - Starting at 11:00am

1. Yaroslava Shvedova vs. Monica Niculescu
2. Shuai Peng vs. Arantxa Rus
3. Lapushchenkova/Niculescu vs. Raluca Olaru/Savchuk
4. Abduraimova/Hatamova vs. Klepac/Radwanska or Amanmuradova/Govortsova


Court 3 - Starting at 11:00am

1. Tatiana Poutchek vs. Michelle Larcher de Brito
2. Anna Lapushchenkova vs. Sorana Cirstea
3. Bratchikova/Woerle vs. Poutchek/Rodionova
4. Dzehalevich/Shevdova or Manasieva/Yakimova vs. Ekshibarova/Narzikulova or Panova/Rybarikova



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Tashkent Open Monday Results and 9/30 Order of Play

The qualy at the Tashkent Open ended today and the 4 players that made it to the main draw are the top 4 seeded players: Arantxa Rus, Nina Bratchikova, Ksenia Palkina and Alexandra Panova.

For the main draw Sabine Lisicki, 4th seed, had no problems to defeat Dilyara Saidkhodjaeva, who got into the draw thanks to a Wild Card.
Magdalena Rybarikova, 5th seed, was also in action today and she made it past Kathrin Woerle to reach the second round.

Check out all the results from the Tashkent Open and Tuesday Order of Play...

Monday, September 29, 2008

Singles - First Round
(4) Sabine Lisicki (GER) d. (WC) Dilyara Saidkhodjaeva (UZB) 60 61
(5) Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) d. Kathrin Woerle (GER) 64 64
Sofia Shapatava (GEO) d. Kinnie Laisne (FRA) 63 46 64

Doubles - First Round
(3) Poutchek/Ar.Rodionova (BLR/RUS) d. Rakhimova/Rakhmonova (UZB/UZB)
60 61
Olaru/Savchuk (ROU/UKR) d. Ogorodova/Saidkhodjaeva (UZB/UZB) 62 63
Abduraimova/Hatamova (UZB/UZB) d. Burikhodjayeva/Khayrova (UZB/UZB)
60 62

Singles Qualifying - Final Round
(1) Arantxa Rus (NED) d. (WC) Sariya Khayrova (UZB) 60 60
(2) Nina Bratchikova (RUS) d. (WC) Shahroda Hatamova (UZB) 60 63
(3) Ksenia Palkina (KGZ) d. (5) Arina Rodionova (RUS) 63 62
(4) Alexandra Panova (RUS) d. (WC) Nigina Abduraimova (UZB) 61 61


Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Centre Court (from 10.00hrs)
1. Dzehalevich vs. Cirstea
2. U.Radwanska vs. Amanmuradova
3. Panova vs. Ogorodova
4. Rus vs. Ekshibarova (NB 16.30hrs)

Court 3 (from 10.00hrs)
1. Palkina vs. Govortsova
2. Savchuk vs. Niculescu
3. Peng vs. Ar.Rodionova

Court 4 (from 10.00hrs)
1. Klepac vs. Larcher de Brito
2. Olaru vs. O'Brien
3. Voskoboeva vs. Poutchek
4. Bratchikova/Woerle vs. Palkina/Shapatava

Court 5 (from 10.00hrs)
1. Manasieva vs. Abduraimova
2. Lapushchenkova vs. Bratchikova
3. Yakimova vs. Shvedova
4. Lapushchenkova/Niculescu vs. Laisne/O'Brien






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Ten-man Werder Bremen fought to a 5-4 triumph against TSG Hoffenheim on Saturday while champions Bayern Munich lost their second straight Bundesliga match.
Munich were beaten 1-0 at Hanover 96 from Szabolcs Huszti's first- half freekick, a week after crashing 5-2 against Bremen.
Masut Ozil was the hero in Bremen with an 81st-minute winner as the hosts prevailed over Hoffenheim even though they earlier threw away a 4-1 lead and had Germany defender per Mertesacker sent off.

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Stuttgart Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Qualy Draw

The Stuttgart Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Qualy Draw has been released and Sara Errani will be leading the field.

The Italian faces Greta arn in the first round.

Tsvetana Pironkova is the second seed and she will meet a wild card, Lena-Marie Hofman.

Kateryna Bondarenko, 3rd seed, will play against Michaella Krajicek while Sofia Arvidsson faces Anna Korzeniak.

Check out the complete Stuttgart Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Qualy Draw...

(1) ERRANI, Sara ITA v ARN, Greta HUN
SCHEEPERS, Chanelle RSA v CAMERIN, Maria Elena ITA
KOSTANIC TOSIC, Jelena CRO v SCHRUFF, Julia GER
(WC) GEHRLEIN, Stephanie GER v (8) ZAHLAVOVA STRYCOVA, Barbora CZE

(2)PIRONKOVA, Tsvetana BUL v (WC) HOFMANN, Lena-Marie GER
KARATANTCHEVA, Sesil BUL v FORETZ, Stephanie FRA
SAVRANSKA, Yevgenia UKR v (WC) KLASCHKA, Carmen GER
SCHAEFER, Anne GER v (6) PEREBIYNIS, Tatiana UKR

(3) BONDARENKO, Kateryna UKR v KRAJICEK, Michaella NED
FEDAK, Yuliana UKR v PETKOVIC, Andrea GER
(alt) CHVOJKOVA, Veronika CZE v HRADECKA, Lucie CZE
VOEGELE, Stefanie SUI v (7) LLAGOSTERA VIVES, Nuria ESP

(4) ARVIDSSON, Sofia SWE v KORZENIAK, Anna POL
ZAHLAVOVA, Sandra CZE v VORACOVA, Renata CZE
COIN, Julie FRA v
IANTI, Alberta ITA
(WC) BARTHEL, Mona GER v (5) KNAPP, Karin ITA



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The fallout from the largest-ever US bank failure rippled through markets on Friday after federal regulators late Thursday shut down the country's largest savings and loan, Washington Mutual Inc (WaMu).
The firm's assets were immediately sold to banking giant JP Morgan Chase Co for 1.9 billion dollars, creating the largest US bank by deposits and guaranteeing all customers' deposits.
With the acquisition, JP Morgan Chase will operate 5,400 branches in 23 US states, the firm said.

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The top four seeds, Djokovic, Tsonga, Berdych and Monfils have advanced to the Thailand Open semifinals for the first time since 2004 (Federer, Roddick, Safin, Srichaphan).

Novak Djokovic defeated sixth-seeded Swede Robin Soderling 6-4, 7-5, while a second-seeded Tsonga got past eighth-seeded Austrian Jurgen Melzer 6-3, 6-2 on the hardcourts at Impact Arena.

"I knew it would be a difficult match and I was prepared for that," said Djokovic. "He's a good powerful player. I knew they key was my first serve percentage and getting a lot of returns back."

"I'm very happy with my game today," said Berdych. "I knew that he was playing very good tennis having some good wins this week. I'm looking forward to the semifinals; it's always nice to be able to play a match at that stage of a tournament."


Novak will meet third-seeded Czech Tomas Berdych in Saturday's semifinals, while Tsonga will battle fellow rising Frenchman Gael Monfils. Berdych defeated France's Nicolas Mahut 7-6 (8-6), 6-3, while the Monfils, seeded fourth this week, bested German Philipp Petzschner 7-6 (8-6), 6-4.

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The Pakistani army said on Thursday its border troops opened fire at helicopters of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) after the aircraft violated the country's airspace along the border with Afghanistan.
The incident took place at 3.30 pm (1030 GMT) when two helicopters from Afghanistan crossed into Pakistan territory in the Saidgai Ghulam Khan area of the North Waziristan tribal district, a known sanctuary of al-Qaeda and Taliban militants launching attacks on international forces on the other side of the frontier.

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China Open Wednesday Results and 9/25 Order of Play

We didn't have much action today at the China Open on the Women's side due to rain but Jie Zheng was able to complete her first round match and she upset Agnieszka Radwanska, 6th seed, in 2 sets.

For the second round Jelena Jankovic, top seed, defeated qualifier, Aleksandra Wozniak, and Daniela Hantuchova, 7th seed, beat Tamarine Tanasugarn in 3 sets.

Check out all the scored from the China Open and Thursday Order of Play...

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Singles - Second Round
(1) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. (Q) Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) 63 75
(7) Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) d. Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) 61 06 75

Singles - First Round
Zheng Jie (CHN) d. (6) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 62 63

Doubles - First Round
Medina Garrigues/Wozniacki (ESP/DEN) d. (WC) Chakvetadze/Cibulkova (RUS/SVK) 63 62

(all other matches postponed due to rain)


Thursday, September 25, 2008

Stadium (from 11.00hrs)
1. Kudryavtseva vs. Kuznetsova
2. ATP: Ferrer vs. Sela (NB 12.30hrs)
3. ATP: Evans vs. Roddick
4. Cornet vs. Ivanovic (NB 16.00hrs)
5. ATP: Soeda vs. González (NB 19.00hrs)
6. ATP: Gasquet vs. Lu

Court 1 (from 12.30hrs)
1. Zheng vs. Sugiyama
2. Zvonareva vs. Schiavone
3. Dulko/Radwanska vs. Yan/Zheng
4. ATP: Verdasco vs. Ferrero
5. Benesova/Uhlirova vs. Cornet/Pavlyuchenkova (after suitable rest)

Court 2 (from 12.30hrs)
1. Chakvetadze vs. Cibulkova
2. ATP: Minar vs. Robredo
3. Szavay vs. Medina Garrigues
4. ATP: Melo/Soares vs. Kohlmann/Schuettler
5. Yu/Zeng vs. Fisher/Reynolds

Court 10 (from 12.30hrs)
1. Lu/Zhang vs. Koryttseva/Poutchek
2. ATP: Scherrer vs. Schuettler
3. ATP: Querrey vs. Phau

Court 6 (from 14.00hrs)
1. King/Kudryavtseva vs. Shvedova/Tanasugarn
2. Savchuk/Senoglu vs. Peng/Sun



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Tennis scoring will be really interesting, as most of the individuals have turned their interest in playing the game. The tennis game is purely very simple furthermore it is truly interesting! A player can win the game in the following ways. If he scores four points, the player wins the game, and winning six games makes him to win a set, and if he wins two sets he wins a match. We will learn to play a match about Tennis Scoring. Now let us consider a tennis match between Anna and Sania Mirza.

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The final Grand Slam of the year has now concluded and here at the Tennis Times I thought I would let you know about a great post from OnTheBaseline, which outlines the key stats from the US Open 2008.
A record attendance of over 720,000 fans attended the tournament in Flushing Meadows, New York.
10 - Set points saved by Serena Williams in her quarterfinal match against her sister Venus.
23 - Sessions sold out at this year’s US Open.
222 million - Pages viewed by fans at www.usopen.org
4 - Titles captured by American players at their home Grand Slam.
477 - Instant replay challenges made during the two weeks in Arthur Ashe and Louis
Armstrong stadiums.
155 - Calls that were overturned after player challenges.
720,000 - Over 720,000 fans attended this year’s Championships.
33 - Aces hit by eventual champion Serena Williams, the most of any player in the women’s
draw.
14 - Double faults posted by former world number one Amelie Mauresmo in her fourth round
loss to Flavia Pennetta.
128 mph - The fastest serve of the women’s tournament which was hit by Anna-Lena Groenefeld.
1974 - The last year prior to 2008 that the women’s final was not staged on a Saturday.
170 - Winners hit by Serena Williams in her seven matches.
0 - Sets dropped by Serena Williams along the way to her third US Open title.
38 - Countries represented in the women’s main draw.

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Hsieh Su-Wei of Chinese Taipei and Peng Shuai of China came back from the brink of defeat to capture the Tier III Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic doubles title over unseeded Marta Domachowska and Nadia Petrova.

Although both have previously won two Tour doubles titles with other partners, the win is their first as a combination.

In the nail-biting final the pair even held three match points on Petrova's serve at 5-4 in the second set, only to see Hsieh and Peng draw level, seize the ensuing tie-break and then the decider for a 6-7(4), 7-6(3), 10-7 victory.

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Cole Haan boutiques worldwide, luxury department stores and on ColeHaan.com. Price points range from $115 to $200 for footwear and $225 to $550 for accessories.

So Maria: How did this collaboration come about?
Maria: Ive obviously worked with Nike for many years, and Cole Haan is such a respected and established brand that we really envisioned something special. Im humbled that they gave me this opportunity. Its a huge step for me in the fashion world to gain trust from such a huge brand.

How will you fit this into your schedule?
Maria: By fortune or misfortune I have a lot of time on my hands. I was able to come into a meeting with a lot of ideas and sketches. Usually, I just talk a lot. This time I came in with inspiration boards.

You have a room full of young designers giving you the love today!
Maria: Its incredible. Ive just been collecting their phone numbers. I was at Peters show today and hours later, its so nice of him to come and support me. But I believe that its important to build relationships with these talents.

The mens final is happening as we speak. Are you following the scores?
Maria: I have not, actually. As soon as I found out that I wont be competing in the Open, I just decided to skip the whole tennis score mode altogether. What is there to think about.

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What a day for mens tennis last night at the U.S. Open. First up we had Novak Djokovic going against Tommy Robredo in a match that looked to be lopsided before it started. But Tommy Robredo didnt get the script and pushed Novak all the way to 5 sets before sucumbing. He had some very tough words for Novak afterwards, accusing Novak of cheating. 
Federer was up next and he must have been watching Novak closely as he was almost knocked out the very same way Djokovic was close to. He survived in 5 sets against, get this, Igor Andreev. While he is still in the tournament, this U.S. Open is looking awfully similiar to the Australian Open 2008. So I do expect Federer to fall in the semis yet again, against Djokovic or Roddick.
Roddick had the simplest days against Gonzalez. Historically, Gonzo has never fared well against big servers such as Roddick and Karlovic, and he was broken so many times last night that I lost count. He did however win seven games in 3 sets, which is one more than I thought he would win.
Davydenko was not as lucky as the three above. He lost to Gilles Muller in 4 sets, and he choked big time in the tie-break. Davydenko has had a tough year, but he was my pick to upset Federer in the quarters. Unfortunately, all the issues caught up with him and he lost his focus against Muller. Gilles Muller is good but he is not that good to beat the soon to be former No. 5 in the world that easily.
So far, Roddick and Murray have been the most impressive players in the tournament, and it wouldnt surprise me if they play on Sunday for the right to raise the U.S. Open trophy. 
What did you think of the matches last night? Did Djokovic feigned his injury? Should he be fined.

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Rescheduled order of play at the US Open:

Sunday - Ashe stadium
1:00 pm - Women's doubles final (USA network)
4:00 pm - Men's semifinal: Nadal vs. Murray 2-6, 6-7(5), 3-2 (CBS - to follow football)
9:00 pm - Women's final: Serena Williams vs. Jankovic (CBS)

Monday - Ashe stadium
5:00 pm - Men's singles final (CBS)

The boys' and girls' final will be played on Sunday at 12:00 pm at the National Tennis Center.

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Vienna/New Delhi (Ibnlive): The 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) has approved a US plan to engage in nuclear trade with India. Following the green signal by the NSG that will cement the Indo-US Civil Nuclear Cooperation, India has finally come out of the 34-year old nuclear apartheid. India had been forced into nuclear isolation following the 1974 Pokharan atomic tests and ironically the NSG was formed in reaction to those tests. The approval came after almost three days of meeting in Vienna on Saturday. The NSG meet was called to minimise any damage to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which India has not joined. The consensus was arrived after overcoming misgivings expressed by Austria, Ireland and New Zealand and is an unprecedented step in giving exemption to a country, which has not signed the NPT and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). A statement issued by Austrian Foreign Ministry said, "After protracted negotiations, the NSG today adopted an exemption for nuclear exports to India. We are finally convinced by Pranabs (Indias External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee) statement and Indias commitment to Non proliferation. We continue to have concerns on language on testing but we will not block consensus." Austrian Foreign Ministry Peter Launsky said, "A sense of relief is prevailing over here." After protracted negotiations, the NSG today adopted an exemption for nuclear exports to India There was jubilation in the Congress camp with Prime Minister, who won a vote of confidence on July 22 on the issue of going to the NSG, said, "Its a historic deal." Congress spokesperson Manish Tiwari said, "Its a red letter day for India. Its not just the Prime Minister. The deal shows that the perseverance and vision of the Prime Minister and Sonia Gandhi ended the nuclear apartheid. We have been made a special exemption. This would be seen as Indias red letter day when we broke the nuclear deadlock." "As far as BJP is concerned the grapes are sour from them. Left has its own ideological view and lives in a time warp," Tiwari added. We have been able to convince the world about this deal. The Indo-US nuclear deal needed approval from the NSG as it governs legal trade in nuclear components and technology. However, the nuclear deal still needs to be ratified by the US Congress before it could take force. The Congress must act before adjourning in late September for US presidential elections. If that does not happen then the deal could be left to an uncertain fate under a new US administration that takes office next year. Former Indian foreign secretary and former ambassador to the US, Lalit Mansingh hailed it as a major victory for India. "Its a significant victory for India and a milestone in nuclear equity. India did the right thing by standing firm and highlighting its red lines. Now 34 years of nuclear apartheid is finally over. But there is still one more hurdle to overcome which is the US congress. If this were a marathon, I would say we have won the silver medal. Well hopefully win the gold medal by the end of this year," Mansingh said. Facts about NSG:
It is a 45-nation cartel that controls trade in "dual-use" nuclear fuel, materials and technology to ensure they are applied only to civilian nuclear energy programmes, not diverted into clandestine nuclear weapons work.
The NSG was formed in reaction to Indias shock 1974 nuclear test explosion, using reactor technology provided by Canada in the 1950s supposedly for peaceful energy development.
Group policy has been to do business only with countries belonging to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty the only outsiders are India, Pakistan and Israel and permitting "full-scope" inspections by the U.N. nuclear watchdog.
The NSG website says: "(We seek) to contribute to the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons through the implementation of guidelines for nuclear exports and nuclear related exports. NSG guidelines are implemented by each participating government in accordance with its national laws and practices. Decisions on export applications are taken at the national level in accordance with national export licensing requirements."
In 2002, NSG export controls were updated to help prevent the threat of nuclear terrorism as well.
NSG members are: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Britain, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and the United States.
The cartel normally has one annual plenary meeting and decisions are made by consensus only. Members can also hold consultative sessions. The NSG has no permanent office and details of its deliberations are kept confidential.
The 2008-09 NSG chairman is Germany.

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