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Archive for March 2006

March 14th, 2006

Justine Henin-Hardenne Scores Love-Love Victory Over Aiko Nakamura

A greay victory for Justine Henin-Hardene at the Pacific Life Open. In the third round, she defeated Japan’s Aiko Nakamura 6-0, 6-0, making it Henin-Hardenne’s first love-love victory of 2006, and the first since her her Australian Open victory over Oliva Lukaszewicz back in 2004. Congrats!
She now moves on to the fourth round where she’ll […]

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March 14th, 2006

Maria Sharapova at Pacific Life Open

photo credit José Omar Ornelas, The Desert Sun
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March 13th, 2006

Davenport Hingis Friendly Rivalry Resumes

In the fourth round of the Pacific Life Open at Indian Wells, friendly foes Lindsey Davenport and Martina Hingis will face off for the first time since 2001. The two have competed twenty-four times, and Davenport has a 14-10 lead over Hingis.
Number 25 will occur Tuesday, after both players defeated their opponents in round […]

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March 13th, 2006

Martina Hingis Defeats Camille Pin in Pacific Life Open

Three years later, Martina Hingis returns to the U.S. courts and has since defeated France’s Camille Pin 6-1, 6-3 in the second round of the Pacific Life Open.
“It’s great,” said Hingis, who won the title in 1998. “Wherever I go, people are very welcoming and friendly.”
Putting on a impressive all-court display, the 25-year-old Hingis […]

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March 13th, 2006

Justine Henin-Hardenne Defeats Pironkova in 2nd Round of Pacific Life Open

World number 3, Justine Henin-Hardenne is looking strong at the Pacific Life Open. She defeated Bulgarian Tszvetana Pironkova 6-2, 6-2 in the second round. Now she moves on to face Japan’s Aiko Nakamura in round 3. This marks their very first meeting.
Other results in round two are as follows:
(12)M Kirilenko (RUS) d S […]

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March 13th, 2006

Pacific Life Open hits Broadband

Now you have no reason to miss the best of the Pacific Life Open because now it’s available right at your desktop for FREE.
I’m too excited to type right now.

Visit http://www.pacificlifeopen.tv!
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March 9th, 2006

Martina Hingis Finds Happiness on the Tennis Court

It was almost four years since Martina Hingis retired from the court, but now she’s back to doing what she loves to do, and she’s all the happier for it.
“My life was not as fulfilled without tennis,” she said. “There wasn’t that much time left to do it but I’m excited again.
“You have your […]

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March 9th, 2006

Sabatini Recognized by International Olympic Committee

Former U.S. Open winner, Gabriela Sabatini was awarded the Women and Sport trophy by the International Olympic Committee in recognition of “her work to promote and develop tennis in her country, among youngsters and particularly girls.”
“After retiring from an active sports career in 1996, Gabriela Sabatini devoted the same strength and energy to her […]

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March 6th, 2006

Justine Henin-Hardenne: On to Pacific Life Open

After her victory in Dubai, Henin-hardenne continues her climb up the WTA ranking’s ladder. Yesterday morning she left for California to participate in the Pacific Life Open, a Tier I, women and men’s hardcourt tournament. Since neither Clijsters nor Mauresmo will be present at this tournament, Henin-Hardenne gets the distinction of being top seed at […]

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March 6th, 2006

Anna-Lena Groenefeld Wins First Title

Anna-Lena Groenefeld has won her first Sony Ericsson WTA Tour singles title at the $180,000 Abierto Mexicano TELCEL presented by HSBC after defeating top seed Flavia Pennetta, 6-1 4-6 6-2.
Second-seeded Groenefeld dominated the first set over Pennetta, who was unable to find her shots and get into a rhythm. The German raced to a […]

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