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BERLIN, Germany: Maria Sharapova paints a blue sky in her area of the Whirlpool Players' Painting

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BERLIN, Germany: The finished Whirlpool Players' Painting, which will be auctioned off with proceeds benefiting Habitat for Humanity.

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Spaniards Stun Seeds

Spain’s Fernando Verdasco and David Ferrer stunned top seeds at the Telecom Italia Masters Roma on Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals. Verdasco saved four match points battling past No. 1 seed Andy Roddick 6-7(1), 7-6(3), 6-4 in two hours and 34 minutes while Ferrer rolled No. 3 seed Gaston Gaudio 6-0, 6-1 in 59 minutes. Verdasco moves into his first career ATP Masters Series quarterfinal where he next meets Guillermo Coria. Ferrer makes his third consecutive appearance in a Masters Series quarterfinal, taking on countryman Alberto Martin who defeated Luis Horna.

Meanwhile, Spanish No. 1 Rafael Nadal downed Guillermo Canas 6-3, 6-1. Earlier, 2002 champion Andre Agassi bested Ivan Ljubicic.

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May 5, 2005

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Defending Champ Loit Making Move in Rabat

RABAT, Morocco - Defending champion Emilie Loit won her seventh straight match in Morocco on Thursday as she advanced into the quarterfinals at the Grand Prix S.A.R. La Princesse Lalla Meryem.

The Frenchwoman, who won a title at this event one year ago when it was staged in Casablanca, moved into the final eight in Rabat after eliminating No.8 seed Claudine Schaul on Day 4, 75 64. Loit won her first and second career Tour titles on back-to-back weeks in 2004, winning Estoril and then Casablanca.

Loit will look for her second consecutive trip to the semifinals in the next round when she faces Spain's Lourdes Dominguez Lino.

Though she was unable to secure the Estoril title, top seed Na Li seems to be taking a similar path to Loit's 2004 run in Portugal and Morocco, making her way into the quarterfinals with a 60 36 62 victory against qualifier and former Top 5 player Jelena Dokic.

Li, who posted a double bagel against Nicole Pratt in the first round, will next take on Antonella Serra Zanetti in the quarters.

Dokic is still attempting to rediscover the form that moved her to No.4 in the world back in 2002. She was a Top 10 fixture for three years before injuries hampered her during 2004. She is currently ranked No.443.

Joining Li in representing China in the quarters is No.6 seed Jie Zheng, who dropped just a pair of games in a 62 60 win against Canadian lucky loser Maureen Drake. Zheng will next face No.4 seed Tathiana Garbin.

Though China will have two players in the quarterfinals, Spain is leading the way into the final eight with three representatives after No.7 seed Arantxa Parra Santonja reached the quarters. By defeating Chinese qualifier Zi Yan, Parra Santonja joined Dominguez Lino and her semifinal opponent, No.2 seed Nuria Llagostera Vives, in the quarters.

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Да Давид-Мавид джан! ;)

Я продолжу вести тему про теннис! ;) :)

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Nadal, Agassi onto Semis

Rafael Nadal won his 15th consecutive match and advanced to his third consecutive ATP Masters Series semifinal of the year at the Telecom Italia Masters Roma on Friday. The No. 5 seed defeated Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic 5-7, 6-1, 6-1. Nadal next faces countryman David Ferrer for the second time in a Masters Series semifinal. Nadal won their last encounter in Miami. Ferrer advanced earlier today by outgrinding compatriot Alberto Martin 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 in two hours and 19 minutes.

Meanwhile, Andre Agassi reached his third career semifinal in Rome (1989, 2002), defeating Dominik Hrbaty 6-3, 6-3. The 2002 champion will face the winner of No. 9 seed Guillermo Coria and Fernando Verdasco who ousted No. 1 seed Andy Roddick yesterday.

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Painting the Lines

Proving their artistry on and off the court, Whirlpool and the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour have given the top players on Tour a chance to showcase their creative sides in the Whirlpool Player's Painting, a unique work of art to be auctioned off for Habitat for Humanity.

In the Qatar Total German Open quarters, Justine Henin-Hardenne dashed Maria Sharapova's chances of a No.1 ranking this week. Also out of the draw are defending champion Amelie Mauresmo and US Open champ Svetlana Kuznetsova at the hands of Nadia Petrova and Patty Schnyder. One more semifinal spot is up for grabs but will be decided on Saturday.

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