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Vardan Posted May 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2005 May 6, 2005 Henin-Hardenne Stops Sharapova Streak BERLIN, Germany - At the Qatar Total German Open, former world No.1 Justine Henin-Hardenne dashed Maria Sharapova's hopes of rising to the top of the rankings, beating the 18-year-old Russian, 62 64, in Friday's quarterfinals. In doing so, the 22-year-old Belgian handed the No.2-ranked Sharapova her first loss before a semifinal round this year. Had Sharapova won the Qatar Total German Open title, she would have taken over the No.1 ranking from Lindsay Davenport. Using an array of winning groundstrokes, the No.12 seed avenged her quarterfinal loss to Sharapova at Miami's NASDAQ-100 Open in March. In the ninth game of the second set, Henin-Hardenne broke Sharapova to go up 5-4 and serve for the match. She needed just one match point to seal the win. After claiming the Family Circle Cup and the J & S Cup in the past three weeks, Henin-Hardenne is now riding a 15-match win streak and eyeing a third straight title in four events this year. She made her season debut at Miami after injury and illness sidelined her since last year's US Open. The determined Belgian still has two hurdles before claiming the coveted Qatar Total German Open title. Her first is No.7 seed Patty Schnyder, the crafty left-hander who beat No.4 seed and defending US Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova, 62 62, for her semifinal spot. Schnyder needed just 25 minutes to take the first set and continued her charge into the second set with a 4-1 lead. Kuznetsova was able to get one more game on the board before Schnyder closed it out. Friday was a bad day for the remaining top four seeds as all were eliminated, including No.2 seed and defending champion Amelie Mauresmo, who was taken out by No.6 seed Nadia Petrova, 62 63, in the first match of the day, which started late due to rain. Mauresmo couldn't seem to find her rhythm against the powerful Petrova, who benefited from several unforced errors from the Frenchwoman, especially from her backhand, usually Mauresmo's strongest shot. Petrova is now through to her third career Tier I semifinal and first at Berlin. She now faces the winner of the Elena Bovina-Jelena Jankovic match, which was postponed to Saturday due to darkness. The match is tied at one set each, 3-6, 6-3. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Vardan Posted May 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2005 (edited) Berlin, Germany: Amelie took her turn in the Whirlpool autograph booth Friday afternoon Edited May 7, 2005 by Vardan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Vardan Posted May 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2005 Berlin, Germany: Maria Sharapova signed the back of a young fan's shirt during her autograph session at the Whirlpool booth Friday. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Vardan Posted May 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2005 Berlin, Germany: Amelie Mauresmo joined with her fellow players by signing a Whirlpool refrigerator which will be auctioned for the benefit of Habitat for Humanity. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Vardan Posted May 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2005 (edited) Berlin, Germany: Maria Sharapova signed the back of a young fan's shirt during her autograph session at the Whirlpool booth Friday. Edited May 7, 2005 by Vardan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Vardan Posted May 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2005 Berlin, Germany: Maria Sharapova visited the Whirlpool booth and chatted with two representatives from the company. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vardan Posted May 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2005 Tennis Masters Roma Singles - Semi Final In Progress D. Ferrer (ESP) 6 4 1 (5) R. Nadal (ESP) 4 6 2 Tennis Masters Roma Singles - Semi Final To be Played (9) G. Coria (ARG) (6) A. Agassi (USA) Tennis Masters Roma Singles - Quarterfinals Final Results F. Verdasco (ESP) 6 3 3 (9) G. Coria (ARG) 3 6 6 (5) R. Nadal (ESP) 5 6 6 (15) R. Stepanek (CZE) 7 1 1 D. Hrbaty (SVK) 3 3 (6) A. Agassi (USA) 6 6 (LL) A.Martin (ESP) 2 6 5 D. Ferrer (ESP) 6 3 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Vardan Posted May 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2005 Coria vs. Federer QF at Masters Series Hamburg Guillermo Coria defeated Mario Ancic 6-4, 6-3 Thursday to set up a quarterfinal meeting with top seed Roger Federer at Masters Series Hamburg. Federer, who defeated Coria in the Hamburg final last year, improved to 6-0 career against Tommy Robredo with a 6-2, 6-3 win. Federer vs. Coria H2H One day after beating Marat Safin, Juan Carlos Ferrero was beaten in three sets by Russian Nikolay Davydenko. French qualifier Richard Gasquet stunned Slovak Dominik Hrbaty 6-1, 6-2. Bjorkman/Mirnyi repeated their Miami victory over former partners Bhupathi/Woodbridge 6-2, 6-3 to reach the doubles semifinals. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vardan Posted May 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2005 1st Federer, R. 475 2nd Nadal, R. 465 3rd Hewitt, L. 253 4th Roddick, A. 243 5th Safin, M. 238 6th Coria, G. 211 7th Agassi, A. 208 7th Ljubicic, I. 208 9th Gaudio, G. 203 10th Ferrer, D. 173 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vardan Posted May 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2005 1st Bryan/ Bryan. 397 2nd Black/ Ullyett. 327 3rd Bjorkman/ Mirnyi. 303 4th Knowles/ Nestor. 297 5th Aspelin/ Perry. 241 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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