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Virtua Tennis 2009 Teaser Trailer

Virtua Tennis 2009 Virtua Tennis 2009 will again allow you to take on the world's top tennis players in some of the most realistic courts to be found on gaming consoles.

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Related Topix: Sports, Tennis Players, More Sports, Rafael Nadal, Tennis, Roger Federer, Maria Sharapova, Andy Murray, French Open

Thu Mar 05, 2009

The Standard

Double delight for Venus

American top seed Venus Williams won her second title in as many weeks, beating defending champion Flavia Pennetta 6-1, 6-2 in the women's final of the WTA and ATP Acapulco Open.

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Related Topix: Sports, Tennis Players, More Sports, Tennis, Flavia Pennetta

Wed Mar 04, 2009

CNN

Jon Wertheim: The value of exhibitions, how big is the Venus purse and more mail

What did you make of the matches on HBO? And how much should we read into the results? One never knows how hard the players are playing, does one? -- Barry, Arizona * Barry is, of course, referring to "Tennis ...

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Tue Mar 03, 2009

New York Times

Venus Williams Is Growing Into a Leader

You could tell by her mischievous giggle and by the apparent delight of freeing a memory from a normally guarded vault that Venus Williams wasn't speaking apocryphally when she talked about the family rule of I ...

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Related Topix: Sports, Tennis Players, More Sports, Tennis, Wimbledon

Mon Mar 02, 2009

WKYC-TV - Cleveland Sports

Agassi to play World Team Tennis this summer

Andre Agassi will pick up a racket again, playing two matches for the Philadelphia Freedoms in World Team Tennis this summer.

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Related Topix: Sports, Tennis Players, More Sports, Andre Agassi, Tennis

The Mad Professah Lectures

Jankovic, Ivanovic, Venus and Serena In Exhibition Match on Monday

Venus Williams, Jelena Jankovic, Ana Ivanovic and Serena Williams will play a series of exhibition matches in Madison Square Garden on Monday March 2 shown live on HBO 7:30pm EST .

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Tennis Articles

Djokovic, Venus Williams Win Titles; Davis Cup Drama

The first round of the Davis Cup World Group kicks off this weekend with eight ties: Netherlands at Argentina , France at Czech Republic , Switzerland at the U.S. , Chile at Croatia , Israel at Sweden , Russia ...

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Related Topix: Sports, Tennis Players, More Sports, Tennis, Gilles Simon, David Nalbandian, Gael Monfils, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Richard Gasquet

Sun Mar 01, 2009

Champions365

Williams made to work again

Venus Williams was once again forced to go the distance before sealing a 6-2 5-7 6-1 victory over lucky loser Agnes Szavay of Hungary in the quarter-finals of the Abierto Mexicano TELCEL tournament.

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Sat Feb 28, 2009

Champions365

Venus Williams cruises into final

Venus Williams advanced into her second straight final with a 6-0 6-3 victory over Barbora Zahlavova Strycova of the Czech Republic in the semi-finals of the Abierto Mexicano TELCEL tournament.

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Fri Feb 27, 2009

Thestate.com

Flavia Pennetta reaches 6th Acapulco final

Flavia Pennetta reached her sixth consecutive final at the Mexican Open on Friday by dispatching 2004 champion Iveta Benesova 6-3, 6-3. The No.

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Related Topix: Sports, Tennis Players, More Sports, Flavia Pennetta, Tennis, Iveta Benesova

TSN.ca

Acasuso advances to semifinals in Acapulco

Jose Acasuso broke Tommy Robredo at the end of both sets to beat him 7-5, 6-2 in their fourth meeting in four weeks and reach the Mexican Open semifinals on Thursday.

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Related Topix: Sports, Tennis Players, More Sports, Jose Acasuso, Tommy Robredo, Flavia Pennetta

Thu Feb 26, 2009

New Pittsburgh Courier Online

Venus wins in Dubai; salutes Peer in victory speech

Venus Williams won her 40th singles title Saturday, defeating Virginie Razzano of France 6-4, 6-2 in the final of the Dubai Tennis Championship.

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WFRV-TV Green Bay

Venus Williams survives Arn in Acapulco

Top-seeded American Venus Williams overcame Hungarian qualifier Greta Arn, 6-3, 6-7 , 6-4, Wednesday night to advance to the quarterfinals at the $220,000 Mexican Open.

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Related Topix: Sports, Tennis Players, More Sports, Tennis, Flavia Pennetta

Wed Feb 25, 2009

OfficialWire

V. Williams Moves To No. 5 World Ranking

Williams won the high-profile Dubai Tennis Championships with a straight-set victory Saturday over Virginie Razzano for her 40th career WTA singles title.

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Related Topix: Sports, Tennis Players, More Sports, Tennis, Virginie Razzano, Serena Williams

Tue Feb 24, 2009

Sportsnet.ca

Venus looking for more hardware

Venus Williams now has 40 career titles. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ACAPULCO, Mexico -- Venus Williams is ready to add to her collection of singles titles at the Acapulco Open.

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Mon Feb 23, 2009

BBC News

Venus completes crushing victory

Venus Williams laid down an ominous marker at the Dubai Tennis Championship with a 6-0 6-1 win over Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

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Related Topix: Sports, Tennis Players, More Sports, Dinara Safina, Virginie Razzano

SI.com

AD-IN, AD-OUT: Roddick shows spine in victory in Memphis

Yes, for winning the Memphis tournament, his first title of 2009. But also for announcing that he would not defend his title in Dubai in protest of the UAE's refusal to grant a visa to Shahar Peer -- without ...

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Related Topix: Sports, Tennis Players, More Sports, Tennis, Virginie Razzano, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Novak Djokovic, Michael Llodra, Tommy Robredo

Maktoob Business

Fierce fight sees France's Razzano through to semis- Kanepi of Estonia defeats Vesnina to progress

Fierce fight sees France's Razzano through to semis- Kanepi of Estonia defeats Vesnina to progress - Virginie Razzano of France upset fifth seeded Russian Vera Zvonareva in the quarter-finals of the Barclays ...

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Related Topix: Sports, Tennis Players, More Sports, Virginie Razzano, Tennis, Vera Zvonareva, Elena Dementieva, Serena Williams

Sun Feb 22, 2009

Free Republic

Venus Williams wins final in Dubai; speaks of Peer

Venus Williams won her 40th singles title Saturday, defeating Virginie Razzano of France 6-4, 6-2 in the final of the Dubai Tennis Championship.

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Related Topix: Sports, More Sports, Tennis, Tennis Players, Virginie Razzano

South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Players' support of Peer just empty words, no action

It needed far more than "peer" pressure from the top women tennis players to force the United Arab Emirates government to rescind their outlandish decision to deny Israel's Shahar Peer entry into their country, ...

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Related Topix: Sports, More Sports, Australian Open, Tennis, Tennis Players

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