Tuesday, May 12, 2009

DTN News: Tennis TODAY May 12, 2009 - Yonex Contracted Russian Elena Dementieva Tennis Player Enters Madrid Open Tennis Tournament

DTN News: Tennis TODAY May 12, 2009 - Yonex Contracted Russian Elena Dementieva Tennis Player Enters Madrid Open Tennis Tournament
(NSI News Source Info) MOSCOW - May 12, 2009: Four Russian women are through to the third round of the $4.5 million Madrid Open tennis tournament. Monday saw Elena Dementieva, seeded three, sweep aside her Spanish opponent Lourdes Dominguez Lino in straight sets 6:3, 6:2. Eighth-seed Nadia Petrova dropped the first set and had to battle to overcome Germany's Anna-Lena Groenefeld, a qualifier, in three sets 4:6, 7:6, 7:6. Unseeded Anna Chakvetadze also needed three sets to overcome Australia's Samantha Stosur 1:6, 6:2, 7:6. Russia's Elena Dementieva reacts during her tennis match against Lourdes Dominguez from Spain at the Madrid Open Tennis Tournament in the Caja Magica (Magic Box) in Madrid, Monday, May 11, 2009. Qualifier Elena Vesnina, 22, from Russia's resort city of Sochi, fared better in her match against Virginie Razzano from France winning through in just two sets 7:5, 6:3.

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