Defending Bank of the West Classic champion Aleksandra Wozniak came out of the qualifying tournament to win her first career WTA Tour title last year. She's in the main draw this year but has the likes of Wimbledon champion Serena Williams and former Grand Slam champion Venus Williams in her path this year.
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Top-seed Dmitry Tursunov of Russia was upset in the quarterfinals of the Indianapolis Tennis Championships on Friday, losing 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2 to Frank Dancevic of Canada. Dancevic, unseeded and seeking his first ATP title, will face Sam Querrey of the U.S. or Marc Gicquel of France in Saturday's semifinals.
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David Nalbandian of Argentina and Mario Ancic of Croatia have withdrawn from the U.S. Open. The United States Tennis Association said Friday that the 15th-ranked Nalbandian is recovering from hip surgery and the 90th-ranked Ancic is battling mononucleosis. Ivan Navarro of Spain and Karol Beck of Slovakia will replace Nalbandian and Ancic in the main draw of the Grand Slam tournament that runs from…
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Top-ranked Dinara Safina has reached the semifinals of the Slovenia Open by beating beat Maria Elena Camerin of Italy 6-3, 6-0. The Russian broke twice in the first set and three times in the second, dropping serve only once in the match on Friday. Safina will play Alberta Brianti of Italy, who defeated Camille Pin of France 6-3, 6-2.
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Roger Federer is playing a different kind of doubles. Tennis' top-ranked player became a father for the first time when his wife, Mirka, gave birth to twin girls Thursday. "I have some exciting news to share with you," Federer said on his Web site and Facebook page. "Late last night, in Switzerland, Mirka and I became proud parents of twin girls." They are named Charlene Riva…

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Top-seeded Alize Cornet beat Barbora Zahlavova Strycova of the Czech Republic 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 on Friday to reach her first semifinal of the season at the Nuernberger Gastein Ladies. The 28th-ranked Frenchwoman served flawlessly and converted both break points in the deciding set. Cornet, the only seeded player left in the draw, had not won two straight matches since February.
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Qualifier Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay has upset Nicolas Almagro 6-2, 6-4 to reach the semifinals of the German Open. Cuevas advanced to his second semifinal of the year after beating the 14th-seeded Spaniard on Friday. Cuevas entered the clay-court tournament ranked No. 107 in the world. He beat another seeded player in the third round, No.
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Andrea Petkovic has rallied to beat Anna-Lena Groenefeld 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-1 and reach her first career semifinal at the Nuernberger Gastein Ladies. The seventh-seeded Groenefeld hit 11 double faults on Friday. She won only six points on serve in the decider. The 98th-ranked Petkovic will play Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan, who beat 2007 finalist Yvonne Meusburger of Austria 6-2, 6-3.
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Roger Federer became a father of twin girls after his wife Mirka gave birth Thursday. In a statement released on his personal Web site and Facebook page, tennis' world No. 1 said the girls have been named Charlene Riva and Myla Rose. "I have some exciting news to share with you," Federer's Facebook page said.
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Sam Querrey was one of the few seeded players who escaped the second round of the Indianapolis Tennis Championships with a victory. Querrey, seeded third, beat fellow American Rajeev Ram 7-5, 6-3 on Thursday. Ram beat Querrey in the finals of the ATP Hall of Fame Championship in Newport, R.I., on July 12 for his first ATP title.
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