Kuznetsova enters Portugal Open quarters

Results on the second day of the WTA/ATP Portugal Open on Tuesday (x denotes seeding):. 1st rd Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) bt Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) 6-3, 6-4 Monica Niculescu (ROM) bt Tamira Paszek (AUT) 6-1, 6-3 Peng Shuai (CHN) bt Marion Bartoli (FRA ...

There are few things Elena Baltacha likes more than a challenge. Having overcome injury and serious illness early in her career to make it inside the world's top 50, it had seemed that last summer's Olympics would be her last hurrah. But seven ...

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Britain's interest in French Open qualifying came to an end after Johanna Konta was beaten in the second round by Galina Voskoboeva.Konta, 22, was the only one of four British players in qualifying to make it through the opening round but she came ...

Anne Keothavong has missed out on playing in the forthcoming French Open after losing her first round qualifier at Roland Garros. The British No 4 was beaten by Eva Birnerova of the Czech Republic, losing 3-6 6-3 6-0. Keothavong, 29, is currently ...

TOP Zimbabwean female tennis player, Cara Black and her partner Marina Erakovic of New Zealand found the going tough when they lost 2-6, 4-6 to the pair of Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Lucie Safarova in the final of the WTA Mutua Madrid Open in the ...

New Zealand's Marina Erakovic is one win away from securing an eighth career tennis doubles title after reaching the final of the Madrid Open with Zimbabwe partner Cara Black. Erakovic, 25, and Black, 34, marched through their semi-final against ...

Mucopolysaccharidosis type VI (MPS VI) is a rare lysosomal, autosomal recessive storage disorder caused by deficient activity of N‐acetylgalactosamine‐4‐sulfatase (ARSB). Approximately, 140 ARSB gene mutations have been identified; however, ...

Serena Williams shy Input for Serena Williams! has enforced her position in the second round of the Madrid tournament.The World No. 1 dominated in two sets the Spanish Loudres Dominguez Lino (World 47) 6/2, 7/5 in 1hour 25.In the eighth final of the ...