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Serena, Blake And Monfils Into Semifinals, Tsonga Knocked Out
Saturday, February 14, 2009
PARIS (AP) — Top-ranked Serena Williams defeated Emilie Loit 6-4, 6-1 to set up a semifinal with Elena Dementieva for the third straight tournament at the Open GDF Suez on Friday.
Loit, only the second qualifier in tournament history to make the quarterfinals, broke Williams when she was serving for the first set at 5-3. Williams threw her racket on the ground but broke right back and cruised the rest of the way.
"Definitely a tricky match," said Williams, the Australian Open champion. "Definitely good to get through, you know? I don't play too many lefties.
"I definitely don't feel at my best," Williams added, "but I feel like I'm getting there."
Dementieva gave Williams her only loss of the year in the Sydney semifinals, but Williams avenged that in the Australian Open semifinals en route to her 10th Grand Slam singles title.SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — James Blake beat fellow American Sam Querrey 7-6 (9), 6-3 on Friday to advance to the semifinals of the SAP Open, setting up an intriguing meeting with doubles teammate Mardy Fish.
Blake hung on to win despite rolling his ankle with two points to go. He reached the semis shortly after Fish, his close friend and teammate, beat Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro 6-3, 6-4, upsetting the world's seventh-ranked player.
After Fish and Blake meet in a semifinal match Saturday afternoon, they'll team up for a doubles match late that night. They won the doubles title at San Jose in 2004, and both say their games improve when they're working together.
"There won't be any hard feelings," Blake said with a grin. "There better not be any hard feelings, or there might be a serve to the back of the head. ... Hopefully, we can go out to dinner tonight, play each other tomorrow, and then go out to dinner again."


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Posted by Shelia at 2:13 AM Labels: ABN AMRO Tournament, Emilie Loit, Gael Monfils, James Blake, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Mardy Fish, Open GDF Suez, Rafael Nadal, Sam Querrey, SAP Open, Serena Williams Email this post
Serena Into Paris Quarterfinals; Not Feeling ITF New Doping Rules
Friday, February 13, 2009
PARIS (AP) — Top-ranked Serena Williams showed no signs of the illness which kept her bedridden last week as she ousted Karolina Sprem 6-1, 6-2 to reach the Open GDF Suez quarterfinals on Thursday.
Williams, after winning the Australian Open, didn't practice until Monday, and was relieved to get through the first round of the indoor tournament she's won twice.
Her second-round match was easier, as Williams took less than an hour to beat the Croatian qualifier, converting her first match point with a forehand return winner down the line.
Next up will be French qualifier Emilie Loit, whom Williams hasn't met in six years.
"She's a lefty, she uses a lot of spins and slices," Williams said about Loit. "She's a very experienced player and tricky."
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Serena Williams joined the chorus of top tennis players who believe the new anti-doping measures on athletes are too strong, she called the rules implemented by the International Tennis Federation as “over the top.”
“It’s very invasive,” she said. “Basically, they show up at your house on any day.
Under the new rules, athletes must specify one hour each day when and where they can be located for testing. They also must tell anti-doping authorities where they will be over the next three months, but they can update this by e-mail or phone message.
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Posted by Shelia at 3:26 AM Labels: Angela Haynes Serena Williams, Australian Open, Emilie Loit, ITF, Karolina Sprem, Open GDF Suez Email this post
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