Austria's Paszek Facing Suspension in Doping Case

Austrian tennis player Tamira Paszek faces a provisional suspension while officials investigate whether a medical treatment she received for a back injury violated doping regulations.
The Austrian anti-doping agency has asked its discplinary committee to temporarily ban Paszek.
Agency chairman Gernot Schaar said Wednesday that Paszek has seven days to respond.
The 18-year-old player received treatment earlier this [...]

Maria Sharapova, Dementieva in Stanford Quarters

Maria Sharapova and Elena Dementieva breezed into the quarter finals of the Stanford Classic on Wednesday, crushing their Maria second-round opponents with equal efficiency.
A red-hot Sharapova destroyed fifth seed and compatriot Nadia Petrova 6-1, 6-2, before world number four Dementieva despatched another Russian in Maria Kirilenko with the same scoreline.
Sharapova, who came back from shoulder [...]

Federer Keen to Play in Davis Cup Playoff

Roger Federer wants to play in Switzerland’s Davis Cup playoff against Italy in September, team captain Severin Luethi said on Wednesday.

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“Nothing is definite yet but there’s a good chance that our best players will be there,” Luethi said in Wednesday’s edition of Lausanne-based daily Le Matin. “I have to talk with him at the end [...]

Overworked Safin Reaches Quarters in Los Angeles

Marat Safin, playing for the fourth time in three days, summoned enough energy to beat Ernests Gulbis of Latvia 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the second round of the L.A. Open on Wednesday.
Safin, who played an exhibition match against Pete Sampras on Monday and beat Robby Ginepri the following night, also teamed with Igor Kunitsyn to [...]

French Open Champ Kuznetsova Pulls Out of Carson

French Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova has pulled out of next week’s L.A. Women’s Tennis Championships due to a foot injury.
The hard-court tournament, to be held from Aug. 3-9, announced Kuznetsova’s withdrawal on Tuesday. She also missed the event last year.
The fifth-ranked Kuznetsova’s departure still leaves 10 of the world’s top 15 women in the field, [...]

Rusty Sharapova Scrapes Past Sugiyama

Maria Sharapova shook off the rust to beat Japan’s Ai Sugiyama 6-4, 6-7, 6-1 in the first round of the Stanford Classic on Monday.
Fellow Russian Elena Dementieva joined her in the second round after beating Britain’s Anne Keothavong 6-1, 6-4.
On the comeback trail after shoulder surgery last year, three-time grand slam champion Sharapova conceded she [...]

Venus and Serena Williams Win Openers

Serena Williams and big sister Venus know their newfound focus on doubles is sure to affect their energy in singles. They’re willing to make that sacrifice if it leads to more Grand Slam titles together.
Neither top-seeded Serena nor second-seeded Venus showed off their best tennis Tuesday night, each still doing plenty right for straight-set victories [...]

Safin Wins; Isner Upsets No. 7 Seed Becker

Eighth-seeded Marat Safin beat Robby Ginepri, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the first round of the L.A. Tennis Open at UCLA Tuesday night.
The win was Safin’s first in three meetings with Ginepri, who won the tournament at Indianapolis last week, but the two had not played in four years. Safin won just one point in the [...]

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