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Tennis: Makarova and Vesnina win French Open women's doubles

Russian fourth seeds Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina won the French Open women's doubles title on Sunday by defeating top seeds Sara Errani amd Roberta Vinci of Italy 7-5, 6-2 in the final Russian fourth seeds Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina won the French Open women's doubles title on Sunday by defeating top seeds Sara Errani amd Roberta Vinci of Italy 7-5, 6-2 in the final

Tennis: Makarova and Vesnina win French Open women's doubles

Russian fourth seeds Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina won the French Open women's doubles title on Sunday by defeating top seeds Sara Errani amd Roberta Vinci of Italy 7-5, 6-2 in the final It was a first Grand Slam title for the Russian pair and it was the first time they had beaten the Italians in five attempts, their last encounter being a semi-final loss at the Australian Open in January. Errani and Vinci have been the dominant women's doubles team in the world over the last year, winning the French Open and US Open in 2012 and also the Australian Open this year.

Tennis: Makarova and Vesnina win French Open women's doubles

Russian fourth seeds Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina won the French Open women's doubles title on Sunday by defeating top seeds Sara Errani amd Roberta Vinci of Italy 7-5, 6-2 in the final ak

Tennis: Serena survives scare in Madrid

World number one Serena Williams withstood a sterling effort from 30-year-old wildcard Anabel Medina Garrigues to book her place in the Madrid Open semi-finals with a 6-3, 0-6, 7-5 victory on Friday. Williams had cruised through to the last eight without so much as dropping a set and she did enough to edge a tight opening set against the World No. 63 with just the one break of serve when Garrgues was serving at 3-4 down.

Tennis: ATP Madrid Masters/WTA Madrid Open results - 2nd update

Results from the seventh day of the ATP Madrid Masters and WTA Madrid Open on Thursday (x denotes seeding): Men Quarter-finals Rafael Nadal (ESP x5) bt David Ferrer (ESP x4) 4-6, 7-6 (7/3), 6-0 Women Quarter-finals Serena Williams (USA x1) bt Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) 6-3, 0-6, 7-5 Maria Sharapova (RUS x2) bt Kaia Kanepi (EST) 6-2, 6-4 Sara Errani (ITA x7) bt Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 6-4, 6-3 Ana Ivanovic (SRB x16) bt Angelique Kerber (GER x6) 6-3, 6-1 afp

Tennis: WTA Stuttgart results

Results from the third day of the WTA Stuttgart tournament on Wednesday (x denotes seeding): Women's singles 1st round Lucie Safarova (CZE) bt Mona Barthel (GER) 6-4, 6-1 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) bt Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 6-7 (5/7), 7-5, 6-4 Carla Suarez (ESP) bt Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x7) 7-6 (8/6), 6-1 Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) bt Roberta Vinci (ITA) 6-4, 6-2 Petra Kvitova (CZE x5) bt Annika Beck (GER) 7-5, 6-7 (0/7), 6-3 Julia Goerges (GER) bt Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) 6-2, 2-1 retired afp

UPDATE 10-Tennis-Qatar Open women's singles round 2 results

Feb 13 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Qatar Open Women's Singles Round 2 matches on Wednesday 8-Samantha Stosur (Australia) beat Monica Niculescu (Romania) 6-4 1-6 6-3 10-Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) beat Sorana Cirstea (Romania) 7-6(7) 6-0 Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia) beat Ekaterina Bychkova (Russia) 6-3 1-6 6-3 Urszula Radwanska (Poland) beat 15-Roberta Vinci (Italy) 6-2 5-7 6-0 7-Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) beat Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) 6-4 0-0 (Makarova retired) 1-Victori

CORRECTED: Tennis: Russia edge Japan to reach Fed Cup semis

Elena Vesnina and Ekaterina Makarova put Russia into the Fed Cup semi-finals on Sunday when they secured a 6-2, 6-2 win over Japan's Ayumi Morita and Misaki Doi for a 3-2 victory. Four-time champions Russia will host Slovakia, who edged 2012 runners-up Serbia 3-2, in April's semi-finals. Russia and Japan had been locked 1-1 overnight before the Asian outsiders went 2-1 up when Morita defeated Vesnina, standing in for the unwell Maria Kirilenko, 6-4, 6-1. Makarova then levelled at 2-2 by easing past veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm 6-1, 6-1.

Tennis: Russia edge Japan to reach Fed Cup semis

Elena Vesnina and Ekaterina Makarova put Russia into the Fed Cup semi-finals on Sunday when they secured a 6-2, 6-2 win over Japan's Ayumi Morita and Misaki Doi for a 3-2 victory. Four-time champions Russia will host Slovakia, who edged 2012 runners-up Serbia 3-2, in April's semi-finals. Russia and Japan had been locked 1-1 overnight before the Asian outsiders went 2-1 up when Morita defeated Vesnina, standing in for the unwell Maria Kirilenko, 6-4, 6-1. Makarova then levelled at 2-2 by easing past veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm 6-1, 6-1.

Tennis: Russia into Fed Cup semis with doubles win

Elena Vesnina and Ekaterina Makarova put Russia into the Fed Cup semi-finals on Sunday with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Ayumi Morita and Misaki Doi of Japan in the deciding doubles clash of their World Group I clash in Moscow. The Russians will take on the winner of the tie between Slovakia and Serbia in April's semi-finals. af/ak
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