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At 40, Krumm Approaches Date With Tennis History

Let's call it the Al Bundy Complex. That has to be what makes so many of us feel good about watching these old-timers do well in sports. How many of us finished our sports heyday in high school? I know I can still do it. I sit around day after day on my recliner thinking about it, knowing it. Right? So on Monday,...

Caroline Wozniacki Cruises; Kimiko Date Krumm Wins on Birthday

Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki wasted no time getting back on track Tuesday after a disappointing semifinal loss to Vera Zvonareva at the U.S. Open. The No. 2-ranked Dane defeated Greta Arn in straight sets, 6-1, 6-3, in a little over an hour during her second-round match at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo. Wozniacki has...

Kimiko Date Krumm Stuns Maria Sharapova in Tokyo

Wild-card entrant and local favorite Kimiko Date Krumm of Japan shocked defending champion Maria Sharapova, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, in the first round of the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo on Monday. The 67th-ranked Date Krumm, who turns 40 years old on Tuesday, stunned the 12th-seeded Russian who is coming off a successful hard-court...

Date Krumm, 39, Pushes Former Champ Svetlana Kuznetsova to Three Sets

NEW YORK -- Kimiko Date Krumm lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova in the first round of the U.S. Open on Tuesday, a match hardly anyone expected her to win. But Date Krumm became one of this tournament's big winners before she pushed the 2004 Open champ to a third set. She ruled the day the moment she took the court in the...

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05/29/12 China's Peng advances as other Asian hopes fall Source: Business Recorder - Pakistan China's Peng Shuai advanced to the second round of the French Open on Tuesday, joining her compatriots Li Na, the defending champion, and Zheng Jie as other Asian hopefuls were eliminated.
05/29/12 Serena Williams Stunned In First-Round French Open... Source: The Hartford Courant - Hartford CT Pre-tournament favorite and 13-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams slumped to a shocking 4-6 7-6 6-3 defeat against Frenchwoman Virginie Razzano in the first round of the French Open on Tuesday.
05/29/12 Easy starts for Nadal and Sharapova in Paris Source: Maktoob Business - UAE Rafa Nadal 's campaign for a record seventh French Open title began with a straight-sets victory over outclassed Italian Simone Bolelli on Tuesday, while Maria Sharapova opened with a whitewash of Romanian Alexandra Cadantu.
05/29/12 Easy Starts for Nadal and Sharapova in Paris Source: International Herald Tribune Nadal, defending champion and second seed, thrashed Bolelli 6-2 6-2 6-1 in just short of two hours on the sunny Philippe Chatrier court.
05/29/12 Watson Flies The Flag, Sharapova Cruises Source: WTA Tour Across the water there was a nation needing a win, and a win they got - Heather Watson became the lone Brit into the second round of the French Open on Tuesday, as the first round of the clay court Slam wrapped up.