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Clijsters, Venus collect U.S. Open wins NEW YORK, -- Defending champ Kim Clijsters and third-seeded Venus Williams each posted opening-round wins at the U.S. Open Monday. Clijsters registered a 6-0, 7-5 decision over Hungarian Greta Arn, rebounding from an 0-4 hole in the second set to...

Dementieva logs first-round New Haven win NEW HAVEN, Conn., No. 4 seed Elena Dementieva breezed to a win Monday in the first round of the Pilot Pen Tennis event in New Haven, Conn. Dementieva eased past Spaniard Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez 6-1, 6-2 at Yale University's Connecticut Tennis...

MELBOURNE (AFP) – Former champion Maria Sharapova was a high profile casualty at the Australian Open on Monday but there were no dramas for Rafael Nadal and Dinara Safina who led the charge into the second round. Britain's Andy Murray and American Andy Roddick also cruised through, as did...