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August 2009 Archive

Ivanovic battles past King in LA

August 6, 2009

This was Ivanovic's first match since her injury withdrawal at WimbledonFormer world number one Ana Ivanovic made hard work of her second-round win over Vania King at the LA Women's ...

Cilic in surprise Washington exit

August 6, 2009

Cilic reached the third round of Wimbledon this yearSixth seed Marin Cilic suffered a shock second-round defeat by Indian qualifier Somdev Devvarman in the ATP Legg Mason Tennis Classic in ...

Sharapova eases past Groth in LA

August 6, 2009

Sharapova will hope to challenge for the US Open titleMaria Sharapova continued her comeback from injury with victory over Jarmila Groth in round one of the LA Women's Tennis Championships ...

Hewitt returns to action with win

August 6, 2009

Hewitt was playing for the first time since WimbledonLleyton Hewitt began his summer hard-court campaign with victory over US wildcard Donald Young at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington ...

Bartoli stuns Venus to win title

August 6, 2009

Bartoli secured her first top-tier WTA titleMarion Bartoli of France stunned Venus Williams with a shock 6-2 5-7 6-4 win to clinch the WTA Bank of the West Classic title ...

Bellucci claims Swiss Open title

August 6, 2009

Brazil's Bellucci was playing in his second ATP Tour finalThomaz Bellucci beat Andreas Beck 6-4 7-6 (7-2) in the Swiss Open final to claim his first ATP Tour title.The 21-year-old ...

GB quad team win World Team Cup

August 6, 2009

GB's quad team celebrate their victoryGreat Britain's quad wheelchair tennis team won a third World Team Cup in Nottingham on Sunday with a 2-0 victory over the United States.World number ...

Ex-Bath trio guilty of misconduct

August 6, 2009

Lipman, Crockett and Higgins each played over 100 games for BathFormer Bath trio Michael Lipman, Alex Crockett and Andrew Higgins have been suspended for nine months after being found guilty ...

Springboks unchanged for Aussies

August 6, 2009

Tri-Nations: South Africa v AustraliaTime and date: 1600 BST Saturday 8 August Venue: Cape Town Coverage: Updates on the BBC Sport website and live on Sky Sports 3South Africa looked ...

Ospreys sign US teenager Dirksen

August 6, 2009

Ospreys coach Scott Johnson was in charge of the USA before last seasonThe Ospreys have recruited South African-born United States youth international centre Henno Dirksen.The 18-year-old, who can also play ...