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Djokovic, Blake bow out at Rogers Cup
Novak Djokovic and James Blake added their names to the Toronto upset list, falling in Friday's quarters at the Rogers Cup.
Kiefer advances to final in Toronto
Nicolas Kiefer reached the championship of the Rogers Cup with a 6-7 (4), 6-3, 7-6 (5) win over Gilles Simon on Saturday.
He'll play the winner of the Rafael Nadal-Andy Murray match scheduled for later Saturday.
Kiefer hasn't won an ATP event since 2000 in Hong Kong and hasn't appeared in a final since 2005 in St. Petersburg.
The match lasted 2 hours, 59 minutes, mostly filled with groundstrokes from the baseline.
Jankovic advances to semis in Carson
Top-seeded Jelena Jankovic took another step toward a possible No. 1 ranking on the WTA Tour by beating ninth-seeded Nadia Petrova 7-5, 6-4 on Friday night to advance to the semifinals of the East West Bank Classic.
Jankovic, 23, of Serbia, can take the top spot in the rankings from countrywoman Ana Ivanovic if she wins this $600,000 hardcourt event.
Next up is No. 4 Dinara Safina in Saturday night's semifinal. Safina, of Russia, was a 6-3, 6-1 winner over No. 8 Victoria Azarenk, of Belarus.
Venus withdraws from Rogers Cup
Wimbledon champion Venus Williams has withdrawn from next week's Rogers Cup women's tennis tournament with a knee injury.
Williams did not want to risk aggravating the tendinitis in her knee ahead of the Beijing Olympics, tournament director Eugene Lapierre said Friday.
She was the lone late withdrawal from the tier-1 event before the draw on Friday.
This year's tournament has seven of the world's top-10 players.
Errani to meet Garrigues in Portoroz final
Sara Errani beat third-seeded Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark 6-4, 6-4 on Saturday in the Slovenia Open semifinals to reach her second straight tournament final.
Errani's ninth straight win on the WTA Tour followed her first career title this month at Palermo, where she also knocked off the favorite. The eighth-seeded Errani eliminated No. 1 seed Maria Kirilenko in the quarterfinals earlier this week.
Serena decides to rest knee before Olympics
Serena Williams has withdrawn from the East West Bank Classic because of a left knee injury.
After practicing Tuesday morning, Williams said she knew she couldn't play this week. She was scheduled to play her first match Wednesday against Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic.
Williams withdrew from Saturday's semifinals at Stanford after injuring her knee, the same knee that kept her out of the 2004 Athens Olympics.
Williams is scheduled to play on the U.S.
Kournikova avoids Gimelstob following insult
Anna Kournikova doesn't care about Justin Gimelstob or what he thinks about her.
Last month, Gimelstob insulted the 28-year-old tennis diva on a radio show, but fans who were hoping to see the two face off on court were likely to be disappointed.
Kournikova was in Washington on Wednesday night with World Team Tennis' St. Louis Aces, who were playing the Washington Kastles, featuring the 31-year-old Gimelstob. The two were not scheduled to play each other in mixed doubles.
Golovin pulls out of Rogers Cup
Tatiana Golovin has pulled out of next week's Rogers Cup event in Montreal, Tennis Canada announced Wednesday.
Golovin, ranked 24th in the world, injured her back at a tournament in Germany in May and has been kept off the court.
"I regret that I will not be able to take part in the Rogers Cup next week in Montreal.," the 20-year-old Frenchwoman said. "My rehabilitation is progressing and I am still hoping to compete in the Olympics next month.
Doubles specialists suspended for betting
Doubles specialists Frantisek Cermak and Michal Mertinak, both coming off tournament titles, were suspended Monday by the ATP for betting on tennis matches.
Neither player wagered on his own matches, and an independent hearing officer found no evidence of any intent to affect the outcome of matches bet upon, the governing body of men's tennis said.
Cermak, a Czech ranked 34th in doubles, was suspended for 10 weeks beginning Monday and fined $15,000.
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Kiefer advances to first final in three years in Toronto
Nicolas Kiefer of Germany defeated Gilles Simon of France 6-7 (4), 6-3, 7-6 (5) in 3 hours to advance to the Rogers Cup final on Saturday.
Italian Pennetta reaches career-best final at Carson
Flavia Pennetta of Italy reached the biggest final of her career when she defeated Bethanie Mattek of the United States 3-6, 6-2, 7-5 at the East West Bank Classic on Saturday.
Italy's Errani impresses again, reaches final in Slovenia
Sara Errani of Italy reached her second straight final at the Slovenia Open, where she was joined by Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain on Saturday.
Venus withdraws from Rogers Cup in Montreal
Wimbledon champion Venus Williams has withdrawn from next week's Rogers Cup women's tennis tournament with a knee injury.
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Eight-year-old girl ejected for wearing earpiece
An 8-year-old girl was ejected from a junior tennis tournament at Christchurch on New Zealand's South Island when officials discovered she was wearing a radio earpiece to receive instructions from her father.
German tennis chief blasts new ATP structure
The head of the German Tennis Federation said the ATP Tour's planned tournament restructuring would have a devastating effect on the annual men's clay court event in Hamburg.
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