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Tennis-Robson, Suarez Navarro pull off upset wins in Madrid

May 6th 2013
MADRID, May 6 (Reuters) - Britain's Laura Robson and Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro conjured up big first-round upset victories at the Madrid Open when they surprised fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland and ninth-seeded Australian Samantha Stosur on Monday.    

UPDATE 4-Tennis-I acted in self-defence, says Tomic's father

May 6th 2013
* ATP, Tennis Australia investigating incident (Adds Dolgopolov quotes paras 18-21)    

UPDATE 6-Tennis-Madrid Open women's singles results

May 6th 2013
May 6 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Madrid Open Women's Singles matches on Monday Round 2 Laura Robson (Britain) beat 4-Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) 6-3 6-1 7-Sara Errani (Italy) beat Sorana Cirstea (Romania) 7-5 2-6 6-4 6-Angelique Kerber (Germany) beat Alize Cornet (France) 6-4 6-2 Round 1 3-Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia) 7-6(8) 7-6(3) 2-Maria Sharapova (Russia) beat Alexandra Dulgheru (Roma    

Tennis-Raonic bemoans errors after narrow win against Davydenko

May 6th 2013
MADRID, May 6 (Reuters) - Milos Raonic said he needed to iron out "crucial mistakes" after the Canadian 12th seed squeaked past former world number three Nikolay Davydenko 7-5 7-6 in the opening round of the Madrid Open on Monday.    

UPDATE 3-Tennis-I acted in self-defence, says Tomic's father

May 6th 2013
* ATP, Tennis Australia investigating incident (Updates after court hearing, adds byline)    

Tennis-Keys unlocks formula for shock victory over Li

May 5th 2013
MADRID, May 5 (Reuters) - American teenager Madison Keys was immersed in her algebra homework when she got the message that she was due on court in 10 minutes to play fifth seed and former French Open champion Li Na at the Madrid Open.    

UPDATE 1-Tennis-Sluggish Serena begins Madrid defence, Li ousted

May 5th 2013
* Fifth-seeded Li surprised by Keys (Adds results, byline)    

UPDATE 15-Tennis-Madrid Open women's singles round 1 results

May 5th 2013
May 5 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Madrid Open Women's Singles Round 1 matches on Sunday Varvara Lepchenko (U.S.) beat 12-Roberta Vinci (Italy) 6-1 1-6 6-2 11-Nadia Petrova (Russia) beat Camila Giorgi (Italy) 6-3 4-6 6-4 Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) beat Zheng Jie (China) 6-2 6-3 13-Maria Kirilenko (Russia) beat Klara Zakopalova (Czech Republic) 6-3 2-1 (Zakopalova retired) Ekaterina Ma    

UPDATE 4-Tennis-Madrid Masters men's singles round 1 results

May 5th 2013
May 5 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Madrid Masters Men's Singles Round 1 matches on Sunday Pablo Andujar (Spain) beat 10-Marin Cilic (Croatia) 6-7(6) 6-4 6-1 Radek Stepanek (Czech Republic) beat Bernard Tomic (Australia) 6-3 6-2 Jeremy Chardy (France) beat Horacio Zeballos (Argentina) 6-4 7-6(3) 16-Gilles Simon (France) beat Julien Benneteau (France) 2-6 7-5 6-3 Fernando Verdasco (Spain) beat David Goffin (Belgium) 7-6(2) 6-2    

Tennis-Top players pay tribute to ATP chief Drewett

May 5th 2013
MADRID, May 5 (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Andy Murray and Rafa Nadal joined a minute's silence at the Madrid Open on Sunday in memory of men's ATP Tour executive chairman and president Brad Drewett, who died on Friday.    

Tennis-Haas wins in Munich at the age of 35

May 5th 2013
LONDON, May 5 (Reuters) - Germany's Tommy Haas beat compatriot Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3 7-6 to win the Munich Open on Sunday and become the first 35-year-old to win an ATP title in five years.    

Tennis-Oeiras Open men's singles final result

May 5th 2013
May 5 (Infostrada Sports) - Result from the Oeiras Open Men's Singles Final on Sunday 2-Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland) beat 1-David Ferrer (Spain) 6-1 6-4    

Tennis-Higher French Open seeding for Nadal unnecessary - Federer

May 5th 2013
MADRID, May 5 (Reuters) - Rafa Nadal's seeding at the French Open is irrelevant as the Spaniard's prowess on clay means he will always be dangerous, his great rival Roger Federer said on Sunday.    

Tennis-Sluggish Serena begins Madrid defence with laboured win

May 5th 2013
MADRID, May 5 (Reuters) - World number one Serena Williams overcame a lethargic start to her Madrid Open title defence to seal an ultimately comfortable 7-6 6-1 victory against teenage qualifier Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan in the first round on Sunday.    

REFILE-Tennis-Venus pulls out of Madrid with back problem

May 5th 2013
MADRID, May 5 (Reuters) - Former world number one Venus Williams has been forced to withdraw from the Madrid Open due to a back problem, organisers said on Sunday.    

Tennis-Munich Open men's singles final result

May 5th 2013
May 5 (Infostrada Sports) - Result from the Munich Open Men's Singles Final on Sunday 3-Tommy Haas (Germany) beat 4-Philipp Kohlschreiber (Germany) 6-3 7-6(3)    

UPDATE 6-Tennis-Madrid Open women's singles round 1 results

May 4th 2013
May 4 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Madrid Open Women's Singles Round 1 matches on Saturday Lourdes Dominguez Lino (Spain) beat Simona Halep (Romania) 6-2 4-6 6-4 Laura Robson (Britain) beat Magdalena Rybarikova (Slovakia) 6-7(4) 6-2 6-2 7-Sara Errani (Italy) beat Urszula Radwanska (Poland) 6-3 6-1 Kirsten Flipkens (Belgium) beat Mona Barthel (Germany) 6-4 6-1 Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia) beat Sloane Stephens (U.S.) 6-3 7-5 Alize Cornet (Fran    

UPDATE 1-Tennis-Oeiras Open men's singles semifinal results

May 4th 2013
May 4 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Oeiras Open Men's Singles Semifinal matches on Saturday 1-David Ferrer (Spain) beat 3-Andreas Seppi (Italy) 6-1 6-4 2-Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland) beat Pablo Carreno (Spain) 6-3 3-6 6-1    

Tennis-Evert hurt by Connors' revelations of 'private matter'

May 4th 2013
LONDON, May 4 (Reuters) - Tennis great Chris Evert has hit out at her former fiance Jimmy Connors for hinting that their relationship ended in the 1970s after she had an abortion against his wishes.    

UPDATE 1-Tennis-Munich Open men's singles semifinal results

May 4th 2013
May 4 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Munich Open Men's Singles Semifinal matches on Saturday 4-Philipp Kohlschreiber (Germany) beat Daniel Brands (Germany) 6-7(4) 6-3 7-6(5) 3-Tommy Haas (Germany) beat Ivan Dodig (Croatia) 6-4 6-3