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UPDATE 6-Tennis-Madrid Open women's singles round 2 results

May 8th 2013
May 7 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Madrid Open Women's Singles Round 2 matches on Tuesday 2-Maria Sharapova (Russia) beat Christina Mchale (U.S.) 6-1 6-2 16-Ana Ivanovic (Serbia) beat Chanelle Scheepers (South Africa) 6-2 6-2 Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) beat 11-Nadia Petrova (Russia) 7-6(2) 4-6 6-4 Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spain) beat Madison Keys (U.S.) 7-6(3) 6-3 Sabine Lisicki (Germany) beat 15-Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia) 7-6(4) 7-6(3) 1-Serena    

UPDATE 13-Tennis-Madrid Open men's singles results

May 7th 2013
May 7 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Madrid Open Men's Singles matches on Tuesday Round 2 Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) beat 1-Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 7-6(6) 6-7(8) 6-3 Pablo Andujar (Spain) beat John Isner (U.S.) 6-4 6-4 Fernando Verdasco (Spain) beat 12-Milos Raonic (Canada) 6-4 2-6 7-6(7) 3-Andy Murray (Britain) beat Florian Mayer (Germany) 7-6(11) 7-6(3) 2-Roger Federer (Switzerland) beat Radek Stepanek (Czech Republic) 6-3 6-3 16-Gilles Simon    

CORRECTED-UPDATE 1-Tennis-Federer looking sharp on return

May 7th 2013
(Corrects third para to show Federer on course to meet Nishikori)    

Tennis-Tomic's father suspended by ATP after Madrid incident

May 7th 2013
MADRID, May 7 (Reuters) - John Tomic, the father and coach of Australian world number 53 Bernard Tomic, has been suspended from ATP events after he was involved in an altercation with his son's practice partner in a Madrid street at the weekend.    

Tennis-Mint-green Federer looking sharp on competitive return

May 7th 2013
MADRID, May 7 (Reuters) - Roger Federer looked as sharp as ever in his first match following a two-month layoff as he beat Czech Radek Stepanek 6-3 6-3 at the Madrid Open on Tuesday.    

Tennis-Serena makes serene progress into Madrid third round

May 7th 2013
MADRID, May 7 (Reuters) - World number one and defending champion Serena Williams continued her serene progress at the Madrid Open tennis when she eased past Spanish wild card Lourdes Dominguez Lino 6-2 7-5 in the second round on Tuesday.    

Three Ohio women rescued a decade after they vanished

May 7th 2013
CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Three women who vanished separately as teenagers about a decade ago were found alive in a house in Cleveland with police arresting three brothers, including a school bus driver.    

Pakistan election violence forces candidates behind high walls

May 7th 2013
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Mian Hussain is fighting for his political life from a deserted party headquarters, where two telephones sit silently beside him and the footsteps of a tea boy echo down the corridor.    

Iraq-Kurd oil talks break ice, long-term fix unlikely

May 7th 2013
BAGHDAD/ARBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - A lasting solution to Iraq's dispute with its Kurdish north is unlikely even if recent talks between the two sides lead to a resumption of oil exports from the autonomous region.    

Netanyahu quietly curbs settlement expansion - reports

May 7th 2013
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has quietly curbed new building projects in Jewish settlements, an Israeli watchdog group and media reports said on Tuesday, in an apparent bid to help U.S. efforts to revive peace talks with the Palestinians.    

HSBC profits nearly double as costs and bad debts fall

May 7th 2013
LONDON (Reuters) - HSBC aims to keep the pressure on costs after first-quarter earnings nearly doubled due to the bank's three-year efficiency drive and a halving in bad debts charges.    

Tennis-WTA rankings

May 7th 2013
May 7 (Reuters) - WTA rankings on Tuesday (last week's positions in brackets): 1. (1) Serena Williams (United States) 11115 points 2. (2) Maria Sharapova (Russia) 10240 3. (3) Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) 9130 4. (4) Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) 6845 5. (5) Li Na (China) 6000 6. (6) Angelique Kerber (Germany) 5420 7. (7) Sara Errani (Italy) 5270 8. (8) Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) 5225 9.    

Tennis-ATP World Tour rankings

May 7th 2013
May 7 (Reuters) - May 7 (Reuters) - ATP World Tour rankings on Tuesday (last week's positions in brackets): 1. (1) Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 12900 points 2. (2) Roger Federer (Switzerland) 8670 3. (3) Andy Murray (Scotland) 8570 4. (4) David Ferrer (Spain) 6920 5. (5) Rafa Nadal (Spain) 5985 6. (6) Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) 4760 7. (7) Juan Martin Del Potro    

North Korea missiles moved away from launch site - U.S. officials

May 7th 2013
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea has taken two Musudan missiles off launch-ready status and moved them from the country's east coast, U.S. officials told Reuters on Monday, after weeks of concern that Pyongyang had been poised for a test-launch.    

Anwar vows "fierce movement" to reform Malaysia election system

May 7th 2013
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim vowed on Tuesday to lead a "fierce movement" to reform the country's electoral system and challenge the results of an election he lost, starting with a rally of supporters this week.    

Turkey condemns Israeli air strikes in Syria

May 7th 2013
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan condemned on Tuesday Israeli air strikes on targets near Damascus, saying they were an opportunity for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government to cover up its own killings.    

Diageo turns to insider to replace CEO Walsh

May 7th 2013
LONDON (Reuters) - Diageo reshuffled its management on Tuesday, with a company insider becoming the boss of the world's biggest spirits firm, suggesting there will be no significant change in strategy.    

Britain should quit European Union - Nigel Lawson

May 7th 2013
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain should leave the European Union because Prime Minister David Cameron's plan to claw back powers from Brussels is doomed, former chancellor Nigel Lawson said on Monday.    

Tennis-Controversy a constant companion for Tomics

May 7th 2013
SYDNEY, May 7 (Reuters) - Control-freak and parasite or loving father determined to help his son make the most of a rare tennis talent - John Tomic does not so much divide opinion in Australia as split it into 'Bernard against the rest'.    

UPDATE 9-Tennis-Madrid Masters men's singles round 1 results

May 7th 2013
May 6 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Madrid Masters Men's Singles Round 1 matches on Monday Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) beat Javier Marti (Spain) 6-2 6-4 Robin Haase (Netherlands) beat Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukraine) 6-3 6-7(6) 6-2 Jerzy Janowicz (Poland) beat Sam Querrey (U.S.) 6-3 6-4 11-Nicolas Almagro (Spain) beat Tobias Kamke (Germany) 6-4 (Kamke retired) John Isner (U.S.) beat Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spain) 7-5 7-6(8) Daniel Gimeno-