Roberta Vinci

PARIS (Reuters) - Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina claimed their maiden grand slam title together by beating Italian top seeds Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci 7-5 6-2 in the French Open women's doubles final on Sunday. The fourth-seed Russian pair,...

    World number one Serena Williams reached the quarter-finals of the French Open for the first time since 2010 with an easy 6-1 6-3 win over top-ranked doubles player Roberta Vinci on Sunday. It was Williams' 28th straight victory and underlined...

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By Pritha Sarkar PARIS, June 2 (Reuters) - They are both grand-slam winners, they are both ranked number one and they are both 30-something yet that is where the similarities ended as Serena Williams left Roberta Vinci red-faced at the French Open on...

PARIS (Reuters) - Ask her to describe the way she plays and Serena Williams has a one-word response - fierce. She is unlikely to hear a word of disagreement from Roberta Vinci after the Italian was beaten 6-1 6-3 in the fourth round of the French Open on...

PARIS (Reuters) - Seeing the usually majestic Roger Federer down on his hands and knees - literally - is a rare sight in tennis but that turned out to be the least of his problems at the French Open on Sunday as he flirted with a last-16 exit. Federer...

Matt Harvey has sliced through some of the best lineups in baseball while establishing himself as a rookie ace for the Mets. On Sunday, he was knocked around by one of the worst lineups in baseball. The Marlins had Derek Dietrich batting third and Marcell...

PARIS (Reuters) - Former champion Svetlana Kuznetsova came out on top of a vintage claycourt tennis match by outplaying German eighth seed Angelique Kerber 6-4 4-6 6-3 to book her place in the quarter-finals of the French Open on Sunday. The 2009...

PARIS, June 1 (Reuters) - Order of play on show courts on the eighth day of the French Open onS unday (all matches fourth round, times GMT, prefix numbers denote seedings): Court Philippe Chatrier (play starts at 0900): Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) v...

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PARIS -- Reigning champion Maria Sharapova and fellow former world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka were a pair of third-round winners on a sunny, breezy Saturday at the French Open. The second-seeded Sharapova overcame some sloppy play in order to get past...