Face Of The Day

Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic eyes the ball as she returns a shot to Venus Williams of the U.S. at the Rome Masters tennis tournament May 4, 2009.

Singles - Second Round
(4) Venus Williams (USA) d. Lucie Safarova (CZE) 62 46 62
(6) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d. (Q) Ayumi Morita (JPN) 60 ret. (left thigh strain)

Singles - First Round
(9) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) d. Agnes Szavay (HUN) 63 62
(10) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. Alona Bondarenko (UKR) 60 61
(12) Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) 67(2) 64 61
(13) Alize Cornet (FRA) d. Ai Sugiyama (JPN) 63 75
(14) Zheng Jie (CHN) d. Nathalie Dechy (FRA) 61 76(4)
Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) d. (15) Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) 62 63
Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) d. Sara Errani (ITA) 61 36 64
Virginie Razzano (FRA) d. Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) 60 67(8) 64
Gisela Dulko (ARG) d. (WC) Karin Knapp (ITA) 62 63
Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) d. (WC) Tathiana Garbin (ITA) 36 63 61
Elena Vesnina (RUS) d. (Q) Jill Craybas (USA) 16 63 62
Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) d. (WC) Roberta Vinci (ITA) 63 76(4)
(Q) Aravane Rezai (FRA) d. Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) 63 63

Doubles - First Round
(5) Hantuchova/Sugiyama (SVK/JPN) d. Husarova/Wozniacki (SVK/DEN)
36 64 108
(7) Hsieh/Peng (TPE/CHN) d. Koryttseva/Poutchek (UKR/BLR) 76(5) 75
Dushevina/Voskoboeva (RUS/KAZ) d. Kondratieva/Lefavre (RUS/FRA) 62 60

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Estoril Open

Singles - First Round
(1) Iveta Benesova (CZE) d. (WC) Neuza Silva (POR) 64 57 64
(8) Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) d. Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 16 63 76(1)
Jarmila Groth (SVK) d. Mathilde Johansson (FRA) 16 61 61
Kristina Barrois (GER) d. (WC) Maria Joao Koehler (POR) 76(4) 60

Doubles - First Round
(1) Cirstea/Kirilenko (ROU/RUS) d. Ivanova/Yakimova (RUS/BLR) 63 64
(2) Peer/Yan (ISR/CHN) d. Govortsova/Ar.Rodionova (BLR/RUS) 62 64
Date Krumm/Wickmayer (JPN/BEL) d. (4) Sun/Vedy (CHN/FRA) 60 26 104

Singles - First Round
[1] [WC] G Simon (FRA) d R Kendrick (USA) 63 76(7)
P Capdeville (CHI) d [5] D Nalbandian (ARG) 62 62
[6] M Fish (USA) d T Gabashvili (RUS) 63 64
M Gicquel (FRA) d P Andujar (ESP) 76(6) 64
O Hernandez (ESP) d [WC] R Machado (POR) 75 16 75

Doubles - First Round
[3] F Cermak (CZE) / M Mertinak (SVK) d [Alt] P Capdeville (CHI) / I Navarro (ESP) 63 62

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BMW Open

Singles - First Round
[6] N Kiefer (GER) d E Gulbis (LAT) 26 63 62
P Kohlschreiber (GER) d B Phau (GER) 62 21 ret. - right hand
M Youzhny (RUS) d I Minar (CZE) 63 76(5)
J Chardy (FRA) d E Korolev (RUS) 63 63

Doubles - First Round
[4] R Bopanna (IND) / T Parrott (USA) d N Almagro (ESP) / S Prieto (ARG) 64 57 10-8
[WC] D Gremelmayr (GER) / D Meffert (GER) d P Marx (GER) / F Moser (GER) 36 63 10-1