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Players Attend 2013 Rome Draw

Today in Rome, Andreas Seppi, Fabio Fognini, Flavia Pennetta, Roberta Vinci and Jelena Jankovic helped out at the tournament draw for the 2013 Internazionali BNL d’Italia.
Re-watch the full draw in the making:

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Pennetta Def. Radwanska In S’Pore Final

Flavia Pennetta defeated Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4, 7-5 in the Singapore Women’s Tennis Exhibition today.
After her win, Pennetta said: “I’m really happy because I didn’t expect to play that well. I am really happy about the way I played and also it’s the first time for me in Singapore and I was so surprised because I [...]

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Penneta, Radwanska Into S’Pore Exo Finals

Today at the Singapore women’s tennis exhibition, Flavia Pennetta knocked out favorite Sam Stosur 7-5, 6-7, 6-2 in 148 minutes. Later, Agnieszka Radwanska defeated Peng Shuai 6-3, 6-1 and will face Pennetta in the final.
When asked about playing Radwanska in the finals, Flavia said: ”I think I will have to play really aggressively. She is a [...]

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Schiavone, Pennetta Defeat Williams Sisters In Milan

In front of over 11,000 fans in Milan, Flavia Pennetta and Francesca Schiavone won “La Grande Sfida” (Ultimate Challenge) exhibition against Venus and Serena Williams.

First Serena defeated Flavia and then Francesca defeated Venus. In doubles, the victory went to the Williams sisters. Then, Flavia defeated Venus and finally, in the decisive match, Francesca defeated Serena.
But [...]

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Pennetta Releases Autobiography: Dritto Al Cuore

Italy’s Flavia Pennetta released an autobiography this week called Dritto al Cuore, translation: Straight to the Heart. For 211 pages, Flavia talks about everything from her early family life to her love of tennis to her love of men. At 29 years old, Flavia talks about how she has traveled the world gaining the strength to achieve [...]

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Photo And Video Of The Weekend: Delpanek & FlaviGise

I would be remiss not to share the below picture of Juan Martin del Potro and Radek Stepanek during their doubles semifinal match at the Erste Bank Open on Saturday.
What were they doing, you ask? Maybe it was a pre-match strategy session, maybe they were waving the white flag to their opponents or maybe they decided [...]

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Reflections: WTA Tour Doubles Besties End Year As The Best

After defeating Vania King and Yaroslava Shvedova 6-4, 6-4 to advance to the year-end finals, top seeds Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta are one stop closer to capping off an extremely memorable year for the two.
But no matter what Sunday’s result is, Dulko and Pennetta will finish the season as the WTA’s number 1-ranked doubles [...]

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Weekend Wrap Up: Stockholm, Moscow & Luxembourg

Roger Federer defeated Florian Mayer of Germany 6-4, 6-3 in the Stockholm Open Final to win his 64th career title.
Viktor Troicki of Serbia (left) won his first-ever ATP World Tour title, defeating Marcos Baghdatis 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 to win the Kremlin Cup final in Moscow, Russia.
(From left to right) Igor Kunitsyn and Dmitry Tursunov of Russia [...]

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Flavia Pennetta Talks About Life On Tour

We would have given our left arm to be that interviewer because we LOVE Flavia Pennetta! The Italian sat down while in Montreal and talked about life on the WTA tour. Shopping is definitely one of her favorite things (with her friend Gisela!) and she also talks about what it’s like being away from home all [...]

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US Open: Day 8 Photos, Victory!

Flavia Pennetta embracing her friend and doubles partner, Gisela Dulko, after defeating Shahar Peer and Monica Niculescu, 6-7(7), 6-1, 6-2.

Horacio Zeballos rejoicing with his partner, Eduardo Schwank, after defeating Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecau, 7-6(3), 3-6, 6-3.

Cara Black and Anastasia Rodionova after defeating Julia Goerges and Anna-Lena Groenefeld, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2.

Bob and Mike Bryan showing [...]

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