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 Venus, Sharapova, Sania, Roddick and Nadal advance at Wimble |
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Venus, Sharapova, Sania, Roddick and Nadal advance at Wimbledon
london: defending champion venus williams of the united states eliminated british wildcarder naomi cavaday to reach the second round of the wimbledon tennis tournament, together with 2004 champion maria sharapova of russia. the american beat early trouble to score a 7-6, 6-1 win over cavaday, while her possible semi opponent sharapova recorded an easy 6-1, 6-4 win over stephanie foretz of france. sania mirza managed to edge past colombia''s catalina castano in a tough three setter to advance to the second round of the women''s singles event at the wimbledon championships on tuesday. sania, seeded 32, had to toil to earn a 7-6(3), 3-6, 6-4 win in the first round against her 29-year-old opponent, who is ranked 146 in the wta charts. compatriot lindsay davenport, the 25th seed, who returned to the grass court major following a two-year absence, pulled off a 6-3, 5-7 and 6-3 win over renata voracova. men''s fourth-seeded nikolay davydenko of russia became the highest-ranked player to exit so far, losing 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 to germany''s benjamin becker. spain''s rafael nadal, runner-up to roger federer the past two years, beat andreas beck of germany, 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (7-0). andy murray of scotland beat france''s fabrice santoro in three sets at the all england club in southwest london.
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