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ROME, May 19 (Reuters) - Serena Williams won her fourth consecutive tennis tour title when she thrashed former world number one Victoria Azarenka 6-1 6-3 to take the Italian Open on Sunday.
May 19 (Infostrada Sports) - Result from the Italian Open Women's Singles Final on Sunday 1-Serena Williams (U.S.) beat 3-Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) 6-1 6-3
Rome, May 18 (Reuters) - Serena Williams crushed Romanian qualifier Simona Halep 6-3 6-0 to book her place in the Italian Open final and extend her winning streak to 23 matches on Saturday.
May 18 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Italian Open Women's Singles Semifinal matches on Saturday 3-Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) beat 7-Sara Errani (Italy) 6-0 7-5 1-Serena Williams (U.S.) beat Simona Halep (Romania) 6-3 6-0
May 17 (Reuters) - Czech Tomas Berdych snapped a run of 11 consecutive defeats by world number one Novak Djokovic to reach the semi-finals of the Rome Masters before Rafa Nadal was stretched to the limit against David Ferrer on Friday.
May 17 (Reuters) - Czech Tomas Berdych tasted only his second victory in 15 clashes with Novak Djokovic to reach the semi-finals of the Rome Masters on Friday, coming from nowhere to stun the world number one 2-6 7-5 6-4 at the Foro Italico.
ROME, May 17 (Reuters) - Maria Sharapova withdrew from the Italian Open before her quarter-final with Italy's Sara Errani on Friday because of "physical problems", organisers said.
ROME, May 17 (Reuters) - Maria Sharapova withdrew from the Italian Open before her quarter-final with Italy's Sara Errani on Friday because of "physical problems", organisers said.
May 16 (Reuters) - Defending champion Rafa Nadal recovered from losing the opening five games against Ernests Gulbis to book his place in the quarter-finals of the Rome Masters on Thursday.
May 16 (Reuters) - Walt Disney's ESPN sports juggernaut said it signed an 11-year contract to exclusively show all rounds of the U.S. Open tennis tournament on its channels in North and South America, giving it coverage of the sport's four major tournaments.
May 16 (Reuters) - World number one Novak Djokovic made short work of Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov to reach the quarter-finals of the Rome Masters on Thursday with a 6-1 6-4 win.
ROME, May 15 (Reuters) - Jerzy Janowicz ripped off his shirt after stunning Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Juan Martin del Potro visited the Pope and Andy Murray and Stanislas Wawrinka pulled out through injury at the Italian Open on Wednesday.
