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Alisa Kleybanova, appearing in her first WTA final, upset No. 1-seeded Elena Dementieva in straight sets Sunday and won the $220,000 Malaysian Open.

Kleybanova used four service breaks in defeating Dementieva 6-3, 6-2 and winning $37,000 in the a
Top-seeded Russian Maria Sharapova cruised into the quarter-finals of the WTA Tour event on Wednesday, crushing American Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6-1, 6-1.

The Russian remained on course for a clash with second-seeded American Melanie Oudin, who bea
Novak Djokovic reached his first semifinal of the season as German opponent Florian Mayer withdrew with a hamstring problem a day before their quarterfinal at the ABN-AMRO World Tennis.

It was the second time this week that the Serb top-seed had
No. 1 seed Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain and hometown hero Thomaz Bellucci notched first-round wins Tuesday at the Brasil Open.

Defending champion Ferrero, who once held the world's top spot, downed Argentine Eduardo Schwank 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 on the
Bolstered by the return of ace player Sania Mirza and drawn into a relatively easy Group, India would aim to re-enter Group I when the Asia/Oceania zone Fed Cup tournament here tomorrow.

India have been grouped with hosts Malaysia and Singapore t
Bolstered by the return of ace player Sania Mirza and drawn into a relatively easy Group, India would aim to re-enter Group I when
Sania Mirza the Asia/Oceania zone Fed Cup tournament on Wednesday.

India have been grouped with hosts Malaysia and




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