...six-match winning streak against her sibling. Last month, Serena sprained her left ankle during a quarterfinal match with Silvia Farina Elia and retired after failing to convert three match points in a second-set tiebreaker. Serena was not planning...
...reach the final of the Bausch & Lomb Championships. The top-ranked Davenport will play for the title Sunday against Silvia Farina Elia, a 6-1, 6-3 winner over Virginie Razzano in Saturday's other semifinal. In Valencia, Spain, Fifth-seeded...
...match. In sweltering heat at Olympic Stadium and with Martina Navratilova looking on, Molik beat second-seeded Silvia Farina Elia of Italy in the first semifinal. Perebiynis defeated Sandra Kleinova of the Czech Republic.
...for France. "It's my second time playing against somebody in the top 10. I'm just really excited." Italy's Silvia Farina Elia completed a 2-6, 6-4, 7-5 win over Virginia Ruano Pascual, and will face No. 4 Amelie Mauresmo in the...
...Mauresmo reached the semifinals for the fifth time in six years with a rain-delayed 6-1, 2-6, 7-5 win over Silvia Farina Elia. Farina Elia served for the match at 5-3 in the third set, but Mauresmo won four straight games to close it...
...Schiavone, beat Elena Likhovtseva, 6-1, 6-3. Schiavone will be joined in the quarterfinals by countrywoman Silvia Farina Elia, who was too much for Maria Sharapova. 7-6 (3), 6-0, for her second victory of the day. HAMBURG MASTERS...
...other first-round matches, ninth-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated Alicia Molik 6-2, 4-6, 6-4, No. 10 Silvia Farina Elia got by Barbara Schett 6-4, 6-4, and No. 14 Francesca Schiavone eliminated Nicole Pratt 6-2, 6-3...
...Saturday's semifinals, she'll meet third-seeded Amelie Mauresmo, who saved five break points and eliminated Silvia Farina Elia 6-4, 6-3. Mauresmo, trying to claim her second title her in four years, is in her first tournament since...
...Top-seeded Kim Clijsters narrowly escaped defeat to reach the semifinals at the Gaz de France on Friday, beating Italy's Silvia Farina Elia s. 3-6, 7-5, 6-3. Farina Elia served for victory at 6-3, 5-3 but then managed to win only three...
...said Clijsters, who had tape on her ankle. "I played really well." Her next match comes against seventh-seeded Silvia Farina Elia, who beat Tina Pisnik. Two seeded players lost. Dinara Safina beat No. 3 Patty Schnyder 4-6, 6-2, 6-1...
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