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Internazionali BNL d’Italia May 15 Results, May 16 Schedule of Play

Published by Aaress Lawless on May 15, 2008 | Print |

Alize Cornet scored the first Top 10 win of her career on Thursday by defeating Svetlana Kuznetsova in straight sets at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome.

Keep reading to see all of Thursday’s results and Friday’s complete schedule of play.

Internazionali BNL d’Italia

Rome, Italy
$1,340,000 (Tier I)
Red Clay / Outdoors
May 12 – 18, 2008

Results – Thursday, May 15, 2008

Singles – Third Round
(2) Maria Sharapova (RUS) d. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 64 76(3)
(Q) Alizé Cornet (FRA) d. (3) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 62 64
(4) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. Maria Kirilenko (RUS) 61 61
(5) Serena Williams (USA) d. (WC) Sara Errani (ITA) 64 63
(6) Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) d. (12) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 64 16 61
(7) Venus Williams (USA) d. (10) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 75 62
(9) Patty Schnyder (SUI) d. (8) Marion Bartoli (FRA) 46 64 76(7)
(Q) Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) d. (WC) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 62 10 ret. (left knee injury)

Doubles – Second Round
(1) Black/Huber (ZIM/USA) d. Craybas/Kudryavtseva (USA/RUS) 63 63
Jans/Jugic-Salkic (POL/BIH) d. (2) Srebotnik/Sugiyama (SLO/JPN) 16 75 104 (Match TB)
(3) Peschke/Stubbs (CZE/AUS) d. Hradecka/Krajicek (CZE/NED) 46 63 119 (Match TB)
Kirilenko/A.Radwanska (RUS/POL) d. (4) Molik/Santangelo (AUS/ITA) 64 63
(5) Chan/Chuang (TPE/TPE) d. Dushevina/Likhovtseva (RUS/RUS) 62 75
Benesova/Husarova (CZE/SVK) d. (6) Raymond/Stosur (USA/AUS) 64 26 102 (Match TB)
Peng/T.Sun (CHN/CHN) d. (7) Bondarenko/Bondarenko (UKR/UKR) 76(2) 61
Medina Garrigues/Ruano Pascual (ESP/ESP) d. (9) Yan/Zheng (CHN/CHN) 64 62

Order of Play – Friday, May 16, 2008

Stadio Pietrangeli (from 13.00hrs)
1. Pironkova vs. Chakvetadze
2. Cornet vs. S.Williams (NB 15.30hrs)
3. V.Williams vs. Jankovic
4. Schnyder vs. Sharapova (NB 20.45hrs)
5. Medina Garrigues/Ruano Pascual vs. Jans/Jugic-Salkic

Campo 1 (from 14.00hrs)
1. Black/Huber vs. Peng/T.Sun
2. Benesova/Husarova vs. Kirilenko/A.Radwanska
3. Peschke/Stubbs vs. Chan/Chuang

An updated copy of the main draw is available at the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour website.

For more information about the Internazionali BNL d’Italia, please visit www.internazionalibnlditalia.it.

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