The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
British No1 Anne Keothavong has qualified for the quarter-finals of the ASB Classic after beating Spain's Suarez Navarro in straight sets
22dropout.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Auckland's dominance of sevens rugby is about to come under immense pressure with Counties heading to Queenstown this weekend with loads of experience and excitement machines in its squad of 12.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Anne Keothavong enjoyed a comfortable 6-4 6-2 win over wild card Mirjana Lucic at the ASB Classic
WTA Womens Tennis (Free subscription) | yesterday
"ASB Classic Auckland Wednesday Results " Elena Dementieva, top seed, continues his way to her first final of 2009 after beating loca favorite, Marina Erakovic in 2 sets. Caroline Wozniacki, second seed, also advanced. She scored a win over Jill Craybas but needed to battle to get past the veteran. Anabel Medina Garriguez, 3rd seed, Nicole Vaidisova, 6th seed, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, 7th seed, and...
Champions (Free subscription) | yesterday
Last Updated: January 7 - 09:33 AM A host of top players fell by the wayside at the ASB Classic as five seeds crashed out of the tournament in Auckland. Third seed Anabel Medina Garrigues was th...
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday
The 39-year-old woman who lost a daughter and grandson in a horrific house fire which claimed four lives in south Auckland yesterday has been discharged from hospital. Fetu Sau was given the all-clear today, but her husband Misi...
WTA Womens Tennis (Free subscription) | yesterday
Dementieva beat Erakovic in Auckland Elena Dementieba defeated Marina Erakovic 6-2 6-3 at the ASB Classic. The local favorite, Erakovic, made it to the semifinals last year where she defeated the top seed, Vera Zvonareva, but this time she was not able to produce the same results. Erakovic needed treatment on her neck and shoulder after holding serve to be 3-4 down in the second set. She saved two...
WTA Womens Tennis (Free subscription) | yesterday
ASB Classic Auckland Thursday Order of Play Centre Court - 11am start Edina Gallovits (ROU) v Aravane Rezai(FRA) Elena Dementieva(RUS) v Shahar Peer(ISR) Anne Keothavong(GBR) v Ayumi Morita(JPN) Gallovits(ROU)/Hrdinova(CZE) v Dechy(FRA)/Santangelo(ITA) Evening Session not before 7:30pm Elena Vesnina(RUS) v Caroline Wozniacki(DEN) Llagostera Vives/Parra Santonja v Chan(TPE)/Pavlyuchenkova(RUS)
Tennishead (Free subscription) | yesterday
A host of top players fell by the wayside at the ASB Classic as five seeds crashed out of the tournament in Auckland.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
British No 1 enjoys straightsets win over Croatia's Mirjana Lucic in the first round of the ASB Classic in Auckland.
People Daily (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
A fire in a south Auckland house, which claimed the lives of four children and left three other people seriously injured, was started by an unattended chip pan on a stove, New Zealand fire safety officers said on Tuesday. The bodies of the children, aged 15, 11, nine and two, were found in the house after the fire just before 01:00 a.m. local time Tuesday. Two adults from the same family were in hospital...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
The British No1 Anne Keothavong got her season off to a winning start with a comfortable victory over Croatia's Mirjana Lubic at the ASB classic in Auckland
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
WELLINGTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Olympic champion Elena Dementieva survived a stern test to beat little-known Taiwanese Chan Yung-jan 7-5 6-3 in the first round of the Auckland Classic on Tuesday.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
Jan 6 (Reuters) - Auckland Classic women's singles first round results on Tuesday (prefix number denotes seeding, * = new result) * 7-Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia) beat Kristina Barrois (Germany) 6-3 6-1 Anne Keothavong (Britain) beat Mirjana Lucic (Croatia) 6-4 6-2 Marina Erakovic (New Zealand) beat Nuria Llagostera (Spain) 7-5 6-4 Ayumi Morita (Japan) beat Marta Domachowska (Poland) 6-4 4-6 6-4...
icWales (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
British number one Anne Keothavong got her season off to a fine start with a comfortable victory over wildcard Mirjana Lucic at the ASB Classic in Auckland.
