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Results Monday from the Porsche Grand Prix. A US$650,000 (?453,000) WTA Tour event indoors at the Porsche Arena (seedings in parentheses):
Singles
First Round
Li Na, China, def. Nicole Vaidisova, Czech Republic, 6-1, 6-2.
Alona Bondarenko, Ukraine, def. Eleni Daniilidou, Greece, 7-6 (5), 6-1.
Sybille Bammer, Austria, def. Tatjana Malek, Germany, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5.
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Results Monday from the Open de Moselle. [...]

Li Na of China beat Nicole Vaidisova of the Czech Republic 6-1, 6-2 Monday. In the first match of the Porsche Grand Prix.
Li next faces nine-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams, who had a first-round bye. Williams is playing for the first time since defeating Jelena Jankovic in the U.S. Open final three weeks ago [...]

Amer Delic beat Go Soeda of Japan 6-4, 6-2 Monday. To advance to the second round of the Japan Open.
Defending champion David Ferrer of Spain - the top-seeded player has a first-round bye along with second-seeded Andy Roddick.
Fifth-seeded Kaia Kanepi of Estonia rallied from a slow start for a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 win over Lucie [...]

Fourth-seeded Sabine Lisicki of Germany advanced to the second round. Of the Tashkent Open with a 6-0, 6-2 win over Dilyara Saidkhodjaeva of Uzbekistan on Monday.
Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia also advanced on the hard courts of the Dynamo Tennis Club. The fifth-seeded Rybarikova defeated Kathrin Woerle of Germany 6-4, 6-4.
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Tendulkar says India planning its strategy.
India [...]

WTA Tour Money Leaders.
Through Sept. 21
1. Serena Williams $3,641,548
2. Ana Ivanovic $2,580,045
3. Jelena Jankovic $2,364,245
4. Dinara Safina $2,342,820
5. Venus Williams $2,272,130
6. Maria Sharapova $1,937,879
7. Elena Dementieva $1,513,479
8. Svetlana Kuznetsova $1,266,484
9. Agnieszka Radwanska $960,839
10. Vera Zvonareva $850,855
11. Katarina Srebotnik $754,190
12. Zheng Jie $731,139
13. Cara Black $693,505
14. Victoria Azarenka $693,269
15. Anabel Medina Garrigues $689,447
16. Nadia Petrova $679,300
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Results Monday in the ATP-WTA China Open. (seedings in parentheses):
Singles
Men
First Round
Yen-hsun Lu, Taiwan, def. Xu Junchao, China, 6-4, 6-3.
Rainer Schuettler (7), Germany, def. Ivan Navarro, Spain, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Women
First Round
Anabel Medina Garrigues, Spain, def. Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark, 7-6 (3), 6-4.
Daniela Hantuchova (7), Slovakia, def. Gisela Dulko, Argentina, 6-3, 6-1.
Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakia, def. Amelie Mauresmo, France, [...]

Seventh-seeded Rainer Schuettler of Germany advanced to the second round of the China Open on Monday. By beating Ivan Navarro of Spain 2-6, 6-3, 6-4.
In the women’s event of the dual ATP-WTA tournament, seventh-seeded Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia defeated Gisela Dulko of Argentina 6-3, 6-1.
Also, Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia dropped the opening set but rallied [...]

He is winning on the tour and hailed at home. Things could not be much better right now for Juan Martin del Potro.
Del Potro, who turns 20 on Tuesday, won two singles matches over the weekend, including a three-set victory over Igor Andreev on Sunday to send Argentina past Russia 3-2 in the Davis Cup [...]

Novak Djokovic brushed aside Dominik Hrbaty and Janko Tipsarevic rallied. From two sets down to beat Lukas Lacko Friday and give Serbia a 2-0 lead over Slovakia in the Davis Cup World Group playoff.
Djokovic needed just over two hours to win 6-2, 6-4, 6-3 on the indoor hardcourt at Bratislava’s Sibamac Arena, while Tipsarevic prevailed [...]

Andy Roddick lost to David Ferrer in five sets, giving Spain a commanding 2-0 lead Friday. Over the defending champion United States in their Davis Cup semifinal.
The fifth-ranked Ferrer defeated No. 8 Roddick 7-6 (5), 2-6, 1-6, 6-4, 8-6 before a near-capacity crowd of 21,000 at the Las Ventas bullfighting arena.
Earlier, top-ranked Rafael Nadal gave [...]