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Toyota pulls out of Formula 1

TOKYO -- Toyota Motor withdrew from Formula One on Wednesday, leaving Japan without a team in motorsport's premier series. Company president Akio Toyoda apologized for the team's failure to record a single race victory since joining F1 in 2002 despite ...

From ALASTAIR HIMMER, Canada.com,  4 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Formula One,  Honda,  Subaru,  Suzuki,  Bridgestone

Super Tsonga sets up Youzhny final in Tokyo

TOKYO (Reuters) - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga powered to a quick-fire 6-3 6-3 win over fellow Frenchman Gael Monfils on Saturday to reach the final of the Japan Open. Mikhail Youzhny stands between the world number seven and a third title of year after the ...

From ALASTAIR HIMMER, The Washington Post,  10 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Lleyton Hewitt,  Jo-Wilfried Tsonga,  Gael Monfils,  Mikhail Youzhny,  Tomas Berdych

Mikhail Youzhny beats Lleyton Hewitt to reach Tokyo final

TOKYO (Reuters) - Mikhail Youzhny upset former world number one Lleyton Hewitt 6-2 5-7 7-5 to reach the final of the Japan Open on Saturday. The Russian will face either second seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga or fourth seed Gael Monfils in Sunday's final after ...

From ALASTAIR HIMMER, The Washington Post,  10 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Mikhail Youzhny,  Lleyton Hewitt,  Jo-Wilfried Tsonga,  Gael Monfils,  Tomas Berdych

Del Potro floored by world number 189 in Tokyo

TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. Open champion Juan Martin del Potro suffered a shock 6-4 6-4 defeat by world number 189 Edouard Roger-Vasselin in the Japan Open first round Tuesday. The top seed refused to blame a stomach upset and jet-lag after losing his first ...

From ALASTAIR HIMMER, The Washington Post,  6 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Juan Martin Del Potro,  Edouard Roger-Vasselin,  Roger Federer,  Andy Murray,  Tomas Berdych

Sharapova wins Tokyo title after Jankovic retires

TOKYO (Reuters) - Former world number one Maria Sharapova won the Pan Pacific Open after Jelena Jankovic retired with a wrist injury in Saturday's final. The Russian was leading 5-2 when seventh seed Jankovic called for the trainer to tape up her wrist ...

From ALASTAIR HIMMER, The Washington Post,  3 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Maria Sharapova,  Jelena Jankovic

Sharapova sets up Jankovic final in Tokyo

TOKYO (Reuters) - Former world number one Maria Sharapova overcame a mid-match slump to grind out a 6-3 2-6 6-4 victory over Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska at the Pan Pacific Open on Friday, setting up a final against Serbia's Jelena Jankovic. Seventh ...

From ALASTAIR HIMMER, The Washington Post,  2 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Maria Sharapova,  Agnieszka Radwanska,  Jelena Jankovic,  Li Na

Maria Sharapova sweeps into Tokyo semi-finals

TOKYO (Reuters) - Former world number one Maria Sharapova stormed into the Pan Pacific Open semi-finals by outfoxing Czech Iveta Benesova 6-4 7-5 on Thursday. Earlier, seventh seed Jelena Jankovic eased past France's Marion Bartoli 6-4 6-3 to reach the ...

From ALASTAIR HIMMER, The Washington Post,  1 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Maria Sharapova,  Iveta Benesova,  Jelena Jankovic,  Marion Bartoli,  Agnieszka Radwanska

Sharapova gives Tokyo event a facelift

TOKYO (Reuters) - Former world number one Maria Sharapova continued her salvage operation at the Pan Pacific Open by screeching into the quarter-finals on Wednesday. Wearing a pink dress, the Russian beat compatriot Alisa Kleybanova 2-6 6-2 6-2 -- to ...

From ALASTAIR HIMMER, The Washington Post,  30 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Maria Sharapova,  Alisa Kleybanova,  Jelena Jankovic,  Elena Vesnina,  Michael Joyce (tennis)

Jankovic not fazed by Tokyo seed jinx

TOKYO (Reuters) - Seventh seed Jelena Jankovic avoided the rush for the exit at the Pan Pacific Open by reaching the quarter-finals Wednesday. The Serb, the highest-ranked survivor following a flood of upsets at the $2 million Tokyo tournament, advanced ...

From ALASTAIR HIMMER, The Washington Post,  30 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Jelena Jankovic,  Elena Vesnina,  Marion Bartoli,  Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova,  Dinara Safina

Dementieva joins early check-out in Tokyo

TOKYO (Reuters) - Russian Elena Dementieva became the latest high-profile casualty at the Pan Pacific Open when the third seed was upset by Ukraine's Kateryna Bondarenko in the second round on Tuesday. Former world number one Maria Sharapova had no ...

From ALASTAIR HIMMER, The Washington Post,  29 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Elena Dementieva,  Kateryna Bondarenko,  Maria Sharapova,  Samantha Stosur,  Dinara Safina

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