As Ramadan began in Germany on Monday, Syrian asylum seeker Khairallah Swaid said he would pray for a reunion with his wife, who is stranded at a camp in Greece, and crave his mother's makloubeh, a meat and rice dish served during the fasting (...)
U.S. Serena Williams won her 53rd WTA title by beating Johanna Larsson 6-4, 6-1 in the final of the Swedish Open on Sunday.
The 24-year-old Swede broke to lead 3-1 in the first set before Williams fought back to 3-3. Larsson advanced to 4-3 before (...)
Local favorite Robin Soderling will play David Ferrer of Spain Sunday in a Swedish Open final between former champions.
The fifth-ranked Swede routed Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic 6-1, 6-0, dominating from the back of the clay court and (...)
Top seeded Robin Soderling of Sweden defeated Potito Starace of Italy 6-3, 6-4 to storm into the semifinals of the Swedish Open here Friday.
In other quarterfinal, third seeded Tomas Berdych of Czechoslovakia thrashed Blaz Kavcic of Slovakia 6-1, (...)
Slovenia's Polona Hercog beat local favorite Johanna Larsson in straight sets to claim her first-ever WTA title at the Swedish Open in Bastad Saturday.
The 20-year-old, 53rd in the world rankings, exploited the Swede's shaky backhand to win 6-4, (...)
seeded Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-4 in the first round of the Swedish Open Monday.
Last year's winner Aravane Rezai also advanced to the second round at the clay-court WTA tournament by defeating Uzbek player Akgul Amanuradova 6-2, (...)
Spain's Nicolas Almagro came through a tough three-setter to beat top seed and defending champion Robin Soderling in the final of the claycourt ATP Swedish Open here Sunday.
The 24-year-old survived dropping the second set to win 7-5, 3-6, 6-2 in (...)
Robin Soderling came from a set behind Saturday to reach the final of the Swedish Open, where he will face Spain's Nicolas Almagro.
Top-seeded Soderling, who won the clay-court championship last year, beat David Ferrer of Spain 4-6, 6-3, (...)
Robin Soderling battled through to the semifinals of the Swedish Open Friday with a hard-fought victory over Italy's Andreas Seppi on a day when four of the top five seeds won.
Top-seeded Soderling prevailed in three sets 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (5) at the (...)
seeded Robin Soderling of Sweden was taken to three sets by compatriot Andreas Vinciguerra in the second round of the Swedish Open on Wednesday.
The defending champion hit 15 aces on the way to a 6-2, 6-7 (6), 6-2 victory over the wild card and (...)
Aravane Rezai won her second title of the year after defeating Gisela Dulko 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 in the Swedish Open final Saturday.
The Frenchwoman prevailed in 2-1/4 hours to claim her fourth career title. Rezai cruised to the final of the clay-court (...)
Gisela Dulko has swept into the final of the Swedish Open after a straight sets win against her doubles partner Flavia Pennetta.
Fourth-seeded Dulko, of Argentina, broke Pennetta's serve three times in the second set on the way to winning 6-3, 6-1 (...)
seeded Flavia Pennetta of Italy breezed through to the second round of the Swedish Open Tuesday with a straight-sets victory over Anna Brazhnikova.
Pennetta secured a 6-2, 6-0 win against the Swedish wild card. Fourth-seeded Gisela Dulko of (...)
Robin Soderling beat Juan Monaco 6-3, 7-6 (4) to win the Swedish Open on Sunday for his fourth ATP Tour title and first on clay.
The second-seeded Soderling became the first Swedish winner of the tournament since 2000 when his coach, Magnus Norman, (...)
seeded Robin Soderling beat fellow Swede Andreas Vinciguerra 6-1, 7-6 (6) Saturday to set up a meeting with Juan Monaco in the Swedish Open final.
Monaco, an unseeded Argentine, routed two-time defending champion Tommy Robredo 6-0, 6-2 in the other (...)
Former world number one Marat Safin tumbled out of the Swedish Open on Wednesday losing to Spaniard Nicolas Almagro 6-3, 7-6 in the first round and said he was looking forward to a life free from rackets and balls.
Safin, who will retire at the end (...)
seeded Caroline Wozniacki edged Maria Kirilenko of Russia 7-5, 7-6 (4) to reach the Swedish Open semifinals on Thursday.
The Dane, the ninth-ranked, will meet third-seeded Flavia Pennetta of Italy on Friday. Pennetta beat Alla Kudryavtseva of (...)
seeded Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark advanced to the second round of the Swedish Open Tuesday after beating Sofia Arvidsson of Sweden 6-1, 6-3.
The ninth-ranked Wozniacki broke Arvidsson twice in the first set and once in the second to complete the (...)
Wimbledon semifinalist Marat Safin rebounded from an early 3-0 deficit to beat Marc Lopez of Spain 7-6 (6), 7-5 in the first round of the clay-court Swedish Open on Tuesday.
Fifth-seeded Carlos Moya, the champion in 2002 and a semifinalist last (...)
