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In Auckland, semifinals and Italian 'challenge Pennetta-Schiavone

Blue wild in New Zealand in the quarterfinals, Flavia overwhelms Cibulkova and Francesca has no problem against Cornet. Now it will be derby. A Noumi, Onion reaches the semifinals by beating Stadler, assigns to Mayer and Vagnozzi

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Flavia Pennetta defeated Slovak Cibulkova. Ap

AUCKLAND (NZL), 7 January 2009 - continuing the great moment of Italian women's tennis. At the tournament, "ASB Classic in Auckland (New Zealand, 220 thousand dollars in prize money), one of two events that open the season of women's circuit, there will be a blue derby semi-final between Flavia Pennetta and Francesca Schiavone. In the other challenge will be in front of the Belgian Yanina Wickmayer (19 years old, seeded number 3) and Israeli Shahar Peer.

clear victory - Pennetta, a blue number (12 in the WTA ranking) and the top seed in the tournament after beating American Jill Craybas (6-2 6-4) and Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro (6-2 6-2), in Italian night in the quarterfinals defeated Slovakian Dominika Cibulkova 6-1 6-2. Schiavone, seeded No. 4 and 17 in the world rankings, set the 19 year old French Alize Cornet, number 49 WTA and finalist in 2008 at the Foro Italico in Rome. The Milan player has emerged in two sets 6-2 6-3.

Francesca Schiavone defeated Cornet

go onion - Good news from the males: Flavio Cipolla has qualified to the semifinals of the "de Nouvelle Caledonie Internazionaux" challenger tournament with a prize of 75 thousand dollars scene in Noumea, New Caledonia. The Roman player, seeded sixth, beat German Simon Stadler in the quarterfinals with a score of 3-6 6-1 6-2 in the semifinals and will face the French David Guez, number 4 on the board. It stops, however, the race Simone Vagnozzi, who sold to the German Florent Mayer, seeded number one, with a score of 6-3 2-6 6-3.

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