Makarova, Vesnina win doubles crown
Fourth-seeded Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina of Russia won their first Grand Slam title together by defeating defending champions Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci of Italy 7-5, 6-2 in the women's doubles final of the French Open on Sunday.
It was the first major title for Vesnina but the second for Makarova, who won the mixed doubles with Bruno Soares at the U.S. Open last...
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Russia beats Slovakia 3-2 in Fed Cup semis
Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina won the decisive doubles match Sunday as Russia completed a 3-2 comeback victory over Slovakia to reach the Fed Cup final.
Slovakia won the first two singles on Saturday to take a 2-0 lead but Maria Kirilenko and Makarova won the reverse matches to even the series before the Russians rallied to beat Dominika Cibulkova and Daniela Hantuchova 4...
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April 21, 2013
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Makarova, Soares win mixed doubles
Ekaterina Makarova of Russia and Bruno Soares of Brazil won the U.S. Open mixed doubles title on Thursday.
The unseeded team beat the fourth-seeded pair of Kveta Peschke of Czech Republic and Marcin Matkowski of Poland 6-7 (8), 6-1, 12-10 tiebreak.
Makarova and Soares wasted an 8-4 lead in the tiebreak and faced a championship point at 9-10.
Makarova, who lost to Serena Williams...
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September 06, 2012
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Makarova, Soares win US Open mixed doubles title
Ekaterina Makarova of Russia and Bruno Soares of Brazil won the U.S. Open mixed doubles title on Thursday.
The unseeded team beat the fourth-seeded pair of Kveta Peschke of Czech Republic and Marcin Matkowski of Poland 6-7 (8), 6-1, 12-10 tiebreak.
Makarova and Soares wasted an 8-4 lead in the tiebreak and faced a championship point at 9-10.
Makarova, who lost to Serena Williams...
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September 06, 2012
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