Vera Zvonareva News

Nathalie Dechy and Vera Zvonareva won the U.S. Open women's doubles title Sunday, beating Dinara Safina and Katarina Srebotnik 7-6 (5), 7-5. It's the first Grand Slam championship for both France's Dechy and Russia's Zvonareva, who were playing in only their fourth tournament together and second major. Russia's Safina and Slovenia's Srebotnik held three set points in the opener, leading 5-4 and love-40 on Zvonareva's serve. But Dechy-Zvonareva won the next five points. The eventual champions trailed again in ...

MASON, Ohio (AP) _ Unseeded Vera Zvonareva completed her sweep of the Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open, beating fourth-seeded Katarina Srebotnik 6-2, 6-4 Sunday to win her second tournament of the year. Zvonareva, who opened the week ranked 52nd on the WTA Tour, made taking the title look easy by winning every set during the Tier III tournament. ``It just looked like that from ...

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) _ Vera Zvonareva won her first title in 16 months, a 7-6 (12), 7-6 (5) victory over Jamea Jackson at the DFS Classic on Sunday. Zvonareva, who helped lead Russia to victory in the Fed Cup 18 months ago, showed flashes of her former top-10 ranking. Jackson had advanced to the final of this grass-court Wimbledon warmup by beating ...