Ventura roars past Indian Blessing to take Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

Olympic gold medalist Elena Dementieva was dominant Friday in reaching the semifinals of the $225,000 Luxembourg Championships. The top-seeded Dementieva, of Russia, needed just 58 minutes to slip past former world No. 1 Amelie Mauresmo, 6-4, 6-0, converting 5-of-8 break points while only losing serve once. Her opponent in the next round will be eighth-seeded Romanian Sorana Cirstea, who ...