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Stephens out at Madrid; all-German final in Munich

The Italian will face either Sorana Cirstea or Ayumi Morita.

Serena cruises into second round at French Open

Meanwhile, Yulia Putintseva defeated Ayumi Morita 6-2, 6-3, Petra Cetkovska beat Olga Puchkova 6-0, 6-2 and Mallory Burdette downed Donna Vekic 6-4, 6-4.

Errani, Hantuchova reach 2nd round of Madrid Open

The Italian will face either Sorana Cirstea or Ayumi Morita.

American Mattek-Sands in Malaysian Open final

The 127th-ranked Pliskova needed only 46 minutes to defeat fourth-seeded Ayumi Morita 6-0, 6-2 of Japan to reach her first WTA final.

Top-seeded Wozniacki loses at Malaysian Open

Also, fourth-seeded Ayumi Morita beat Cagla Buyukakcay 6-1, 6-1, and Eleni Daniilidou defeated Yuliya Beygelzimer 2-6, 6-4, 6-3.

Russia advances past Japan in Fed Cup

The Japanese had grabbed a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five tie after Ayumi Morita posted a 6-4, 6-1 triumph over Vesnina, a replacement for an ailing Maria Kirilenko, in the opening reverse singles...

Americans tied 1-1 with Italy in Fed Cup

In Moscow, Ayumi Morita beat Ekaterina Makarova 6-2, 6-2, and Maria Kirilenko defeated veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm 7-6 (3), 6-4.

Russia, Japan tied 1-1 in Fed Cup after singles

Ayumi Morita beat Ekaterina Makarova 6-2, 6-2 Saturday, giving Japan a 1-1 tie with Russia in the Fed Cup event.

Morita draws Japan even with Russia

Ayumi Morita defeated Ekaterina Makarova in straight sets on Saturday to draw Japan even with host Russia in a best-of- five opening-round Fed Cup tie.

Russia, Japan tied 1-1 in Fed Cup 1st round

Ayumi Morita beat Ekaterina Makarova 6-2, 6-2 Saturday, giving Japan a 1-1 tie with Russia in the Fed Cup event.

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Serena, Sharapova, Azarenka ease into Rome quarters

Meanwhile, the second-seeded former No. 1 Sharapova lambasted 16th-seeded American Sloane...

Venus one-and-done in Rome

Also advancing were Japan's Ayumi Morita, Spanish qualifier Garbine Muguruza, Italian wild card...

Venus Williams takes clincher in win over Sweden

· Carla Suarez beat Ayumi Morita 6-3, 7-5 to give Spain an insurmountable 3-0 lead over Japan in...

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Tennis stars sweat it out in Sydney 'sauna'

Li, who beat Japanese qualifier Ayumi Morita 6-1, 6-0, said she was reaching for the ice towels...

Computer kid Wawrinka keys in homeboy clash

Kanepi set up a re-run of the final from 12 months ago with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Japan's Ayumi...

Mattek-Sands, Pliskova make WTA final

Mattek-Sands, ranked No. 197 in the world, defeated third-seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4,...

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Spain beats Japan 3-0 in Fed Cup WG playoff

Carla Suarez beat Ayumi Morita 6-3, 7-5 to give Spain an insurmountable 3-0 lead over Japan in...

Ayumi Morita and Karolina Pliskova into Malaysian Open semifinals

Fourth-seeded Ayumi Morita of Japan defeated Thailand's Luksika Kumkhum 6-7, 6-4, 6-1 on Friday...

Top-seeded Ana Ivanovic in third-set battle as rain delays Pattaya Open

Top-seeded Ana Ivanovic was being pushed to the limit Tuesday when the last set of her...