Alisa Kleybanova

Florida: Alisa Kleybanova has won her first match on return to tennis from treatment for cancer. The 248th-ranked Kleybanova, who received a wild card entry into the tournament, dropped the first set to Johanna Larsson of Sweden before rebounding to secure ...  

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) – Alisa Kleybanova has won her first match on return to tennis from treatment for cancer. The 248th-ranked Kleybanova, who received a wild card entry into the tournament, dropped the first set to Johanna Larsson of ...  

(AP) — Alisa Kleybanova of Russia won the first match she’s ... Kleybanova will play fellow Russian Maria Kirilenko in the second round.  

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. - The casual observer might scan Tuesday's results from the Sony Ericsson Open and skip right over the match between 248th-ranked wild card Alisa Kleybanova and 64th-ranked Johanna Larsson. Judging by the sparse crowd at the ...  

Alisa Kleybanova won her opening-round match at the Sony Ericsson Open, but the real victory was returning to the court after a 10-month battle with Hodgkin’s lymphoma.  

Czech Radek Stepanek ousted Germany’s Tommy Haas 7-6 (7/4), 6-1. Other seeded men to reach the third round included No. 6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, No. 9 Janko Tipsarevic, No. 18 Alexandr Dolgopolov and No. 22 Jurgen Melzer. Russia’s Alisa Kleybanova ...  

Russia's Alisa Kleybanova has won her first match on her return to ... In the second round, Kleybanova will now play fellow Russian Maria Kirilenko, the world No. 21, who received a bye. Kleybanova won their only previous meeting 6-2, 6-2 in Sydney in ...  

Key Biscayne: Alisa Kleybanova has won her first match on return to tennis from treatment for cancer. The 248th-ranked Kleybanova, who received a wild card entry at the Sony Ericsson Open, dropped the first set to Johanna Larsson of Sweden ...  

Alisa Kleybanova made a winning comeback at the Sony Ericsson ... Kleybanova will now take on fellow Russian Maria Kirilenko in the second round. Former top-10 player Jelena Dokic bowed out early, the experienced Australian losing 6-1 7-5 ...  

Alisa Kleybanova's first tournament after recovering from cancer was stopped at the second-round stage by fellow Russian Maria Kirilenko. Kirilenko won 7-6 (1), 6-3 on Friday to set up a third-round meeting at the Miami Masters with compatriot Ksenia ...  

(CNN)-- A tennis player's biggest challenge usually comes from the opposite baseline, but Alisa Kleybanova has taken on an opponent of an entirely different nature over the last 10 months. The former world No. 20 announced in July 2011 she had ...  

(CNN)-- A tennis player's biggest challenge usually comes from the opposite baseline, but Alisa Kleybanova has taken on an opponent of an entirely different nature over the last 10 months. The former world No. 20 announced in July 2011 she had ...  

KEY BISCAYNE (Florida): Alisa Kleybanova has won her first match on return to tennis from treatment for cancer.  

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) Alisa Kleybanova of Russia won the first match she's played since being diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma last May at the Sony Ericsson Open on Tuesday.  

Alisa Kleybanova of Russia won the first match she's played ... Kleybanova, who will play fellow Russian Maria Kirilenko in the second round, looked rusty in the first set. But she picked up her play to take care of the 64th-ranked Larsson.