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  Defending champion Roger Federer unfazed as Australian Open turns fitness test

  January 12, 2018 19:26 IST

  Federer beat Nadal in a five-set final for his 18th Grand Slam title — and his first since 2012 — and later won Wimbledon.

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  Angelique Kerber registers 8th consecutive win, enters Sydney International final

  January 12, 2018 19:30 IST

  Angelique Kerber won all four singles at the Hopman Cup and now all four in Sydney en route to the final.

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  Del Potro, Bautista Agut to meet in ASB Classic final

  January 12, 2018 17:58 IST

  Del Potro's form in Auckland this week has been outstanding and he has shown no signs of a wrist injury which has dogged his career.

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  Angelique Kerber reaches semis in Sydney International, Camila Giorgi ousts Agnieszka Radwanska

  January 11, 2018 17:58 IST

  Kerber, who began last year at the top of the rankings before finishing at No. 22, won her seventh straight match of 2018, including four singles at the Hopman Cup last week.

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  Rafael Nadal, Simona Halep announced top seeds for Australian Open

  January 11, 2018 16:36 IST

  Former world number one Novak Djokovic, who is making a comeback after a six-month layoff due to a tennis elbow injury, is ranked 14 in the first major of the season.

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  Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic drawn in same half for Australian Open

  January 11, 2018 15:25 IST

  Top-ranked Nadal will start his campaign against Victor Estrella Burgos, has a potential fourth-round match against John Isner, and has No. 3-ranked Grigor Dimitrov in the same half of the draw, which was held on Thursday at Margaret Court Arena.

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  Rohan Bopanna and Roger-Vasselin lose to world no. 1 team in Sydney International

  January 11, 2018 14:47 IST

  There was not much of a difference in the two teams as the winners won 70 points to the 64 of Bopanna and Roger- Vasselin.

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  Garbine Muguruza out of Sydney International with thigh injury

  January 11, 2018 9:13 IST

  Muguruza later has withdrawn from her next match because of a right thigh injury, handing a walkover to her quarterfinal opponent Daria Gavrilova.

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  Australian Open: Yuki Bhambri, Ramkumar Ramnathan in second round of qualifiers

  January 10, 2018 23:59 IST

  Bhambri, with an ATP ranking of 121 and ranked 15th in the qualifiers, for the second time in his career defeated Canadian Davis Cupper B. Schnur 1-6, 6-3, 6-4.

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  Garbine Muguruza, Agnieszka Radwanska advance to quarterfinals of Sydney International

  January 10, 2018 14:05 IST

  Muguruza entered the fourth day of the tournament as the only female seeded player remaining following second-seeded Venus Williams' second-round loss on Tuesday.

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  Novak Djokovic returns from injury layoff with dominating win over Dominic Thiem

  January 10, 2018 13:15 IST

  Wearing a compression sleeve on his right arm to protect his troublesome elbow, Djokovic dominated the fifth-ranked Thiem 6-1, 6-4 on Wednesday in an exhibition match at the Kooyong Classic tournament.

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  Angelique Kerber beats Venus Williams at Sydney International

  January 10, 2018 9:15 IST

  Kerber, who dropped to No.22 following a poor 2017 season, needed to save two match points before beating Lucie Safarova in three sets on Monday.

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  Leander Paes feels it's tough to set 'new goals' at 44

  January 09, 2018 19:06 IST

  Many of Paes' contemporaries have become coaches, while, many of his juniors have already hung racquets but this Indian legend's hunger for tennis is far from satiated.

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  Andy Murray undergoes hip surgery, hopes to be back for Wimbledon

  January 09, 2018 11:54 IST

  The former No. 1-ranked Murray, a three-time major winner, has not played a competitive match since a quarterfinal exit at Wimbledon last July.

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  Rusty Rafael Nadal struggles in loss to Richard Gasquet in exhibition match

  January 09, 2018 11:37 IST

  Nadal's readiness for the first Grand Slam of the year had been in doubt after the top-ranked Spaniard pulled out of an exhibition tournament in Abu Dhabi and from Brisbane International to start the 2018 season.

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  Angelique Kerber advances; US Open champion Stephens out in Sydney

  January 08, 2018 16:31 IST

  US Open champion Sloane Stephens lost her first match of the year, beaten 6-3, 6-0 by Italian qualifier Camila Giorgi and is short of match practice ahead of the Australian Open which starts in Melbourne next week.

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  Former champion Victoria Azarenka withdraws from Australian Open

  January 08, 2018 13:26 IST

  Azarenka hasn't competed anywhere since Wimbledon, where she lost to Simona Halep in the fourth round on July 10.

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  Nick Kyrgios beats Ryan Harrison to win Brisbane International title

  January 07, 2018 23:56 IST

  It was a fourth title for the enigmatic 22-year-old Australian, and his first since 2016.

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  Roger Federer and Belinda Bencic lead Switzerland to Hopman Cup title

  January 07, 2018 11:53 IST

  Switzerland last won the Hopman Cup in 2001 when Federer teamed with Martina Hingis.

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  Maharashtra Open: Gilles Simon stuns Marin Cilic to set up title clash with Kevin Anderson

  January 05, 2018 23:49 IST

  In a sensational turnaround, the unseeded Frenchman toppled the world number six from Croatia 1-6 6-3 6-2 in a gripping semifinal.

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  Maharashtra Open: Defending champions Bopanna, Jeevan ousted, Yuki-Sharan in

  January 05, 2018 9:25 IST

  Bopanna and left-handed Jeevan were up against Gilles Simon and two-time Grand Slam champion Pierre-Hugues Herbert where they lost 3-6, 5-7 in one hour and 10 minutes.

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  Defending champion Serena Williams withdraws from Australian Open

  January 05, 2018 12:03 IST

  Serena's withdrawal comes less than 24 hours after fellow former world No.1 Andy Murray withdrew from the men's event with a chronic hip injury.

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  Maharashtra Open: Kevin Anderson prevails over Kukushkin, Marin Cilic outplays Herbert

  January 04, 2018 23:47 IST

  Top seed Cilic from Croatia outplayed eighth seed Frenchman Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-3 6-2 in 64 minutes while Anderson survived a mighty scare from a dogged Mikhail Kukushkin before edging him 6-7(3) 6-4 6-2.

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  Defending champ Karolina Pliskova sets up semifinal vs Elina Svitolina in Brisbane International

  January 04, 2018 20:29 IST

  Pliskova opened last season with a victory in Brisbane and rose to the No. 1 ranking in July before finishing 2017 at the number four spot.

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  Hopman Cup: Federer, Bencic lead Switzerland over US to enter finals

  January 04, 2018 20:24 IST

  Federer was just 19 when he won the Hopman Cup in 2001 with then top-ranked Martina Hingis.

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  Garbine Muguruza accepts Sydney wildcard after early Brisbane exit

  January 04, 2018 16:43 IST

  Muguruza retired from her Brisbane International opener with leg cramps while leading in the third set.

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  Maria Sharapova, Simona Halep advance to semifinals at Shenzhen Open

  January 04, 2018 15:30 IST

  The five-time major winner dictated play against Zarina Diyas, hitting 24 winners and five aces to clinch victory in just under 90 minutes on Thursday.

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  Five-time finalist Andy Murray pulls out of Australia Open

  January 04, 2018 15:17 IST

  The five-time finalist withdrew from the Australian Open on Thursday, two days after pulling out of a tuneup event in Brisbane before his first match.