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  Roger Federer sails into Wimbledon semifinals for 10th time

  July 08, 2015 23:21 IST

  London:  Despite losing serve for the first time all tournament, Roger Federer is back in familiar territory — closing in on another Wimbledon title.Federer overwhelmed Gilles Simon 6-3, 7-5, 6-2 on Wednesday to advance to

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  Bopanna-Mergea upset Bryan brothers in Wimbledon

  July 08, 2015 13:40 IST

  London : Rohan Bopanna and Florin Mergea knocked out the top seeded and legendary American twins Mike and Bob Bryan to storm into the men's doubles semifinals of the Wimbledon championships, here.The ninth seeded Indo-Romanian rallied

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  Wimbledon 2015: Rohan Bopanna in semis, Sania Mirza in quarters

  July 08, 2015 10:12 IST

  London: Rohan Bopanna and Florin Mergea of Romania defeated top-seeded American twins Bob and Mike Bryan to advance into the quarterfinals of men's doubles tournament at Wimbledon.The Bryan brothers lost to Bopanna-Mergea 5-7, 6-4, 7-6

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  Serena Williams overcomes Victoria Azarenka to reach Wimbledon semifinals

  July 07, 2015 23:50 IST

  London: Serena Williams' latest Grand Slam match against Victoria Azarenka ended the same way as the previous nine — with Williams walking off as the winner.The top-ranked Williams fought back from a set down Tuesday

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  Maria Sharapova subdues Vandeweghe to reach Wimbledon semifinals

  July 07, 2015 22:32 IST

  London:  Former champion Maria Sharapova is back in the semifinals at Wimbledon for the first time in four years after a three-set battle against an American making her Grand Slam breakthrough.The fourth-seeded Sharapova was pushed

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  Wimbledon: Paes-Hingis cruise into mixed doubles quarters

  July 07, 2015 22:21 IST

  London: India's Leander Paes and Switzerland's Martina Hingis comfortably advanced to the mixed doubles quarter-finals at the Wimbledon Championships after beating New Zealand's Artem Sitak and Australia's Anastasia Rodionova in straight sets on Tuesday.The seventh

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  Novak Djokovic beats Kevin Anderson in 5 sets to reach Wimbledon quarters

  July 07, 2015 20:20 IST

  London:  Novak Djokovic survived a one-set shootout with big-serving Kevin Anderson on Tuesday to advance to the quarterfinals and keep up his bid for a third Wimbledon title.The top-ranked Djokovic beat the 14th-seeded South African

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  Caroline Wozniacki stokes sexism fire at Wimbledon

  July 07, 2015 16:49 IST

  Wimbledon:Danish tennis star Caroline Wozniacki has sparked a sexism row at Wimbledon after saying women do not play enough on the major courts.The former world No.1 on Monday said she would "love" to play on

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  Wimbledon 2015: Novak Djokovic, Kevin Anderson match suspended after four sets, play to resume today

  July 07, 2015 8:45 IST

  London: For two sets in Wimbledon's fourth round on Monday, defending champion Novak Djokovic was in serious trouble, unable to solve 6-foot-8 (2.03-meter) Kevin Anderson's big serve.Djokovic dropped both of those sets, 7-6 (6), 7-6

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  A win, then a hug: Serena Williams tops Venus at Wimbledon

  July 06, 2015 23:49 IST

  London: A decades ago, when the Williams sisters were kids in California, taking tennis lessons from Dad on a municipal court and imagining playing at Grand Slam tournaments one day, it was Venus — older,

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  Sania Mirza-Martina Hingis enter Wimbledon quarters

  July 06, 2015 18:32 IST

  Wimbledon: The Indo-Swiss tennis combine of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis came out with a clinical performance to enter the women's doubles quarterfinals of Wimbledon here on Monday.The top seeds needed only an hour and

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  Wimbledon: Paes-Hingis and Sania-Soares advance, Rohan Bopanna out

  July 05, 2015 20:11 IST

  London:  Leander Paes and Martina Hingis eased into the mixed doubles pre-quarterfinals of Wimbledon but it was curtains for Rohan Bopanna and his Spanish partner Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez in London.Seventh seeds Paes and Hingis

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  Bernard Tomic suspended from Davis Cup for Australia over comments

  July 05, 2015 18:17 IST

  Sydney (AP):   Bernard Tomic has been suspended from Australia's home Davis Cup quarterfinal against Kazakhstan for his verbal attack on Tennis Australia officials, including Pat Rafter and chief executive Craig Tiley.Australian Associated Press reported

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  Wimbledon 2015: Third seed Andy Murray defeats Andreas Seppi to reach the fourth round

  July 05, 2015 9:12 IST

  London: Third seed Andy Murray on Saturday defeated 25th-seed Andreas Seppi to reach the fourth round at Wimbledon.Murray stumbled in the third set before closing out a relatively comfortable victory over Seppi.Murray was broken twice

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  Wimbledon 2015: Roger Federer beats Sam Groth to advance into last 16

  July 05, 2015 7:48 IST

  London: Seven-time champion Roger Federer defeated big-serving Australian Sam Groth to reach the Wimbledon last 16 on Saturday.Second seed Federer clinched a  6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-2 victory over the world No. 69 who fired

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  Wimbledon 2015: Defending champion Petra Kvitova loses to 28th seed Jelena Jankovic

  July 05, 2015 7:27 IST

  London: About an hour after flopping on her back and kicking her feet overhead to celebrate a stunning comeback against defending Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova, Jelena Jankovic still was giddy."I cannot stop smiling. ... I

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  Wimbledon 2015: Dustin Brown crashes out 2 days after beating Rafael Nadal

  July 05, 2015 7:09 IST

  London: The curse of beating Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon has struck again.Dustin Brown, the German qualifier with the dreadlocks who surprisingly beat the two-time Wimbledon champion in the second round on Centre Court, lost Saturday

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  Wimbledon 2015: Sania Mirza-Martina Hingis cruise into third round

  July 05, 2015 7:08 IST

  London: Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis advanced comfortably to the third round of the women's doubles event, beating the Japanese-Italian pair of Kimiko Date-Krumm and Francesca Schiavone 6-0, 6-1 at Wimbledon on Friday. The top-seeded

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  Wimbeldon 2015: Serena Williams to face sister Venus Williams in fourth round

  July 04, 2015 14:49 IST

  London: Twice, Serena Williams stood merely two points from a loss at Wimbledon against a British opponent buoyed by a roaring, flag-waving Centre Court crowd. Williams was oh-so-close to the end of her bid for

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  McEnroe says struggling Nadal needs a new coach

  July 04, 2015 11:07 IST

  London: Spain's Rafael Nadal, whose dismal season continued with a second-round loss this week at Wimbledon, needs a new coach to overcome his struggles, American former tennis great John McEnroe said in an interview with

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  Novak Djokovic keeps up Wimbledon charge with 3-set win

  July 03, 2015 22:41 IST

  London: Novak Djokovic isn't facing much of a test so far in the defense of his Wimbledon title. He's played three matches, won all in straight sets, and never dropped more than four games in

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  Wimbledon: Bopanna-Mergea enter third round of men's doubles

  July 03, 2015 21:19 IST

  London: The Indo-Romanian tennis pair of Rohan Bopanna and Florin Mergea entered the third round of men's doubles at the Wimbledon Championships with a tight straight sets victory against the Brazilian-Argentine pair of Thomaz Bellucci

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  Nadal fears his best Wimbledon days may be over

  July 03, 2015 17:46 IST

  Wimbledon : Spanish tennis ace Rafael Nadal says he may not be able to return to his heydays in Wimbledon after he was knocked out from the competition in the second round by German qualifier

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  Bhupathi-Tipsarevic knocked out at Wimbledon

  July 03, 2015 11:47 IST

  Wimbledon : The Indian-Serbian pair of Mahesh Bhupathi and Janko Tipsarevic were knocked out of the Wimbledon tennis championships, as they lost in straight sets in the first round of the men's doubles on Thursday.Bhupathi-Tipsarevic

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  Rafael Nadal ousted by Dustin Brown in 2nd round at Wimbledon

  July 03, 2015 8:03 IST

  Two-time champion Rafael Nadal is making another early exit from Wimbledon, after losing in the second round to a 102nd-ranked qualifier who played the match of his life.Dustin Brown, a German of Jamaican heritage with

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  Sania-Martina cruise into second round at Wimbledon

  July 02, 2015 15:32 IST

  Wimbledon : The Indo-Swiss pair of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis thrashed their unseeded opponents Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan and Zheng Saisai of China 6-2, 6-2 in only 68 minutes to enter the second round

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  Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal move into second round at Wimbledon

  June 30, 2015 22:44 IST

  Wimbledon:  Swiss Tennis ace Roger Federer and Spanish star Rafael Nadal stormed into the men's singles second round of Wimbledon by beating Damir Dzumhur and Thomaz Bellucci respectively on Tuesday.Federer was clinical in his Wimbledon

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  Petra Kvitova opens Wimbledon defense with 6-1, 6-0 win

  June 30, 2015 20:47 IST

  London:  Petra Kvitova wasted no time as she opened the defense of her Wimbledon title in overpowering fashion.Winning 28 of 29 points on serve, the two-time champion needed only 35 minutes to overpower Kiki Bertens