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  Paes, Mirza, Bopanna progress in French Open

  May 30, 2015 6:28 IST

  Paris: Indian tennis players Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna won their respective men's doubles matches while Sania Mirza also advanced to the women's doubles third round of the French Open, the lone clay court Major,

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  Indian pairs advance at French Open

  May 27, 2015 23:22 IST

  Paris:  Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna along with their respective partners crossed the opening hurdle of the men's doubles event with hard-fought victories, even as Sania Mirza posted an easy win in the women's doubles

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  Tomas Berdych breezes past Japanese qualifier at French Open

  May 25, 2015 18:03 IST

  Paris (AP):   Fourth-seeded Tomas Berdych eased into the second round of the French Open on Monday with a 6-0, 7-5, 6-3 win over Japanese qualifier Yoshihito Nishioka.Taking on a player looking for a first

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  Roger Federer fumes about selfie-seeker at French Open

  May 24, 2015 20:16 IST

  Paris: For Roger Federer, the menace did not come from the other side of the net.After dispatching Colombian Alejandro Falla in straight sets, the 17-time Grand Slam winner was about to leave center court Sunday

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  Maria Sharapova wants to stay focussed on tennis

  May 23, 2015 13:28 IST

  Paris: French Open defending champion Maria Sharapova said that she is happy to see other players get married or have a baby but wanted to stay focussed on tennis as it comes to herself.The world

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  Rafael Nadal could face Djokovic in French Open quarterfinals

  May 22, 2015 17:43 IST

  Paris:  Rafael Nadal could face top-ranked Novak Djokovic in the French Open quarterfinals, the toughest draw the nine-time champion has faced at Roland Garros.Nadal has fallen to No. 7 in the ATP rankings since coming

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  Djokovic beats Federer for Rome title; Sharapova also wins

  May 17, 2015 23:51 IST

  Rome: Top-ranked Novak Djokovic bolstered his clay-court credentials a week ahead of Roland Garros with a convincing 6-4, 6-3 win over Roger Federer on Sunday to capture his fourth Italian Open title.Extending his winning streak

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  Sharapova rallies to beat Suarez Navarro for Rome title

  May 17, 2015 21:19 IST

  Rome: Maria Sharapova rallied to beat 10th-seeded Carla Suarez Navarro 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 Sunday and win her third Italian Open title.The victory gives Sharapova confidence on clay as she prepares to defend her title at

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  Sania-Martina lose Rome Masters final

  May 17, 2015 18:38 IST

  Rome: Indo-Swiss tennis combine of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis did not live up to expectations as the top seeds were upset by Hungarian-French pair of Timea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic in straight sets in

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  Federer and Djokovic to renew rivalry in Italian Open final

  May 17, 2015 15:58 IST

  Rome: Roger Federer will renew his rivalry with Novak Djokovic in the Italian Open final on Sunday, giving the 17-time Grand Slam champion another chance to add an elusive title to his collection.Federer dispatched Swiss

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  Djokovic beats Ferrer to reach Italian Open final

  May 16, 2015 21:26 IST

  Rome: Top-ranked Novak Djokovic played more solidly than he had all week in a 6-4, 6-4 win over seventh-seeded David Ferrer on Saturday to reach the Italian Open final.Djokovic lost a set in each of

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  Sania-Martina reach Rome Masters final

  May 16, 2015 19:52 IST

  Rome:  Indian tennis player Sania Mirza came out with all guns blazing with Swiss partner Martina Hingis to enter the Rome Masters women's doubles final on the outdoor clay courts of the Foro Italico here

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  Rafael Nadal crashes out of Italian Open

  May 16, 2015 7:54 IST

  Rome: Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka made an improbable comeback in the first-set tie-breaker and then dominated the action in the second set en route to a 7-6 (9-7), 6-2 victory on Friday in the Italian Open

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  Federer beats Berdych to reach Italian Open semifinals

  May 15, 2015 20:08 IST

  Rome: Roger Federer kept up his pursuit of the elusive Italian Open title with a 6-3, 6-3 win over sixth-seeded Tomas Berdych on Friday to reach the semifinals of the clay-court tournament.Along with Monte Carlo,

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  Sania in semifinals, Bopanna crashes out in Rome

  May 14, 2015 22:11 IST

  Rome: Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis stormed into the semifinals of the Rome Masters tennis tournament with a straight-set victory over the pair of Julia Goerges and Silvia Soler-Espinosa in the women's

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  Rohan Bopanna is now India's number one doubles player

  May 11, 2015 20:27 IST

  New Delhi: India's Rohan Bopanna gained three places to be world number 21, following his stupendous title win at the Madrid Open with Romanian partner Florin Mergea. Bopanna gained 1000 points for his efforts and is

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  Rishika, Snehadevi sail into round two

  May 11, 2015 20:27 IST

  Nashik:  Second seed Rishika Sunkara, fourth seed Bhuvana Kalva and sixth seed Snehadeviv Reddy enjoyed a relatively easy passage into the second round of the USD 10,000 NIWEK ITF women's tennis championships here.On the first

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  Rafael Nadal drops to lowest ranking in 10 years

  May 11, 2015 17:34 IST

  Madrid: Rafael Nadal showed an improvement in his game during the Madrid Open but lost 400 points when he was unable to defend the title against Andy Murray, causing him to fall to seventh place

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  Murray beats Nadal 6-3, 6-2 to win the Madrid Open final

  May 11, 2015 15:36 IST

  Madrid: Andy Murray beat Rafael Nadal on clay for the first time Sunday, dominating the Madrid Open final to win 6-3, 6-2 against the four-time champion.It was Murray's first Masters title on clay, a week

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  Bopanna lifts Madrid Open trophy with Florin Mergea

  May 10, 2015 22:04 IST

  Madrid: Indian tennis ace Rohan Bopanna won his third title of the 2015 season and first with new partner Florin Mergea as they lifted the Madrid Open trophy with a tense win over Nenand Zimonjic

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  Kvitova wins Madrid final, Nadal v Murray in men's finale

  May 10, 2015 16:08 IST

  Madrid: Petra Kvitova eased to her second Madrid Open title when she beat an unwell Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-1, 6-2 in the final on Saturday.A day after ending Serena Williams' unbeaten start to the year, Kvitova's

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  Indian-Romanian pair Bopanna-Mergea enters Madrid Open final

  May 10, 2015 8:19 IST

  Madrid: The unseeded Indian-Romanian pair of Rohan Bopanna and Florin Mergea beat the Spanish pair of Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez 7-6, 3-6, 11-9 to enter the men's doubles final of the Madrid Open on

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  Williams, Sharapova both lose in Madrid Open semifinals

  May 08, 2015 21:44 IST

  Madrid: Serena Williams was beaten in the Madrid Open semifinals, a short time after Maria Sharapova also lost.Petra Kvitova defeated the top-ranked Williams 6-2, 6-3 Friday, while Svetlana Kuznetsova ousted Sharapova 6-2, 6-4.In the men's

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  Sharapova loses to Kuznetsova in Madrid Open semifinals

  May 08, 2015 18:15 IST

  Madrid: Defending champion Maria Sharapova lost in the Madrid Open semifinals on Friday, falling to Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-2, 6-4.Kuznetsova beat Sharapova for the first time in seven years, breaking her opponent's serve three times and

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  Defeat for Sania Mirza, Leander Paes but Rohan Bopanna wins in Madrid Open

  May 08, 2015 17:47 IST

  Madrid:  Top seeds Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis suffered their second defeat since joining forces as they lost 7-6 (5) 3-6 9-11 to Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Safarova, at the Madrid Open here.The fallout of

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  Nadal into Madrid quarters; Serena, Sharapova to semifinals

  May 07, 2015 22:53 IST

  Madrid: Rafael Nadal reached the Madrid Open quarterfinals by easing past Simone Bolelli of Italy 6-2, 6-2 on Thursday.Nadal, a four-time champion, broke Bolelli four times and saved two break points.Serving for the match, Nadal

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  Kyrgios knocks Federer out of 2nd round at Madrid Open

  May 07, 2015 19:40 IST

  Madrid: Top-seeded Roger Federer made an early exit from the Madrid Open on Wednesday after a narrow, second-round loss to Nick Kyrgios.The 20-year-old Australian ended Federer's hopes of a fourth title at the Spanish tournament

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  Serena beats Azarenka to join Sharapova in Madrid quarters

  May 06, 2015 22:20 IST

  Madrid: Victoria Azarenka double-faulted on match point and allowed Serena Williams to reach the Madrid Open quarterfinals with a 7-6 (5), 3-6, 7-6 (1) win on Wednesday.After early breaks in the deciding set, Williams overshot