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Sania Mirza a win away from becoming World No.1 doubles player
April 12, 2015 16:14 ISTCharleston (US): Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis survived a tough test to reach the final of the Family Circle Cup tennis tournament here on Saturday.The No.1 seeded Sania and Martina beat 6-4, 1-6, 10-7 Alla
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Sania-Martina secure top spot on leaderboard for WTA Finals
April 11, 2015 16:53 ISTCharleston: Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis secured the No.1 position on the doubles leaderboard for the end-of-season tennis championships after defeating Spain's Anabel Medina Garrigues and Kazakhstan's Yaroslava Shvedova in the quarter-finals of the Family
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US Men's Clay Court Championship: Defending champion Verdasco reaches semifinals
April 11, 2015 11:26 ISTHOUSTON (AP): Defending champion Fernando Verdasco beat Russia's Teymuraz Gabashvili 6-2, 6-3 on a stormy Friday to reach the semifinals in the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship.The sixth-seeded Verdasco, from Spain, will face eighth-seeded Sam
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Ivanisevic backs Federer to win 18th Grand Slam title
April 10, 2015 11:38 ISTNew Delhi: Roger Federer has not won a Grand Slam title since winning Wimbledon in 2012 but he is still good enough to add to his record tally of 17 majors, feels Goran Ivanisevic.With Rafael
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Sania-Hingis enter Charleston WTA doubles quarter-finals
April 10, 2015 11:05 ISTCharleston (US): Fresh from their second straight title triumph in the Miami Open earlier this week, Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis entered the women's doubles quarter-finals of the Charleston
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'India needs Grand Slam champion to inspire singles players'
April 09, 2015 18:46 ISTNew Delhi: Former Wimbledon champion Goran Ivanisevic on Thursday said India needs a top singles tennis star to inspire a generation that will have success in the discipline.India have multiple Grand Slam doubles champions such
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Road to Wimbledon to continue in India
April 09, 2015 16:57 ISTNew Delhi: The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) will continue to run its Road to Wimbledon programme in association with Indian body AITA until at least 2017. The Road to Wimbledon initiative was only a UK
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Maria Sharapova to play for Russia in Fed Cup against Germany
April 08, 2015 21:00 ISTMoscow: The Russian Tennis Federation has confirmed that Maria Sharapova will play for her country against Germany in the Fed Cup semifinals this month.The second-ranked Sharapova rarely plays Fed Cup, citing a busy schedule, but
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Miami Open: Sania Mirza wins 25th career doubles title
April 06, 2015 16:02 ISTMiami (USA): Sania Mirza achieved yet another career milestone by capturing her 25th WTA doubles title as the Indian ace continued her dream start with Martina Hingis to win the Miami Open trophy, here Sunday.The
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Sania-Martina enter Miami Open final
April 04, 2015 17:02 ISTMiami: Indo-Swiss tennis combine Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis reached their second successive women's doubles final when they entered the summit clash of the Miami Open with a straight sets win at the Tennis Center
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Venus Williams beats Wozniacki to reach Miami Open quarters
March 31, 2015 8:08 ISTKey Biscayne, Florida: Basking in her latest victory, a beaming Venus Williams stood near her changeover chair launching autographed balls into the stands, steering her shots with body English and applauding the fans who scrambled
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Serena Williams beats 15-year-old at Miami Open; Nadal loses
March 30, 2015 6:45 ISTKey Biscayne, Florida: When the ball whizzed past Serena Williams for an ace late in Sunday's match, the subdued crowd suddenly erupted with a roar.Williams said she was tempted to join the applause. Everyone wanted
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Serena Williams easily wins opening match at Miami Open
March 29, 2015 13:14 ISTKey Biscayne, Florida: Serena Williams punctuated points Saturday with theatrics worthy of a Grand Slam final. There were squeals, knee kicks, pirouettes and fist pumps, sometimes all at once.In other words, Williams appeared to be
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15-year-old American CiCi Bellis advances at Miami Open
March 28, 2015 6:55 ISTKey Biscayne, Florida: Precocious amateur CiCi Bellis says she's ready to take on the best of the pros — Serena Williams.Bellis, a 15-year-old American who made a big splash at last year's U.S. Open, advanced
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Del Potro loses 1st-round match at Miami Open
March 27, 2015 7:40 ISTKey Biscayne, Florida: Juan Martin del Potro's latest comeback from an injury is off to a slow start, and he's OK with that.Playing his first match since Jan. 15, del Potro lost Thursday to Vasek
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Sharapova loses opening match at Miami Open to Gavrilova
March 27, 2015 7:37 ISTKey Biscayne, Florida: Maria Sharapova is 0-5 in Key Biscayne finals. This year her loss came at the start.Seeded No. 2, Sharapova was upset in her opening match Thursday night by wild-card Daria Gavrilova, 7-6
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Sania Mirza defends Anushka after Twitteratis target her over virat's poor show
March 26, 2015 23:44 ISTNew Delhi: Tennis star Sania Mirza has openly come out in defence of Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma, lady love of Team India player Virat Kohli, and said that it is wrong to blame her for
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South African judge convicts retired tennis player Bob Hewitt of rape
March 23, 2015 20:55 ISTJohannesburg: Bob Hewitt, a former Grand Slam doubles tennis champion, was on Monday convicted in a South African court of rape and sexual assault decades after the alleged assaults.Judge Bert Bam said he is satisfied
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Sania Mirza is now world number three in doubles
March 23, 2015 11:26 ISTNew Delhi: Sania Mirza jumped to her career-best rank of three in the doubles, following her stupendous title win at the BNP Paribas Open with Swiss great Martina Hingis.Sania now sits at number three with
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Djokovic beats Federer in 3 sets to win Indian Wells title
March 23, 2015 6:55 ISTIndian Wells: Novak Djokovic defeated Roger Federer 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-2 to win his fourth BNP Paribas Open on Sunday, tying him with Federer for the most titles in the desert after winning for the
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Sania-Hingis clinch the BNP Paribas Open title
March 22, 2015 18:22 ISTIndian Wells: Sania Mirza and Swiss legend Martina Hingis began their partnership with a title win as they overcame Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina 6-3 6-4 in the summit clash of the BNP Paribas Open,
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Djokovic, Federer advance to Indian Wells final
March 22, 2015 9:42 ISTIndian Wells, California: Novak Djokovic defeated Andy Murray 6-2, 6-3 to reach the final of the BNP Paribas Open on Saturday, handing Murray his worst hard-court loss against the world's top-ranked player since 2007.Djokovic will
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Serena Williams withdraws from Indian Wells with knee injury
March 21, 2015 12:50 ISTIndian Wells, California: Serena Williams withdrew before her semifinal at the BNP Paribas Open on Friday night with a sprained right knee, 14 years after her sister Venus did the same thing and triggered an
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Federer rolls, Nadal upset by Raonic at Indian Wells
March 21, 2015 7:09 ISTIndian Wells, California: Roger Federer defeated Tomas Berdych 6-4, 6-0 and Milos Raonic outlasted Rafael Nadal 4-6, 7-6 (10), 7-5 in a nearly three-hour marathon to set up a semifinal showdown at the BNP Paribas
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Novak Djokovic reaches Indian Wells semifinals via walkover
March 20, 2015 14:51 ISTIndian Wells, California: Novak Djokovic didn't have to hit a ball to get into the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Open on Thursday when opponent Bernard Tomic withdrew because of a back injury.Tomic's withdrawal was
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Federer, Djokovic, Nadal, Murray reach QFs at Indian Wells
March 19, 2015 11:39 ISTIndian Wells, California: Novak Djokovic defeated John Isner 6-4, 7-6 (5) to reach the quarterfinals of the BNP Paribas Open on Wednesday night in pursuit of his fourth career title in the desert.The world's top-ranked
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Odesnik banned 15 years for 2nd doping violation
March 19, 2015 9:36 ISTLondon: American tennis player Wayne Odesnik was banned Wednesday for 15 years after a second doping violation, a sanction that essentially ends his career and was widely applauded by several top players.The International Tennis Federation
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Nadal, Murray reach QFs at Indian Wells; Nishikori loses
March 19, 2015 6:47 ISTIndian Wells, California: Rafael Nadal reached the quarterfinals of the BNP Paribas Open on Wednesday, beating Gilles Simon 6-2, 6-4 to stay on track for a shot at his fourth career title in the desert.Nadal
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