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  Bopanna, Nestor win Dubai ATP title

  March 01, 2015 7:17 IST

  Dubai: India's Rohan Bopanna and his partner Daniel Nestor grabbed their second ATP title of the season by subduing Aisam-ul-haq Qureshi and Nenad Zimonjic in the summit clash of the Dubai Duty Free championships, here

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  Defending champ Roger Federer beats Novak Djokovic to defend Dubai title

  February 28, 2015 23:59 IST

  Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Defending champion Roger Federer won his seventh Dubai Championships title and second of the year defeating No. 1 Novak Djokovic 6-3, 7-5 on Saturday.Federer came into the match needing five more

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  Lucie Safarova beats Victoria Azarenka to win the Qatar Open

  February 28, 2015 23:51 IST

  Doha, Qatar: Lucie Safarova beat Victoria Azarenka in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3 to clinch the Qatar Open on Saturday.It was her sixth career title and first since Qubec City in 2013.“It's an amazing feeling. I'm

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  Djokovic, Federer storms into the finals of Dubai ATP event

  February 28, 2015 11:47 IST

  Dubai: World No.1 Novak Djokovic defeated World No.8 Tomas Berdych in the semifinal, while second seed Roger Federer swept away the Dubai Duty Free Championship's surprise candidate, 18-year-old Boris Coric in a short match here.World

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  Bopanna, Nestor reach final of Dubai ATP event

  February 28, 2015 7:37 IST

  Dubai: Rohan Bopanna and his partner Daniel Nestor set themselves up for their second title of the season by reaching the final of the Dubai Duty Free Championships, here Friday.The fourth-seeded Indo-Canadian combo overcame second

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  No smile on Andy Murray's face even after belly dancer dances front of tennis star

  February 27, 2015 21:25 IST

  New Delhi: Andy Murray who is currently World No 3 at ATP rankings was recently seen at a posh hotel in Dubai. The tennis star from Britain who had taken part in the Dubai Championships

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  Roger Federer rallies to reach Dubai quarters, Novak Djokovic through

  February 26, 2015 23:47 IST

  Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Defending champion Roger Federer stormed back from 4-1 down in the first set to beat Fernando Verdasco 6-4, 6-3 on Wednesday and claim a spot in the quarterfinals of the Dubai

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  Andy Murray loses to Croatian teen in quarterfinals in Dubai

  February 26, 2015 22:03 IST

  Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Andy Murray was knocked out of the Dubai Championships on Thursday, losing to 18-year-old Borna Coric 6-1, 6-3 in the quarterfinals.Murray, who reached the Australian Open final at the beginning of

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  Top-ranked Novak Djokovic advances at Dubai Championships

  February 24, 2015 23:57 IST

  Dubai, United Arab Emirates:  Playing for the first time since winning the Australian Open, Novak Djokovic came through with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Vasek Pospisil on Tuesday in the first round of the Dubai

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  Defending champ Roger Federer wins, Gulbis loses again at Dubai Tennis Championships

  February 23, 2015 23:50 IST

  Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Defending champion Roger Federer had little trouble bypassing Mikhail Youzhny 6-3, 6-1 in the first round at the Dubai Tennis Championships on Monday.Federer was playing his first match since his third

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  Roger Federer seeks apology over his #bleed blue photo

  February 23, 2015 21:40 IST

  New Delhi: Tennis star Roger Federer has found himself caught between Indo-Pak rivalry in cricket after the Swiss tennis legend has vouched for Team India in the high voltage game between the two asian powerhouse

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  Fognini knocks Rafael Nadal out of Rio Open in semifinals

  February 22, 2015 10:15 IST

  Rio de Janerio: Rafael Nadal was beaten in the semifinals of the Rio Open on Saturday, losing 1-6, 6-2, 7-5 on clay to Italian Fabio Fognini, who will meet David Ferrer in the final.Nadal has

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  Rafael Nadal criticises Rio Open schedule

  February 21, 2015 17:43 IST

  Rio de Janeiro: Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal on Saturday criticised the Rio Open match schedule after reaching the tournament's semi-finals with a 4-6, 7-5, 6-0 victory over Uruguay's Pablo Cuevas.The duel finished at 3.21

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  Karolina Pliskova again beats Safarova to reach semifinals

  February 19, 2015 23:33 IST

  Dubai, United Arab Emirates : For the second consecutive week, Karolina Pliskova advanced to the semifinals of a tournament by beating Lucie Safarova.On Thursday at the Dubai Tennis Championships, Pliskova recovered from a set and

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  Petra Kvitova follows Venus Williams to early exit in Dubai

  February 19, 2015 23:36 IST

  Dubai, United Arab Emirates:  Second-seeded Petra Kvitova and fourth-seeded Ana Ivanovic followed defending champion Venus Williams to an early exit at the Dubai Tennis Championships on Wednesday.In all, five of the top eight seeded players

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  Broken toe cause of early Australian Open exit: Ivanovic

  February 11, 2015 17:15 IST

  Dubai: Former women's World No.1 Ana Ivanovic Wednesday cited a broken toe as one of the reasons for her first round exit from the Australian Open tennis tournament, saying it interfered with her preparation.The fifth

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  Dominican Victor Estrella wins Ecuador ATP title

  February 09, 2015 15:41 IST

  Quito: Dominican Republic's tennis player Victor Estrella won his first Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) title after defeating Spaniard Feliciano Lopez in the final of ATP 250 Open Quito tournament, held here.Estrella, who is 35-years

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  Lopez, Verdasco to square-off in Ecuador ATP semis

  February 07, 2015 10:37 IST

  Quito: Top-seeded Feliciano Lopez of Spain defeated seventh-seeded Dusan Lajovic of Serbia 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 to reach the Ecuador Open ATP semifinals where he will face compatriot Fernando Verdasco, who beat Italy's Paolo Lorenzi.Third-seeded Verdasco

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  Serena Williams to end 14-year boycott at Indian Wells

  February 04, 2015 23:17 IST

  Serena Williams says she will return to play in the tournament at Indian Wells, California, next month after boycotting the event for 14 years.In a column for Time.com, Williams writes about the jeering and booing

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  Somdev loses to lower-ranked Tearney in OZ Challenger

  February 03, 2015 14:06 IST

  Burnie (Australia): India's struggling singles star Somdev Devvarman suffered yet another first round defeat and this time against a player who is ranked outside the bracket of 1600.Third seed Somdev, competing in a USD 50,000

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  Australian Open 2015: Andy Murray questions Djokovic's injury crisis in final

  February 02, 2015 16:43 IST

  Melbourne: Scottish tennis ace Andy Murray has questioned World No.1 Novak Djokovic's dramatic body language after the 27-year-old came back from a ‘physical crisis' to win the Australian Open men's singles title for a record

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  Australian Open 2015: Djokovic beats Murray, wins 5th title

  February 01, 2015 18:27 IST

  Melbourne: Novak Djokovic won his fifth Australian Open title and extended Andy Murray's misery at Melbourne Park by beating the Scotsman 7-6 (5), 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-0 in the final Sunday.   Murray has now been

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  Australian Open 2015: Paes-Hingis clinch mixed-doubles crown

  February 01, 2015 13:06 IST

  Melbourne: Indian tennis star Leander Paes clinched his 15th Grand Slam title as he and Swiss ace Martina Hingis won the Australian Open mixed-doubles title, here Sunday.The seventh seed Indo-Swiss pair turned back the clock

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  Hingis, 34, back in Aussie Open final, 20 years after debut

  February 01, 2015 10:27 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: When Martina Hingis came out retirement for the second time in her career two years ago, she set some ground rules for herself.She would only play doubles, no singles. And she only wanted

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  Fognini, Bolelli win men's doubles at Australian Open

  January 31, 2015 23:09 IST

  Melbourne, Australia:  Fabio Fognini and Simone Bolelli became the first all-Italian team to capture a Grand Slam men's doubles title in more than 50 years after beating the French pair of Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues

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  Australian open 2015: Serena Williams wins 19th major title

  February 01, 2015 6:26 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Serena Williams won her 19th Grand Slam title, continued her unbeaten run in six Australian Open finals and extended her decade-long domination of Maria Sharapova with a commanding 6-3, 7-6 (5) win on

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  Australian Open 2015: Djokovic beats defending champ Wawrinka to reach final

  January 30, 2015 19:08 IST

  Melbourne: Novak Djokovic reached his fifth Australian Open final with a five-set win over defending champion Stan Wawrinka that fell flat compared with their previous encounters at Melbourne Park.The top-ranked Djokovic finished over the top

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  Australian Open 2015: Paes advances to final, Sania crashes out in mixed doubles

  January 30, 2015 14:40 IST

  Melbourne: Leander Paes kept himself in line for his 15th Grand Slam title by reaching the Australian Open mixed doubles final with Martina Hingis but Sania Mirza bowed out with Bruno Soares after losing the