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  Australian Open 2015: Nishikori advances to 3rd round

  January 22, 2015 9:41 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: U.S. Open finalist Kei Nishikori stayed on track for another strong Grand Slam performance when he beat Ivan Dodig 4-6, 7-5, 6-2, 7-6 (0) on Thursday in the second round of the Australian

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  Australian Open 2015: Serena and Venus Williams advance to 3rd round

  January 22, 2015 9:41 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: The Williams sisters have advanced to the third round at the Australian Open, with top-ranked Serena fending off set points before going on a 10-game roll to beat Vera Zvonareva 7-5, 6-0 and

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  Australian Open 2015: Radwanska advances to 3rd round

  January 22, 2015 9:41 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Sixth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska easily advanced to the third round of the Australian Open with a 44-minute, 6-0, 6-1 win over Johanna Larsson of Sweden on Thursday.The Polish player is now 7-1 in second-round

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  Tennis star Bouchard happy with performance

  January 21, 2015 22:05 IST

  Melbourne: World No.7 Eugenie Bouchard expressed satisfaction at the way she controlled the game and demolished her opponent, the Netherlands' Kiki Bertens, 6-0 6-3 at the Australian Open here Wednesday.The Canadian tennis star advanced to

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  Big guns reach Australian Open third round

  January 21, 2015 22:00 IST

  Melbourne: Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray advanced to the third round in the singles competition, while Maria Sharapova also won her women singles' second round match of the Australian Open at the Melbourne

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  Australian Open 2015: Sania, Paes make it all-win day for India

  January 21, 2015 19:34 IST

  Melbourne: India enjoyed an all-win day at the Australian Open tennis Grand Slam after Leander Paes and Sania Mirza sailed into the second round of their respective men's and women's doubles events here today.Sania and

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  Australian Open 2015: Federer overcomes sore hand, advances to 3rd round

  January 21, 2015 15:18 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Roger Federer overcame a slow start and a sore finger on his right hand to beat Simone Bolelli of Italy 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 on Wednesday and reach the third round of the

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  Australian Open 2015: Williams sisters withdraw from doubles event

  January 21, 2015 15:18 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Serena and Venus Williams have pulled out of women's doubles at the Australian Open, where they've won four titles.The Williams sisters were scheduled to play their first-round match Wednesday against Anabel Medina Garrigues

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  Australian Open 2015: No. 2 Sharapova saves 2 match points, advances to 3rd round

  January 21, 2015 15:19 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Maria Sharapova saved two match points in a narrow escape against No. 150-ranked Alexandra Panova at the Australian Open on Wednesday, advancing to the third round with a 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 win.Second-seeded Sharapova

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  Australian Open 2015: Andy Murray advances to third round

  January 21, 2015 15:19 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Andy Murray didn't let the parochial crowds in Margaret Court Arena bother him Wednesday as he beat Australian Marinko Matosevic 6-1, 6-3, 6-2 to advance to the third round of the Australian Open.Matosevic's

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  Australian Open 2015: Azarenka tops Stephens again

  January 21, 2015 15:20 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Victoria Azarenka is in an unfamiliar position as the Australian Open gets underway: unseeded after a long injury layoff and no longer a heavy favorite to capture a title she's already won two

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  Serena Williams wins opening match at Australian Open

  January 20, 2015 16:24 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Serena Williams made a good start towards capturing a 19th career Grand Slam with a 6-0, 6-4 win over Alison Van Uytvanck of Belgium at the Australian Open on Monday.Dressed in a bright

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  Pregnant retired tennis star Li Na excited to be housewife

  January 20, 2015 15:52 IST

  Melbourne: China's retired two-time Grand Slam champion Li Na expressed her excitement at starting a family with husband Jiang Shan after announcing her pregnancy at the ongoing Australian Open tennis tournament.Li gave a pleasant shock

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  Nadal's racquet now has a power button!

  January 20, 2015 14:52 IST

  Melbourne: Spanish tennis ace Rafael Nadal's new racquet now has a power button which will help him in timing his shots to a perfection!Termed as a "smart racquet", one of the latest advancement's in tennis

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  Zheng Jie pins hope on doubles in Australian Open

  January 20, 2015 14:08 IST

  Melbourne: After crashing out of the singles in the first round, Chinese tennis star Zheng Jie has pinned her hopes on the doubles in the Australian Open.Zheng was beaten by Chinese Taipei's Chang Kai-Chen 1-6,

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  Novak Djokovic wins 1st-round match at Australian Open

  January 20, 2015 11:17 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Novak Djokovic began his quest for a fifth Australian Open title with a 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 win over Aljaz Bedene of Slovenia in a first-round match Tuesday.Djokovic, who said he had flu symptoms

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  Chinese Zheng Jie crashes out of Australian Open

  January 20, 2015 11:12 IST

  Melbourne: Chinese Zheng Jie crashed out of the Australian Open tennis tournament after opening round straight sets loss to Chinese Taipei's Chang Kai-Chen in the women's singles here Tuesday.Chang was never in trouble as she

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  Wimbledon champ Kvitova wins 1st-rounder at Australian Open

  January 20, 2015 11:09 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova is through to the second round of the Australian Open after a 6-1, 6-4 win over Richel Hogenkamp of the Netherlands in 63 minutes on Tuesday.Kvitova won her second

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  Australian Open: Djokovic, Wawrinka advance to 2nd round

  January 20, 2015 12:49 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Four-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic returned to Rod Laver Arena for the first time as a husband and father, shrugging off the effects of a cold to beat No. 116-ranked Aljaz Bedene

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  Australian open: Raonic advances in straight sets

  January 20, 2015 10:39 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Canada's Milos Raonic defeated Ukrainian qualifier Illya Marchenko 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3), 6-3 to advance to the second round of the Australian Open on Tuesday.The eighth-seeded Raonic was a semifinalist at Wimbledon last

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  Australian Open: Wozniacki defeats Townsend in 1st round

  January 20, 2015 10:34 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Caroline Wozniacki saved seven of eight break points she faced to withstand a tough challenge from 18-year-old American Taylor Townsend, winning 7-6 (1), 6-2 in the first round of the Australian Open on

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  Australian Open: Nishikori advances; Azarenka into 2nd round

  January 20, 2015 8:57 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Kei Nishikori returned to Grand Slam action for the first time since his run to the U.S. Open final, beating Nicolas Almagro 6-4, 7-6 (1), 6-2 Tuesday in the first round of the

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  Maria Sharapova wins 1st-round match at Australian Open

  January 19, 2015 17:40 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Second-seeded Maria Sharapova concluded an opening day of matches on Rod Laver Arena with a 6-4, 6-1 win Monday over Croatian player Petra Martic at the Australian Open.Sharapova, who began the season by

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  Australian Open crowd behaved like 'animals': Russian player

  January 19, 2015 16:20 IST

  Melbourne: Russian tennis player Alexander Kudryavtsev accused the Australian fans of behaving like "animals" during his defeat at the hands of local talent Marinko Matosevic on Day 1 of the Australian Open here Monday.“They are

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  Federer wins opening match at Australian Open over Lu

  January 19, 2015 15:56 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Second-seeded and 17-time major champion Roger Federer defeated Lu Yen-hsun of Taiwan 6-4, 6-2, 7-5 Monday in a first-round match at the Australian Open.Federer, wearing a neon yellow shirt which matched his shoes,

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  Bhambri better player than his ranking: Murray

  January 19, 2015 15:46 IST

  Melbourne: Scottish tennis ace Andy Murray Monday said India's Yuki Bhambri was a much better player than his ranking suggested.Murray kick-started his Australian Open tennis campaign with a straight-sets win over India's Bhambri here.The sixth-seeded

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  Australian Open: Yuki battles hard before losing to Murray

  January 19, 2015 14:25 IST

  Melbourne: Yuki Bhambri's Australian Open singles campaign came to an end despite a fighting effort against world number six Andy Murray here today but the Indian tennis player walked away with rich appreciation from his

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  Australian Open Scene: Nadal's shorts, Murray's language

  January 19, 2015 12:53 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: After nearly six months away, Rafael Nadal is back. And he's hard to miss.Nadal outshone his first-round opponent Mikhail Youzhny, literally and sartorially, decked out in a pink florescent tennis shirt and a