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  Australian Open 2015: Berdych first man into 4th round

  January 23, 2015 11:32 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Seventh-seeded Tomas Berdych became the first man to advance to the fourth round of the Australian Open with a 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 win over Viktor Troicki of Serbia on Friday.The Czech player needed

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  Australian Open 2015: Simona Halep advances to 4th round

  January 23, 2015 13:36 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Third-seeded Simona Halep advanced to the fourth round of the Australian Open with a 6-4, 7-5 win Friday over Bethanie Mattek-Sands.Halep twice served for the match at 5-2 and 5-4 but Mattek-Sands broke

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  Australian Open 2015: Sania Mirza crashes out of women's doubles

  January 23, 2015 10:50 IST

  Melbourne: Indian ace Sania Mirza and her Cheinese Taipei partner Su-Wei Hsieh were served out early in the women's doubles encounter after the second-seeded duo was stunned by Gabriela Dabrowski and Alicja Rosolska in Round

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  Australian Open 2015: No 7s, Bouchard, Berdych reach 4th round

  January 23, 2015 9:54 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Eugenie Bouchard struggled through a scrappy opening set before getting on top in a 7-5, 6-0 third-round win over Carolina Garcia that featured 10 breaks of serve on Friday at the Australian Open.There

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  Australian Open 2015: Azarenka beats Wozniacki, joins Williams in 3rd round

  January 23, 2015 9:51 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Unseeded and floating dangerously in the draw, two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka took out No. 8-seeded Caroline Wozniacki 6-4, 6-2 on Thursday night to reach the third round at the first major

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  Australian Open: Bopanna advances, Bhupathi crashes out of men's doubles

  January 23, 2015 11:37 IST

  Melbourne: Rohan Bopanna and Daniel Nestor were tested before making it to the second round even as Mahesh Bhupathi and his partner Jurgen Melzer crashed out of men's doubles event of the Australian Open, here

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  Wimbledon champion Kvitova into 3rd round at Australian Open

  January 23, 2015 11:25 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova continued to make amends for an upset first-round loss last year at the Australian Open with a 6-2, 6-4 second-round win Thursday over Mona Barthel.Fourth-seeded Kvitova held her serve

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  Australian Open 2015: Bhupathi-Melzer pair crashes out

  January 23, 2015 11:28 IST

  Melbourne: Mahesh Bhupathi and Jurgen Melzer crashed out of the men's doubles event of the Australian Open after suffering a straight-set defeat against Argentine team of Diego Schwartzman and Horacio Zeballos, here Thursday.Bhupathi and his

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  Australian Open: Djokovic, Wawrinka join Williams in 3rd round

  January 23, 2015 11:26 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Top-ranked Serena Williams fended off three set points before going on a 10-game roll to beat Vera Zvonareva 7-5, 6-0 and move into the third round of the Australian Open.Men's No. 1 Novak

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  Australian Open 2015: Djokovic into 3rd round for 9th year in a row

  January 22, 2015 10:17 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Novak Djokovic moved into the third round at the Australian Open for the ninth consecutive year with a 6-0, 6-1, 6-4 win Thursday over Russian Andrey Kuznetsov.Djokovic won the first set in 21

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  Defending champion Wawrinka into Australian Open 3rd round

  January 22, 2015 10:02 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Defending champion Stan Wawrinka advanced to the third round of the Australian Open for the seventh consecutive year with a 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4), 6-3 win over Romanian qualifier Marius Copil on Thursday.The

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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