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  Australian Open: How they reached final

  January 24, 2014 19:11 IST

  MenRafael Nadal (1)   First Round -- def. Bernard Tomic, 6-4, retired.   Second Round -- def. Thanasi Kokkinakis, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2.   Third Round -- def. Gael Monfils (25), 6-1, 6-2, 6-3.   Fourth Round -- def. Kei

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  Australian Open at a glance,day 12

  January 24, 2014 18:49 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: A look at the 12th day of the Australian Open tennis championships on Friday:   WEATHER: Occasional showers, high of 26 Celsius (79 Fahrenheit).ATTENDANCE: 20, 864.SEMIFINAL WINNERS: Men: No. 1 Rafael Nadal.SEMIFINAL LOSERS: Men:

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  Australian Open: Nadal beats Federer, reaches final

  January 24, 2014 17:51 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Rafael Nadal continued his dominant streak over Roger Federer to reach the Australian Open final for the third time, beating the 17-time major winner 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-3 Friday night to set up

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  Australian Open: Errani, Vinci defend Women's doubles title

  January 24, 2014 16:08 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Top-ranked Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci rallied to win the last five games and successfully defended their Australian Open women's doubles title with a 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 victory over Russian pair Ekaterina Makarova

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  Australian Open: Li Na's new approach to final

  January 24, 2014 15:58 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: When Li Na thinks back to her first Australian Open final, she doesn't recall feeling nervous. Just very excited.   The 31-year-old Chinese star makes her third attempt at winning the championship in Melbourne

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  Australian Open: Sania a win away from third Grand Slam mixed doubles title

  January 24, 2014 13:53 IST

  Melbourne: India's Sania Mirza and her Romanian partner Horia Tecau beat defending champions Jarmila Gajdosova and Matthew Ebden of Australia to enter the final of the Australian Open mixed doubles final at the Melbourne Park

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  Australian Open: Results, day 12

  January 24, 2014 12:37 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Results Friday from the Australian Open at Melbourne Park (seedings in parentheses):Mixed DoublesSemifinalsSania Mirza, India, and Horia Tecau (6), Romania, def. Jarmila Gajdosova, Australia, and Matthew Ebden, Australia, 2-6, 6-3, 10-2.Kristina Mladenovic, France,

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  Australian Open: Wawrinka reaches his first Slam final

  January 23, 2014 19:01 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Stanislas Wawrinka backed up his upset of four-time champion Novak Djokovic by reaching his first Grand Slam final with a 6-3, 7-6 (1), 6-7 (3), 7-6 (4) win over Tomas Berdych in the

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  Australian Open at a glance, day 11

  January 23, 2014 18:04 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: A look at the 11th day of the Australian Open tennis championships on Thursday:   WEATHER: Sunny, high of 31 Celsius (88 Fahrenheit).   ATTENDANCE: Day session: 17,109; Night: 33,942 TOTAL: 51,051.   SEMIFINAL WINNERS: Men:

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  Know about Australian Open finalist Dominika Cibulkova

  January 24, 2014 6:58 IST

  New Delhi: Dominika Cibulkova is a Slovakian tennis sensation who defeated Russian top female player Maria Sharapova in the 4th round and is now the finalist of Australian open. Cibulkova had never advanced beyond the

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  Australian Open: Results, day 11

  January 23, 2014 18:07 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Results Thursday from the Australian Open at Melbourne Park (seedings in parentheses):Men's SinglesSemifinalsStanislas Wawrinka (8), Switzerland, def. Tomas Berdych (7), Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-7 (1), 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4).Women's SinglesSemifinalsLi Na (4), China,

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  Australian Open: Li Na, Cibulkova to meet in the final

  January 23, 2014 12:58 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Li Na has advanced to her third Australian Open final and will have to beat Dominika Cibulkova to win her first title at Melbourne Park.   No. 4-seeded Li won the first give games

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  Australian Open 2014: Sania-Horia sail into the mixed doubles semifinals

  January 23, 2014 16:38 IST

  Melbourne: India's Sania Mirza and her Romanian partner Horia Tecau stormed into the semifinals of the mixed doubles event at the Australian Open with straight sets victory over Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and Julia Georges, here on

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  Australian Open 2014: Li Na beats Bouchard, reaches final

  January 23, 2014 10:43 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Li Na has her third and probably best chance to win the Australian Open final after advancing with a 6-2, 6-4 win over 19-year-old Canadian Eugenie Bouchard.   No. 4-seeded Li, the 2011 French

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  Serena enters Indian Wells for 1st time since '01

  January 23, 2014 9:10 IST

  Indian Wells, California: Serena Williams has entered the Indian Wells tournament for the first time since vowing in 2001 to never return.   The sisters were scheduled to meet in the semifinals in 2001, but 20

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  Australian Open: Rohan Bopanna/ Katarina Srebotnik lost in mixed doubles Q/F

  January 22, 2014 21:55 IST

  Melbourne: India's Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek lost their men's doubles quarterfinals while Rohan Bopanna went down in his last-eight match in the mixed doubles at the Australia Open here on Wednesday.Paes-Stepanek

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  Australian Open: Defending champ Azarenka booed

  January 22, 2014 18:25 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Victoria Azarenka's tumultuous reign as the Australian Open's two-time champion ended Wednesday with a lot of shouting from her and some boos from the crowd.Australian fans love their champions but dislike bad sportsmanship,

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  Australian Open: Federer beats Murray, reaches semi

  January 22, 2014 20:04 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Roger Federer rekindled his dominance over Andy Murray in Grand Slam matches and advanced to his 11th consecutive Australian Open semifinal with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-3 win Wednesday.   Federer clinched it

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  Know Eugenie Bouchard, a new sensation on tennis court

  March 22, 2014 6:42 IST

  New Delhi: Eugenie Bouchard has sort of created a history by defeating Ana Ivanovic in the quarter final of Australian Open. She is the second Canadain in the history to reach a Grand Slam semifinal.Now

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  Australian Open: Results, day 10

  January 22, 2014 19:52 IST

  Melborne, Australia: Results Wednesday from the Australian Open at Melbourne Park (seedings in parentheses):Results Wednesday from the Australian Open at Melbourne Park (seedings in parentheses):Men's SinglesQuarterfinalsRafael Nadal (1), Spain, def. Grigor Dimitrov (22), Bulgaria, 3-6,

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  Australian Open: Paes-Stepanek out in Men's doubles

  January 22, 2014 12:00 IST

  Melbourne: India's Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek were knocked out of the Australian Open men's doubles with a straight set loss to Michael Llodra and Nicholas Mahut in the quarterfinals at the

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  Australian Open 2014: Radwanska ends Victoria Azarenka's run in quarterfinal

  January 22, 2014 9:55 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Victoria Azarenka's 18-match winning streak at the Australian Open ended in an upset 6-1, 5-7, 6-0 quarterfinal loss to Agnieszka Radwanska on Wednesday to continue the flow of stars tumbling out of the

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  Australian Open 2014: Dominika Cibulkova reaches semifinals

  January 22, 2014 8:56 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Dominika Cibulkova won the last eight games in a one-hour, 6-3, 6-0 quarterfinal rout of No. 11-seeded Simona Halep at the Australian Open on Wednesday.   The diminutive Cibulkova, among the shortest women on

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  Spain to visit Germany in Davis Cup without Nadal

  January 22, 2014 6:17 IST

  Madrid: Carlos Moya has named a four-man squad that doesn't include heavyweights Rafael Nadal, David Ferrer or Nicolas Almagro against Germany for his captain's debut in Davis Cup next week.   With Nadal and Ferrer focusing

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  Australian Open: Djokovic upset by Wawrinka in quarterfinals

  January 21, 2014 20:01 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Novak Djokovic's bid for a fourth consecutive Australian Open title ended in a dramatic five-set quarterfinal loss to Stanislas Wawrinka that opens up the prospects of a new major champion.   No. 8-seeded Wawrinka

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  Australian Open Results, day 9

  January 21, 2014 18:27 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Results Tuesday from the Australian Open at Melbourne Park (seedings in parentheses):Men's SinglesQuarterfinalsStanislas Wawrinka (8), Switzerland, def. Novak Djokovic (2), Serbia, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 9-7.Tomas Berdych (7), Czech Republic, def. David Ferrer

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  Australian Open: Bouchard, 19, into 1st major semi

  January 21, 2014 16:52 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Canadian teenager Eugenie Bouchard is amassing quite a collection of stuffed animals at the Australian Open, all gifts from her own personal cheering section nicknamed the "Genie Army."   With nearly every victory this

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  Australian Open at a glance, day 9

  January 21, 2014 16:40 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: A look at the ninth day of the Australian Open tennis championships on Tuesday:   WEATHER: Mostly sunny, high of 23 Celsius (73 Fahrenheit).   ATTENDANCE: Day session: 22,649.QUARTERFINAL WINNERS: Men: No. 7 Tomas Berdych;