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  Australian Open: Sania , Bopanna enter 3rd round, Bhupathi ousted

  January 18, 2014 14:34 IST

  Melbourne:  Saturday proved to be a good day for India in Australian Open as Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna entered third round, winning both their respective doubles and mixed doubles matches. However, Mahesh Bhupathi's men's

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  Australian Open: Maria Sharapova into 4th round

  January 18, 2014 11:58 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Maria Sharapova recovered from the longest, hottest match of her career to beat Alize Cornet 6-1, 7-6 (6) Saturday and reach the fourth round of the Australian Open.   Her third-round match was played

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  Australian Open: Stephens through to 4th round

  January 18, 2014 11:50 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Sloane Stephens is having another good Australian Open, advancing to the fourth round with a 7-5, 6-4 win over Elina Svitolina of Ukraine on Saturday.Last year, Stephens made it to the fourth round

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  Australian Open: Federer advances to 4th round at Australian Open

  January 18, 2014 12:56 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Four-time champion Roger Federer has advanced to the fourth round at the Australian Open for the 13th consecutive year following a 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 win Saturday over Teymuraz Gabashvili.   The win may be

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  Australian Open: Sharapova, Federer into 4th round at Aussie Open

  January 18, 2014 16:48 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Maria Sharapova recovered from the longest, hottest match of her career to beat Alize Cornet 6-1, 7-6 (6) Saturday and reach the fourth round of the Australian Open.   Her third-round match was played

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  Australian Open: Paes-Stepanek enter third round

  January 18, 2014 11:14 IST

  Melbourne: India's Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek Saturday entered the third round of the men's doubles at the Australian Open, easily defeating Italian Daniele Bracciali and Ukranian Alexander Dolgopolov 6-1, 6-4.The fifth-seeded

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  Djokovic, Williams into 4th round at Aussie Open

  January 18, 2014 6:57 IST

  Melbourne: The heat wave didn't claim any major casualties at the Australian Open. Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams extended their winning streaks to move into the fourth round, and all except one of the leading

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  Australian Open: At a glance, day 5

  January 17, 2014 17:21 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: A look at the fifth day of the Australian Open tennis championships on Friday:   WEATHER: High of 42 Celsius (108 Fahrenheit), the fourth day in a row of hot temperatures, although a late-afternoon

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  Australian Open: No respite from scorching heat as event enters 4th day

  January 17, 2014 16:14 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Li Na had one simple request before answering questions in her on-court, post-match interview following a 2½-hour battle in the brutal heat at the Australian Open on Friday: "Can we stand in the

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  Australian Open: Williams beats heat to register 3rd-round win

  January 18, 2014 16:47 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Serena Williams got on and off court as quickly as she could in the scorching heat Friday, registering yet another record with match win No. 61 at the Australian Open as she advanced

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  Australian Open 2014: Yuki-Venus enters 3rd round, Paes-Stepanek march to 2nd

  January 17, 2014 13:00 IST

  Melbourne: Wild card entrants Yuki Bhambri and Michael Venus created a big upset by dumping 10th seeded Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau out of the Australian Open while Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek scored an

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  Australian Open: Results, day 5

  January 17, 2014 13:01 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Results Friday from the Australian Open at Melbourne Park (seedings in parentheses):Men's SinglesThird RoundDavid Ferrer (3), Spain, def. Jeremy Chardy (29), France, 6-2, 7-6 (5), 6-2.Tomas Berdych (7), Czech Republic, def. Damir Dzumhur,

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  Australian Open 2014: Tomas Berdych enters 4th round

  January 17, 2014 12:51 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Tomas Berdych advanced to the Australian Open's fourth round for the fourth consecutive year with a 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 win over qualifier Damir Dzumhur on Friday.   Dzumhur, the first man from Bosnia and

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  Australian Open: match schedule, day 5

  January 17, 2014 12:03 IST

  Melbourne: Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams will be back in action for Friday's matches. Here is the schedule for Friday's matches.(1) Serena Williams (USA) v (31) Daniela Hantuchova (Svk), (29) Jeremy Chardy (Fra) v (3)

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  Australian Open: Williams sisters withdrawn from doubles

  January 17, 2014 10:32 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Venus and Serena Williams have withdrawn from the doubles competition at the Australian Open, shortly before their first-round match was scheduled to be played on Friday.   Tournament officials said the sisters pulled out

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  Australian Open: Li Na advances to 4th round

  January 17, 2014 10:24 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Two-time finalist Li Na broke Lucie Safarova's serve in the second set when the Czech player was serving for the match and came back for a 1-6, 7-6 (2), 6-3 win in the

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  Australian Open: David Ferrer reaches 4th round

  January 17, 2014 10:19 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Third-seeded David Ferrer has advanced to the fourth round of the Australian Open with a 6-2, 7-6 (5), 6-2 win over Frenchman Jeremy Chardy on Friday.   The Spaniard has reached at least the

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  Australian Open: Bopanna-Qureshi move into 2nd round

  January 17, 2014 10:04 IST

  Melbourne: Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-haq Qureshi braved sweltering heat and a stiff challenge from Rameez Junaid and Adrian Mannarino to enter the second round of the Australian Open men's doubles event on Thursday.The seventh seeded

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  Australian Open: Sania-Cara advance under baking heat

  January 17, 2014 10:04 IST

  Melbourne: The sixth seeded Sania Mirza and her Zimbabwean partner Cara Black began their campaign with a fluent 6-1, 6-4 win over Australian combo of Tammi Patterson and Arina Rodionova to enter the second round

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  Australian Open: Serena Williams sets tournament mark with 3rd round win

  January 17, 2014 8:44 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Five-time champion Serena Williams has now won more matches at the Australian Open than any other woman, notching career win No. 61 on Friday as she advanced to the fourth round with a

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  Australian Open: Angelique Kerber becomes first woman to enter 4th round

  January 17, 2014 7:36 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Angelique Kerber of Germany became the first woman to advance to the fourth round at the Australian Open with a 6-3, 6-4 win over American Alison Riske on Friday.   No. 9 Kerber clinched

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  National grasscourt tennis: Ashwin scalps top seed Prashanth

  January 17, 2014 6:53 IST

  Kolkata: Wild card Ashwin Vijayaraghavan from Andhra Pradesh continued his great run to shock top seed Tamil Nadu's Vijay Sundar Prashanth and storm into the semi-final of the national grasscourt tennis championship here Thursday.Prashanth took

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  Australian Open: Murray through to 3rd round

  January 16, 2014 19:11 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Three-time Australian Open finalist Andy Murray won the last 23 consecutive points to come from 5-1 down in the third set for a 6-2, 6-2, 7-5 second-round win over French qualifier Vincent Millot

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  Australian Open: Donald Young hoping for turnaround

  January 16, 2014 18:45 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Big things were once predicted for Donald Young, the former tennis prodigy who turned pro at 14, had a Nike contract at 15 and played in his first U.S. Open at 16.   Young's

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  Australian Open: Federer wins in unfamiliar territory

  January 16, 2014 17:52 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Roger Federer joked that he left the locker room early on Thursday to make sure he could find the way to an unfamiliar court.   It was the first time in a decade that

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  Australian Open: Results, day 4

  January 16, 2014 16:34 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Results Thursday from the Australian Open at Melbourne Park (seedings in parentheses):Men's SinglesSecond Round Rafael Nadal (1), Spain, def. Thanasi Kokkinakis, Australia, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2. Roger Federer (6), Switzerland, def. Blaz Kavcic, Slovenia, 6-2, 6-1,

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  Australian Open: A tale of two situations

  January 16, 2014 15:55 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Maria Sharapova toiled in 43-degree Celsius (109 F) temperatures for more than 3 1/2 hours on Rod Laver Arena. Next up, Caroline Wozniacki played in what she considered "pleasant" and nearly room-temperature conditions

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  Australian Open: Rafael Nadal advances to 3rd round

  January 16, 2014 14:06 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Top-seeded Rafael Nadal advanced to the third round at the Australian Open with a 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 win over Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis on Thursday.   Nadal won the match in 1 hour, 53 minutes