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  Australian Open: Devvarman loses to Lopez in straight sets

  January 14, 2014 14:57 IST

  Melbourne: Somdev Devvarman, India's lone singles entry at the Australian Open, lost his opening round match against 26th seed Feliciano Lopez of Spain here Tuesday.The unseeded Indian showed his fighting spirit throughout the contest before

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  Australian Open: Results, day 2, 14 Jan

  January 14, 2014 18:12 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Results Tuesday from the Australian Open at Melbourne Park:Men's Singles:First Round= Rafael Nadal (1), Spain, def. Bernard Tomic, Australia, 6-4, 0-0, retired. Andy Murray (4), Britain, def. Go Soeda, Japan, 6-1, 6-1, 6-3. Juan Martin del

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  Australi Open: Wozniacki dazzles tennis crowd with diamond ring

  January 14, 2014 11:40 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: The searing sunlight wasn't the only thing sparkling on Caroline Wozniacki's court, where the crowds got a glimpse of her very large, brand new diamond engagement ring from golfer Rory McIlroy.   Wozniacki had

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  Australian Open: Federer, Azarenka advance as heat wave arrives

  January 14, 2014 13:15 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Roger Federer kept his cool on a scorching second day at the Australian Open, starting his record 57th consecutive Grand Slam tournament with a 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 victory in his first match with

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  Australian Open: Isner out due to foot injury

  January 14, 2014 10:11 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: American John Isner has retired from his first-round match at the Australian Open with a foot injury after losing the first two sets to Slovakian Martin Klizan 6-2, 7-6 (6).   The 13th-seeded Isner

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  Australian Open: Azarenka, Wozniacki advance

  January 14, 2014 9:06 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Victoria Azarenka began her bid for a third consecutive Australian Open title with a 7-6 (2), 6-2 win over Johanna Larsson on Tuesday as the start of a predicted heat wave arrived at

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  Australian Open: Schedule, day 2, 14 Jan

  January 14, 2014 8:55 IST

  Johanna Larsson (Swe) v (2) Victoria Azarenka (Blr), James Duckworth (Aus) v (6) Roger Federer (Swi), (24) Andreas Seppi (Ita) v Lleyton Hewitt (Aus) 19:00: (1) Rafael Nadal (Spa) v Bernard Tomic (Aus), Bethanie Mattek-Sands

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  Injured Kohlschreiber withdraws from Aussie Open

  January 14, 2014 7:27 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany has withdrawn from the Australian Open with a strained left hamstring.The No. 21-seeded Kohlschreiber withdrew Tuesday morning before his scheduled first-round match against Slovenian Aljaz Bedene.He was replaced in

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  Australian Open: Djokovic, Serena Williams advance to second round

  January 13, 2014 17:34 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: A self-admitted "rusty" Novak Djokovic began his bid for a fourth consecutive Australian Open title with a 6-3, 7-6 (2), 6-1 win Monday over Lukas Lacko. Serena Williams appeared to be as polished

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  Australian Open: Kvitova loses to Thai player Kumkhum

  January 13, 2014 14:52 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Former Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova was upset in the first round of the Australian Open by Thailand's Luksika Kumkhum, 6-2, 1-6, 6-4.   Luksika, playing just her second Grand Slam tournament, broke the sixth-seeded

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  Meet the lesser known beauty of tennis Maria Kirilenko

  October 27, 2014 10:46 IST

  New Delhi: The world of tennis has many beautiful women players. While some are famous, there are lesser known beauties too.One such lesser known beauty in lawn tennis is Russian pro player, Maria Kirilenko. Maria Yuryevna

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  Australian Open: Date-Krumm loses to teenager

  January 13, 2014 13:21 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Kimiko Date-Krumm is used to questions about retirement but still has no answer. For now, she's content to continue the "miracle" of playing professional tennis at age 43.   She is also used to

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  Australian Open: Samantha Stosur wins 1st-round match

  January 13, 2014 12:20 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Sam Stosur fought back from 4-1 down in the second set to beat Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-4 Monday in the first round of the Australian Open.   Stosur is trying

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  Australian Open Results, 1st round,day 1

  January 13, 2014 18:12 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Results Monday from the Australian Open at Melbourne Park (seedings in parentheses):Men's SinglesFirst Round Novak Djokovic (2), Serbia, def. Lukas Lacko, Slovakia, 6-3, 7-6 (2), 6-1. David Ferrer (3), Spain, def. Alejandro Gonzalez, Colombia, 6-3,

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  Match Schedule- Australian Open - 1st round-January 13-26, 2014

  January 13, 2014 11:38 IST

  Angelique Kerber (Ger) v Jarmila Gajdosova (Aus), Alejandro Gonzalez (Col) v David Ferrer (Spa),  Samantha Stosur (Aus) v Klara Zakopalova (Cze), Lukas Lacko (Svk) v  Novak Djokovic (Ser), Serena Williams (USA) v Ashleigh Barty (Aus)

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  Australian Open: Wawrinka advances to 2nd round

  January 13, 2014 11:54 IST

  Melbourne: No. 8-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka was the first man through to the second round at the Australian Open, advancing after just 15 games Monday when Andrey Golubev retired with an injured left leg.Wawrinka, who lost

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  Australian Open: Li Na wins 1st-round match

  January 13, 2014 11:54 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Li Na was nearly flawless Monday at a place she usually plays well, beating Ana Konjuh of Croatia 6-2, 6-0 in 61 minutes in the first round of the Australian Open.   Li is

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  Australian Open: Venus Williams out in 1st round

  January 13, 2014 10:58 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Just as she was starting to show glimpses of returning to form, Venus Williams was let down by her serve and her concentration at crucial times and lost 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 to Ekaterina

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  Australian Open: Novak Djokovic aiming for fourth consecutive title

  January 13, 2014 11:13 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: It was a sweet deal. After answering an assortment of questions about his coach and his prospects for winning a fourth consecutive Australian Open title, Novak Djokovic halted his pre-tournament news conference and

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  It's first time I am so well prepared, says Rohan Bopanna on Australian Open

  January 13, 2014 11:41 IST

  New Delhi: Rohan Bopanna has every reason to feel "well prepared" going into the Australian Open as the Indian tennis star enjoyed a superb week at the Sydney International, where he reached the finals, and

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  When Romanian tennis sensation Halep underwent breast reduction surgery

  March 20, 2014 7:14 IST

  New Delhi: Romanian Tennis star Simona Halep had underwent breast reduction surgery in 2009 to improve her World ranking and get away with back problem.At the age of 17, Simona Halep decided that nothing would

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  Novak Djokovic offers a sweetener ahead of Australian Open

  January 13, 2014 11:42 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: It was a sweet deal. After answering an assortment of questions about his coach and his prospects for winning a fourth consecutive Australian Open title, Novak Djokovic halted his pre-tournament news conference and

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  Meet top Australian Open women contenders

  January 13, 2014 11:42 IST

  New Delhi: The new tennis season of 2014 will start from Australian Open, one of the famous grand slam titles in tennis. The tournament will kick off from 13th January 2014.Though the tournament will witness

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  Rafael Nadal biggest threat to Djokovic's crown

  January 13, 2014 11:42 IST

  Melbourne: Rafael Nadal staged a remarkable comeback in 2013 and now becomes the biggest threat to Novak Djokovic's Australian Open crown.After nine months out of the game with a career-threatening knee injury, Nadal returned to

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  Australian Open: Big guns ready for year's first Grand Slam

  January 13, 2014 11:42 IST

  Melbourne: Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer witnessed Andy Murray's drought-breaking successes after he hired Ivan Lendl as coach, and decided they were due for an overhaul of a major kind.Both took on past Grand Slam

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  Stanislas Wawrinka wants to look forward, not back at Open

  January 13, 2014 11:43 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Stanislas Wawrinka was a day away from playing his first match at the Australian Open and all everyone wanted to talk about was his last match at Melbourne Park in 2013.   Mind you,

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  Del Potro wins Sydney International

  January 12, 2014 6:42 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Top-seeded Juan Martin del Potro outclassed defending champion Bernard Tomic 6-3, 6-1 Saturday in a 53-minute final of the Sydney International.   Del Potro finished the match with his eighth ace and made only

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  Watch out these hotties in Australian open

  January 13, 2014 11:43 IST

  Melbourne: When these hotties tennis beauties descend down the Melbourne tennis court the scorching heat will set to climb a few notches by Monday when year's first grand Slam Australian Opens begins.   The Australian Open