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  Bautista Agut beats Anderson in Valencia Open

  October 22, 2013 6:24 IST

  Valencia, Spain: Spanish qualifier Roberto Bautista Agut upset eighth-seeded Kevin Anderson of South African 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3 Monday in the first round of the Valencia Open.   Anderson finished with 15 aces but was broken

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  Know the success story of Sania Mirza who is again in news for wrong reasons

  July 25, 2014 12:21 IST

  Bhopal: Unnecessary controversies have always affected Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza's performance at the top level. Now there's another one. Telangana Bharatiya Janata party leader K Laxman flayed the state government's decision to appoint Sania

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  Federer reflects on mistakes of playing injured

  October 21, 2013 6:18 IST

  Basel, Switzerland: Roger Federer thinks he made mistakes this year by playing when injured, but insists he is ready for a strong finish to his most difficult season.   Ahead of his hometown Swiss Indoors tournament,

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  WTA: Serena Williams in group with Petra Kvitova

  October 20, 2013 23:26 IST

  Istanbul: Top-ranked titleholder Serena Williams will face former winner Petra Kvitova in her group at the WTA Championships, which start Tuesday in Istanbul.Sunday's draw for the event that brings together the top eight players in

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  Luxembourg Open: Caroline Wozniacki wins

  October 20, 2013 23:11 IST

  Luxembourg: Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark won her first tournament of the year, beating German teenager Annika Beck 6-2, 6-2 in Sunday's final of the Luxembourg Open.Wozniacki, ranked ninth in the world, completed a confidence-building

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  Stockholm Open: Dimitrov beats Ferrer to win

  October 20, 2013 22:01 IST

  Stockholm: Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria secured his first ATP tour title Sunday at the Stockholm Open by beating top-seeded David Ferrer of Spain 2-6, 6-3, 6-4.   The 22-year-old Dimitrov broke the No. 3-ranked Ferrer's serve

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  India-Pak to team up again as Rohan Bopanna, Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi

  October 20, 2013 16:57 IST

  New Delhi:  Two years after breaking their highly successful pairing, Indian tennis star Rohan Bopanna and Pakistan's Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi have decided to reunite for the 2014 season.The two last played together in the ATP World

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  Wozniacki, Beck to play Luxembourg Open final

  October 20, 2013 7:06 IST

  Luxembourg: Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark will play Annika Beck of Germany in Sunday's final of the Luxembourg Open.Wozniacki, ranked ninth in the world, swept past third-seeded Sabine Lisicki of Germany 6-4, 6-4. She has

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  Fenesta open: Prerna, Mohit win singles titles

  October 19, 2013 16:34 IST

  New Delhi:  Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash and Prerna Bhambri won the men's and women's singles titles at the Fenesta Open National Tennis Championships here Saturday.Top seed Mohit lived up to his top billing by beating last

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  Wozniacki reaches Luxembourg semis; Stephens out

  October 19, 2013 6:54 IST

  Luxembuorg : Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark held off Bojana Jovanovski of Serbia 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 Friday to reach the semifinals of the Luxembourg Open.After both players struggled to hold serve at the start, Wozniacki

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  Fenesta Open: Mohit, Arjun win doubles title, enter singles final

  October 18, 2013 22:34 IST

  New Delhi: Top seed Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash and Arjun Kadhe on Friday clinched the men's doubles title and also reached the singles final of the Fenesta Open National Tennis Championships here.The duo were a game

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  Looking out for second singles player: Anand Amritraj

  October 18, 2013 19:25 IST

  New Delhi: India's new Davis Cup captain Anand Amritraj Friday said his focus will be on developing a good second singles player so that Somdev Devvarman is not under too much pressure.Amritraj, who was appointed

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  Kremlin Cup: Stosur faces Kuznetsova in semifinals

  October 18, 2013 19:02 IST

  Moscow: Samantha Stosur will face doubles partner Svetlana Kuznetsova in the semifinals of the Kremlin Cup after both players won in straight sets Friday.Stosur extended her unbeaten run to eight matches by defeating Ana Ivanovic

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  Top-seeded Tsonga joins Haas, Fognini in quarters

  October 18, 2013 7:07 IST

  Vienna: Top-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga overcame an awful second set to beat Daniel Brands of Germany 7-5, 1-6, 6-3 and reach the quarterfinals of the Erste Bank Open on Thursday.   No. 2 Tommy Haas and No.

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  Stosur, Kuznetsova advance at Kremlin Cup

  October 17, 2013 6:58 IST

  Moscow: Two-time Grand Slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova beat Sofia Arvidsson of Sweden 6-2, 7-5 to make the Kremlin Cup quarterfinals for the sixth time on Wednesday.Meanwhile, men's defending champion Andreas Seppi broke Paolo Lorenzi twice

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  Sock, Gulbis advance at Stockholm Open

  October 16, 2013 6:58 IST

  Stockholm: American Jack Sock beat Australia's Bernard Tomic in straight sets Tuesday to set up a second-round match with No.1-seed David Ferrer in the Stockholm Open.The 21-year-old Sock finished off Tomic 6-4, 6-2 in just

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  National Tennis: Top seed Shweta advances

  October 15, 2013 18:44 IST

  New Delhi: Top seed Shweta Rana came back from a set down at the Fenesta Open National Tennis Championship and had to battle hard against Delhi girl Riya Bhatia, who looked in complete control in

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  Paire reaches 2nd round of Stockholm Open

  October 15, 2013 6:52 IST

  Stockholm: Sixth-seeded Benoit Paire of France advanced to the second round of the Stockholm Open on Monday by beating Santiago Giraldo of Colombia 6-4, 6-4.Paire broke Giraldo twice and lost his serve once in both

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  Kremlin Cup: Kuznetsova enters 2nd round

  October 14, 2013 21:43 IST

  Moscow: Svetlana Kuznetsova advanced to the second round of the Kremlin Cup by beating Lesia Tsurenko 7-5, 6-2 on Monday.The eighth-seeded Kuznetsova, a two-time Grand Slam champion from Russia, won five consecutive games in the

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  Kremlin Cup: Stakhovsky, Cornet advance to 2nd round

  October 14, 2013 19:51 IST

  Moscow: Sergiy Stakhovsky and Alize Cornet advanced to the second round of the Kremlin Cup with straight-set victories on Monday.  Stakhovsky upset seventh-seeded Joao Sousa 6-4, 6-3, while Cornet ousted Ukrainian teenager Elina Svitolina 7-5,

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  Top-seed Kerber beats Ivanovic in Linz final

  October 14, 2013 6:29 IST

  Linz, Austria: Top-seeded Angelique Kerber won her first WTA title of the season and third overall by defeating two-time former champion Ana Ivanovic 6-4, 7-6 (6) at the Generali Ladies on Sunday.   It was Kerber's

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  Generali Ladies: Top-seed Kerber beats Ivanovic in final

  October 13, 2013 20:28 IST

  Linz, Austria: Top-seeded Angelique Kerber won her first WTA title of the season and third overall by defeating two-time former champion Ana Ivanovic 6-4, 7-6 (6) at the Generali Ladies on Sunday.The 10th-ranked German used

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  Shanghai Masters: Djokovic conquers title

  October 13, 2013 18:56 IST

  Shanghai: Novak Djokovic defeated Juan Martin del Potro 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (3) on Sunday to win a second Shanghai Masters title and lengthen his winning streak in the country to 20 consecutive matches.  The Serbian

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  Shanghai Masters: Del Potro reach final, to meet Djokovic

  October 13, 2013 18:02 IST

  Shanghai: Argentine sixth seeded, Juan Martin del Potro amazed his fans after beating World No.1 Rafael Nadal 6-2, 6-4 in the semifinals here.With the vital win on Saturday, Del Potro also confirmed his berth in

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  Japan Open: Stosur beats Bouchard, wins title

  October 13, 2013 17:47 IST

  Osaka, Japan: Australia tennis player Samantha Stosur beat Canadian teenager Eugenie Bouchard 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 on Sunday and win her second Japan Open title.Third-seeded Stosur, who succeeded this tournament in 2009, could only convert seven

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  Raja-Sharan lose in Tashkent ATP Challenger final

  October 12, 2013 19:21 IST

  Tashkent: The unseeded Russian pair of Mikhail Elgin and Teymuraz Gabashvili notched up a 6-4, 6-4 win over the second seeds Purav Raja and Divij Sharan from India in the doubles final of the $125,000

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  WTA Championships: Top-seeded Kerber, Ivanovic reach Linz semifinals

  October 12, 2013 7:30 IST

  Linz, Austria : Top-seeded Angelique Kerber defeated Patricia Mayr-Achleitner of Austria 6-3, 6-1 in the quarterfinals of the Generali Ladies on Friday to secure the final spot in the season-ending WTA Championships.“Qualifying for Istanbul is

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  Tunisia orders tennis player not to play Israeli

  October 11, 2013 23:43 IST

  Tunisia: Tunisia's tennis federation ordered the country's top player to withdraw from a match against an Israeli player at a tournament in Uzbekistan.Malek Jaziri had been scheduled to play Israel's Amir Weintraub on Friday in