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  Wimbledon: Andy Murray enters fourth round, giant-killer Stakhovsky out

  July 01, 2013 18:01 IST

  London, Jun 29: Second-seeded British Andy Murray continued his perfect start to Wimbledon with a straight-sets victory over  Tommy Robredo to reach the fourth round on friday. Playing under the retractable roof on Centre Court

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  Wimbledon: Rain halts Leander Paes' match

  July 01, 2013 18:01 IST

  London, June 27: The men's doubles first round match featuring Indo-Czech fourth seeds Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek was suspended on Court 7 as rain halted play at Wimbledon Thursday.Paes and Stepanek won the first

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  Wimbledon: Roof shut over Centre Court

  July 01, 2013 18:01 IST

  London, Jun 27: The roof over Wimbledon's Centre Court has been closed for the first time during this year's tournament.After three days of dry weather, showers caused the first rain delay at the championships on

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  Wimbledon: 42-year-old Date-Krumm reaches 3rd round

  July 01, 2013 18:00 IST

  London, Jun 27: Kimiko Date-Krumm became the oldest woman to reach the third round of Wimbledon in the Open era Thursday by beating Alexandra Cadantu of Romania 6-4, 7-5.The 42-year-old Japanese veteran is the second-oldest

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  Wimbledon: Li Na enters third round

  July 01, 2013 18:00 IST

  London, June 27: Sixth seed Li Na of China overcame a blip in the second set to beat Simona Halep 6-2, 1-6, 6-0 and enter the women's singles third round at Wimbledon here on Thursday.The

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  Federer, Sharapova lose on wild day at Wimbledon

  July 01, 2013 18:00 IST

  London, Jun 27: As tumultuous a day as professional tennis has produced in its nearly half-century history ended in the most unforeseeable, unexplainable way of all: A second-round loss by Roger Federer at the All

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  Wimbledon: Out of work, Nadal's coach Toni turns waiter

  July 01, 2013 18:00 IST

  London, June 26: After his protégé and former champion Rafael Nadal was ousted in the Wimbledon men's singles first round, his coach and uncle Toni Nadal turned into a waiter here on Wednesday.Nadal was seen

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  Wimbledon: Sania Mirza, Bhupathi, Bopanna advance to second round

  July 01, 2013 17:59 IST

  London, June 26:  It was a superb start for Indian tennis players as Mahesh Bhupathi, Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza notched up first round victories in their respective categories at Wimbledon here Wednesday.In the women's

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  Wimbledon: Canadian teen Bouchard beats 12th-seeded Ivanovic

  July 01, 2013 17:59 IST

  London, Jun 26: Canadian teenager Eugenie Bouchard picked up the biggest victory of her career at Wimbledon on Wednesday, beating 12th-seeded Ana Ivanovic, the 2008 French Open champion, 6-3, 6-3 to reach the third round.The

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  Wimbledon: Federer breaks all white rules

  July 01, 2013 17:59 IST

  London, June 26: Swiss tennis great Roger Federer has been banned from wearing his orange-soled training shoes at Wimbledon after they were found to be against the all-white dress code of the tournament.The seven-time champion

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  Wimbledon: Can't take anything for granted, says Djokovic

  July 01, 2013 17:59 IST

  London, June 26: World No.1 tennis player Novak Djokovic has said he cannot take anything for granted and needs to work harder, keeping in mind former champion Rafael Nadal's exit from the first round of

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  Wimbledon: Isner, giant-killer Darcis, Azarenka bow out because of injuries

  July 01, 2013 17:58 IST

  London, Jun 26: John Isner retired from his second-round match Wednesday at Wimbledon because of a knee injury and giant-killer Steve Darcis was unable to take the court for his match because of a shoulder

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  Wimbledon: Isner retires with knee injury

  July 01, 2013 17:58 IST

  London, Jun 26: John Isner has retired from his second-round match at Wimbledon against Adrian Mannarino with a left knee injury.The 18th-seeded American had won his opening service game Wednesday and Mannarino was 15-0 up

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  Wimbledon: Serena Williams, Djokovic enter round two

  July 01, 2013 17:58 IST

  London, Jun 25:  Back in her comfort zone on Centre Court, Serena Williams delivered an overpowering statement: When her serve is clicking, she's the woman to beat at Wimbledon.Putting aside her recent comments that led

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  Wimbledon: Date-Krumm advances to 2nd round

  July 01, 2013 17:58 IST

  London, Jun 25: Playing an opponent less than half her age, veteran Japanese player Kimiko Date-Krumm needed just 44 minutes to defeat German teenager Carina Witthoeft 6-0, 6-2 in the first round of Wimbledon on

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  Wimbledon diary: Sharapova enters second round (in pics)

  June 25, 2013 16:59 IST

  New Delhi: Maria Sharapova reached up and flicked an over-the-shoulder backhand volley for a winner to wrap up a close-as-can-be first set. About an hour later, she just as easily swatted away questions from reporters

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  Wimbledon: Sharapova enters second round

  July 01, 2013 17:57 IST

  London, Jun 25: Maria Sharapova reached up and flicked an over-the-shoulder backhand volley for a winner to wrap up a close-as-can-be first set.About an hour later, she just as easily swatted away questions from reporters

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  Wimbledon: Hewitt reaches second round

  July 01, 2013 17:57 IST

  London, Jun 25: An Aussie fan dressed in yellow and green rushed down to where Lleyton Hewitt was signing autographs and handed his cap to the former Wimbledon champion.   Hewitt grabbed the hat, placed it

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  Wimbledon: Rafael Nadal knocked out in first round, Steve the giant killer

  July 01, 2013 17:57 IST

  London, Jun 24: Twelve times Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal was  knocked out of Wimbledon on Monday by Belgian's World number 135 Steve Darcis in the very first round.Darcis won by 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (10/8),

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  Wimbledon: 5th-seeded Errani ousted in 1st round

  July 01, 2013 17:56 IST

  London, Jun 24 :  It didn't take long for Wimbledon to produce its first upset on the opening day of the tournament.Puerto Rican teenager Monica Puig slugged 38 winners and eliminated fifth-seeded Sara Errani of

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  Federer begins quest for 8th Wimbledon title

  July 01, 2013 17:56 IST

  London, Jun 24: As he has six previous times, Roger Federer will start at Wimbledon on Monday as the defending champion, stepping onto Centre Court for the first match of what he hopes will be

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  Wimbledon: Williams, Sharapova spat in build-up

  July 01, 2013 17:56 IST

  London, Jun 24 :  As her agent nodded along approvingly from a front-row seat, Serena Williams sounded contrite and composed. Well-rehearsed, too.   Williams even managed to crack herself up with a couple of jokes during

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  Wimbledon can be watched live on 3 channels of Star Sports

  July 01, 2013 17:55 IST

  New Delhi, June 21: Leading sports broadcaster STAR Sports will broadcast live and exclusive coverage of the 2013 Wimbledon tennis tournament on three channels -- STAR Sports 2, ESPN and ESPN HD, starting Monday.Wimbledon 2013

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  Li Na gets bye, enters quarters at Eastbourne

  June 20, 2013 16:10 IST

  London, June 20: China's Li Na advanced to the quarter-finals of the Eastbourne International tennis tournament as her French opponent Marion Bartoli pulled out due to a viral infection.Li, the second seed, was told about

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  Serena Williams apologises for her comments on rape victim

  June 20, 2013 8:21 IST

  London, Jun 20 : Tennis star Serena Williams has said  she is reaching out to the family of the victim in the Steubenville rape case after she was quoted in a Rolling Stone article saying

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  Nadal seeded No. 5 for Wimbledon

  June 19, 2013 15:31 IST

  London, June 19:Rafael Nadal will be seeded No. 5 at Wimbledon, setting up the possibility of a quarterfinal match against Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic or Andy Murray.The All England Club released the seedings on Wednesday

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  Injury forces Venus out of Wimbledon

  June 19, 2013 14:55 IST

  London, June 19: Five-time champion Venus Williams announced that she has withdrawn from Wimbledon due to injury.Williams, who has fallen to 34th in the world rankings, posted on her Facebook page that an injury will

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  Eastbourne WTA event: Sania-Huber in quarter-finals

  June 18, 2013 20:52 IST

  Eastbourne, June 18: Sania Mirza and Liezel Huber were made to work hard for points as they struggled past Darija Jurak and Heather Watson to move to the quarterfinals of the WTA Aegon International, here