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  Andy Roddick says, he'll retire after US Open

  August 31, 2012 15:19 IST

  New York, Aug, 31: Andy Roddick announced his retirement on Thursday, saying his tennis career will close at the U.S. Open, the site of his biggest triumph.The 2003 champion at Flushing Meadows and former No.

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  Paes wins, Bhupathi knocked out of US Open men's doubles

  August 31, 2012 15:19 IST

  New York, Aug 30: Fifth seeds Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek advanced to the men's doubles second round at the US Open while eighth seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna crashed out of the competition

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  Clijsters' career ends, crashes out of US Open in 2nd round

  August 31, 2012 15:19 IST

  New York, Aug 30 : Kim Clijsters' singles career ended where she wanted it to, just not the way she hoped.The four-time Grand Slam champion lost 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5) to 18-year-old Laura Robson of

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  American wild card Burdette enters 3rd round of US Open

  August 31, 2012 14:29 IST

  New  York, Aug 30: Mallory Burdette opened the summer plotting how she would take pre-medical courses to pursue her dream of studying psychiatry.A few unanticipated wins on the tennis court later, the 21-year-old American is

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  Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi spilt as pair

  August 29, 2012 21:11 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 29: Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi have decided to split as a pair, ending the speculation over their future as a mixed doubles team following the bitter selection row ahead of the

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  Serena Williams rolls over Vandeweghe at US Open

  August 31, 2012 14:29 IST

  New York, Aug 29 : Serena Williams advanced to the second round of the U.S. Open on Tuesday, defeating CoCo Vandeweghe 6-1, 6-1 in 55 minutes.Coming off titles at Wimbledon and the London Olympics, Williams

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  Wozniacki limps out of US Open

  August 31, 2012 14:29 IST

  New York, Aug 29 :  Slowed by a right knee injury, eighth-seeded Caroline Wozniacki failed to make it out of the first round of her second straight Grand Slam tournament, falling 6-2, 6-2 to 96th-ranked

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  Roddick, Venus Williams advance at US Open

  August 31, 2012 14:28 IST

  New York, Aug 29 :  That Andy Roddick's last match as a twentysomething would not be his last match at the 2012 U.S. Open was hardly in doubt Tuesday, especially whenever he was launching that

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  Radwanska beats Bratchikova in US Open 1st round

  August 31, 2012 14:28 IST

  New York, Aug 28: Second-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska needed just 54 minutes to advance to the second round of the U.S. Open.Radwanska beat Nina Bratchikova of Russia 6-1, 6-1 on Tuesday to start play at Arthur

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  Sharapova eases into 2nd round at US Open

  August 31, 2012 14:28 IST

  New York, Aug 28: Playing her first match since a blowout loss to Serena Williams in London and a stomach virus that forced her out of two warm up tournaments, Maria Sharapova returned to tennis

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  Clijsters wins her 22nd consecutive US Open match

  August 31, 2012 14:27 IST

  New York, Aug 28: Kim Clijsters began the last tournament of her career by winning her 22nd consecutive U.S. Open match, beating 16-year-old American wild card Victoria Duval 6-3, 6-1 in the first round Monday

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  Somdev crashes out of US Open

  August 31, 2012 14:27 IST

  New York, Aug 28 :  India's Somdev Devvarman made a first round exit from the men's singles of the US Open tennis tournament, going down to Spaniard Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo at Flushing Meadows here Monday.In

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  Isner wins second straight Winston-Salem title

  August 26, 2012 23:30 IST

  Winston-Salem (North Carolina), Aug 26: John Isner admitted the Winston-Salem Open final wasn't the best tennis he's played this season.Still, the end result was just what Isner hoped for — another momentum-building victory heading into

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  Kvitova beats Kirilenko for New Haven title

  August 26, 2012 23:29 IST

  New Haven (Connecticut), Aug 26: Petra Kvitova beat Maria Kirilenko 7-6 (9), 7-5 on Saturday to win the New Haven Open, the Czech star's second WTA tournament title in three weeks.The second-seeded Kvitova trailed 5-2

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  Kvitova and Kirilenko through to New Haven final

  August 25, 2012 21:33 IST

  New Haven, Aug 25: Second-seeded Petra Kvitova will face Maria Kirilenko in the New Haven Open final after four-time defending champion Caroline Wozniacki pulled out with a knee injury on Friday, ending her remarkable sequence

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  Isner to face Berdych in Winston-Salem Open final

  August 25, 2012 21:16 IST

  Winston-Salem, Aug 25: Defending champion John Isner advanced to the Winston-Salem Open final by beating France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 3-6, 7-6 (7-3) on Friday.Isner, seeded third and ranked 10th, will face seventh-ranked Tomas Berdych of the

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  Wozniacki retires with knee injury at New Haven

  August 25, 2012 21:07 IST

  New Haven, Aug 25: Second-seeded Petra Kvitova advanced to the New Haven Open final with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Italy's Sara Errani on Friday.The Czech star will play Russian Maria Kirilenko on Saturday. Kirilenko

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  Williams sisters get wild card for US Open doubles

  August 25, 2012 21:03 IST

  New York, Aug 25: Venus and Serena Williams received a wild-card entry into the U.S. Open doubles draw Friday, giving them a chance to play for their 14th career Grand Slam title.The Williams sisters won

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  Kvitova clinches US Open Series title in New Haven

  August 24, 2012 22:22 IST

  New Haven (Connecticut), Aug 24: Caroline Wozniacki extended her remarkable unbeaten run at the New Haven Open on Thursday, but her quest for a fifth consecutive title may hinge on her right knee.Wozniacki suffered an

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  Federer, Murray facing rematch in US Open semis

  August 24, 2012 22:18 IST

  New York, Aug 24: Though no player would admit to looking so far ahead, Novak Djokovic may have been the biggest winner when the U.S. Open bracket was set Thursday.The defending champion and No. 2

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  Shoulder injury forces Radwanska out of New Haven

  August 22, 2012 22:53 IST

  New Haven, Aug 22: Top-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska bowed out of her opening match at the New Haven Open Tuesday, retiring in the second set against qualifier Olga Govortsova with a sore shoulder.The world's second-ranked player,

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  Isner, Tsonga win second-round matches

  August 22, 2012 22:49 IST

  Winston-Salem (North Carolina), Aug 22: Defending champion John Isner and top seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France both won Tuesday in the second round of the Winston-Salem Open.The third-seeded Isner was pushed to three sets before

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  LA pro tennis umpire charged with husband's murder

  August 22, 2012 22:44 IST

  Los Angeles, Aug 22: As an umpire for decades with some of the biggest stars in tennis, Lois Goodman mixed it up with John McEnroe and Martina Navratilova, Roger Federer and the Williams Sisters.Already in

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  Kuznetsova, Kanepi, Pennetta pull out of US Open

  August 21, 2012 14:04 IST

  White Plains, New York, Aug 21: Two-time major champion Svetlana Kuznetsova and top-20 players Kaia Kanepi and Flavia Pennetta have pulled out of the U.S. Open. The U.S. Tennis Association did not give reasons for the

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  Bhupathi-Bopanna runners-up at Cincinnati Masters

  August 20, 2012 23:36 IST

  Cincinnati, Aug 20: Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna had to be content with a runners-up finish at the ATP Cincinnati Masters, as they lost the final in straight sets to Sweden's Robert Lindstedt and Romania's

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  Federer downs Djokovic for fifth Cincinnati title

  August 20, 2012 23:31 IST

  Cincinnati, Ohio, Aug 20: Roger Federer stormed past Novak Djokovic 6-0, 7-6 (9-7) on Sunday to deliver a crushing title victory at the Cincinnati Masters, an event he has now won a record five times.The

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  Venus Williams hurts back, loses to Li

  August 19, 2012 22:16 IST

  Mason (Ohio), Aug 19: Venus Williams' reinvigorating week ended with a gritty comeback that wasn't quite enough.Williams played through a bad back that forced her to get treatment and reduced her second serve to 63

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  Djokovic, Federer enter Cincinnati final

  August 19, 2012 11:25 IST

  Mason, Ohio, Aug 19: No medal involved this time. Little drama, either. Novak Djokovic simply ground his way to another tournament title match. And Roger Federer will be waiting for him. Djokovic reached the finals