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  Venus Williams, Clijsters unseeded for Wimbledon

  June 20, 2012 18:00 IST

  London, Jun19:  Five-time champion Venus Williams and four-time Grand Slam winner Kim Clijsters are unseeded at Wimbledon for the first time in more than a decade.The seedings were announced on Wednesday for the Grand Slam

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  Play in interest of nation, S M Krishna to tennis players

  June 20, 2012 17:02 IST

  New Delhi, Jun 20: External Affairs Minister S M Krishna today appealed to India's top tennis players to forget their individuial differences and play in the “interest of the nation”.Krishna, who is also the Honourary

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  Marina Erakovic to compete for NZ at London Games

  June 20, 2012 16:18 IST

  New Zealand, Jun19: The New Zealand Olympic Committee has stretched its own rules to approve the selection of Marina Erakovic for the London Games.The NZOC requires New Zealand athletes selected for an Olympics to have

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  Clijsters through to quarterfinals at Unicef Open

  June 19, 2012 22:59 IST

  Netherland, Jun19:  Kim Clijsters advanced to the Unicef Open quarterfinals with an easy 6-2, 6-1 victory over Kateryna Bondarenko of Ukraine on Tuesday.The win on grass a week ahead of Wimbledon was just Clijster's second

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  Montenegro charges 26 people with drug smuggling

  June 19, 2012 22:53 IST

  Montenegro, Jun 19: Montenegro's top prosecutor has charged 26 people with drug smuggling, part of efforts to curb organized crime as the Balkan country seeks to move closer to European Union membership.The Supreme Prosecutor's Office

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  Govt declines SOS from India tennis over picks

  June 19, 2012 20:07 IST

  New Delhi, Jun19: The India government has turned down the national tennis body's unexpected call for help to sort out the muddled men's doubles team pick for the London Olympics.National sports bodies don't usually like

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  Wimbledon champ Kvitova ousted from Eastbourne

  June 19, 2012 18:28 IST

  England, Jun19:  Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova slumped out of the Eastbourne championships on Tuesday, falling to Ekaterina Makarova 7-5, 6-4 in the first round of the grass court tournament.The second-seeded Kvitova put on an erratic

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  Sports Ministry refuses to intervene in tennis row

  June 19, 2012 18:12 IST

  New Delhi, June 19: Sports Minister Ajay Maken today refused to intervene in the selection crisis that has shaken Indian tennis, leaving it to AITA to take a final call on the men's doubles combination

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  AITA sticks to its selection stand on Paes, Bhupathi

  June 19, 2012 17:36 IST

  New Delhi, June 19: A defiant All India TennisAssociation (AITA) today stood by its decision to pair Leander Paes with Mahesh Bhupathi for the London Olympics, insisting that teaming the former with a junior player

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  Government asked to help select India tennis team

  June 19, 2012 16:45 IST

  New Delhi, Jun 19: India's ongoing tennis selection muddle took a curious turn when the game's national body requested help from the sports ministry to finalize the men's doubles team for the Olympics.National sports bodies

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  Flipkens upsets Stosur in 1st round at Unicef Open

  June 19, 2012 15:47 IST

  Netherlands, Jun 19: U.S. Open champion Sam Stosur lost in the opening round of the Unicef Open on Monday, falling 7-6 (7), 6-3 to Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium.Flipkens served nine aces while the top-seeded Stosur

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  London Olympics would be tough, says Saina Nehwal on return

  June 19, 2012 13:48 IST

  Hyderabad, Jun 19 :  Her morale is sky-high after back-to-back titles but ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal today said apart from being confident she would also have to be in “top shape” physically to outwit

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  Baghdatis wins in first round at Eastbourne

  June 19, 2012 12:32 IST

  Eastbourne, England, June 19 :  Marcos Baghdatis beat eighth-seeded Pablo Andujar of Spain 6-1, 6-1 in the first round of the Aegon International on Monday.The Cypriot led 3-0 and lost only four points in the

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  Nalbandian fined $12,560, faces assault probe

  June 19, 2012 12:23 IST

  London, June 19 : David Nalbandian was fined the maximum $12,560 and placed under police investigation for assault after kicking an advertising board and injuring a line judge during the Queen's Club final.The ATP confirmed

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  Nalbandian fined $12K and faces assault probe

  June 18, 2012 23:01 IST

  London, Jun18: David Nalbandian was fined the maximum $12,560 and placed under police investigation for assault after kicking an advertising board and injuring a line judge during the Queen's Club final.The ATP confirmed the fine

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  Bhupathi blames AITA for tennis crisis

  June 18, 2012 21:18 IST

  New Delhi, June 18: Mahesh Bhupathi today blamed the All India Tennis Federation for the selection row ahead of next month's Olympics, saying that it has resulted due to AITA's insistence on sending only one

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  US Melanie Oudin wins her first ever tournament

  June 18, 2012 20:35 IST

  England, Jun18: Melanie Oudin of the United States won her first ever tournament after defeating former world number one Jelena Jankovic 6-4, 6-2 in the grass court final of the Aegon Classic on Monday.The 20-year-old

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  Sports Ministry steps in as tennis row escalates

  June 18, 2012 20:28 IST

  New Delhi/London, Jun 18: The raging tennis row over players' selection for the London Olympics escalated today with Rohan Bopanna joining Mahesh Bhupathi in refusing to be paired with Leander Paes, prompting the Sports Ministry

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  Jankovic to play Oudin in Aegon Classic final

  June 18, 2012 16:45 IST

  England, Jun 18: Former No. 1 Jelena Jankovic of Serbia will play Melanie Oudin of the United States in the rain-delayed Aegon Classic final after both players won quarterfinal and semifinal matches on Sunday.The final

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  Hewitt, Haas receive Wimbledon wild cards

  June 18, 2012 16:38 IST

  London, Jun 18:  Former No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt of Australia, the 2002 Wimbledon champion, headlines the list of wild cards for the grass-court Grand Slam tournament.The 2001 U.S. Open winner is joined by Tommy Haas

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  Melanie Oudin receives wild card into Wimbledon

  June 18, 2012 16:31 IST

  London, Jun18:  American Melanie Oudin has received a wild card into Wimbledon.The 20-year-old was a quarterfinalist at the 2009 U.S. Open but has struggled to regain that form. On Sunday, she reached the final at

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  Police investigate assault complaint against Nalbandian

  June 18, 2012 16:34 IST

  London, Jun18: Police say they are investigating an assault complaint filed against David Nalbandian after the Argentine tennis player kicked an advertising board and injured a line judge during the Queen's Club final.London police declined

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  Nalbandian disqualified after injuring line judge

  June 18, 2012 16:23 IST

  London, Jun 18 : The shocked silence gave way to boos from the Queen's Club crowd and then to chants to “play on,” but David Nalbandian's disqualification in the final for accidentally injuring a line

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  Bopanna tells AITA, he won't pair with Paes

  June 18, 2012 15:54 IST

  London, June 18: The crisis which has rocked the Indian tennis deepened today with Rohan Bopanna officially snubbing AITA's offer to pair with Leander Paes for the men's doubles event of the London Olympics.After Bhupathi's

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  We can send 2 teams, why send one, says minister Maken

  June 18, 2012 15:11 IST

  New Delhi, Jun 18: Sports Minister Ajay Maken today questioned the All India Tennis Association's decision to pair feuding former partners Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi for the Olympics, asking why just one team is

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  Federer loses in Halle final, Haas victorious

  June 17, 2012 22:19 IST

  Halle, Germany, Jun17: Tommy Haas  defeated five-time winner Roger Federer 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 on Sunday to win the Halle grass court title a second time in front of a German home crowd.Haas, 34, impressed with

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  Nalbandian kicks at board, Cilic wins Queen's Club title

  June 17, 2012 22:13 IST

  London, June 17: Marin Cilic  of Croatia  today won the Queen's club grass title 6-7 (3), 4-3, after David Nalbandian was disqualified for kicking at an advertising hoarding in anger and injuring a linesman.The tenth-seeded

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  Cornet beats Wickmayer to win Gastein Ladies

  June 17, 2012 22:04 IST

  Austria, Jun17:  Alize Cornet of France defeated Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium 7-5, 7-6 (1) on Sunday to win the Gastein Ladies for her first title in four years.The seventh-seeded Cornet, who is ranked 73rd, earned