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  Jelena Docik Reunites With Father After 8 Years

  September 28, 2011 12:15 IST

  Melbourne, Sept 28: Troubled Australian tennis player Jelena Dokic says he has reconciled with her father and former coach, Damir, after an eight-year rift.Dokic, 28, who was ranked as high as No. 4 as a

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  Kirilenko Defeats Ivonovic At Pan Pacific Open

  September 28, 2011 11:57 IST

  Tokyo, Sept 28: Maria Kirilenko of Russia defeated Ana Ivonovic 6-3, 6-1 in the third round Wednesday to eliminate another seeded player at the Pan Pacific Open.Kirilenko, who knocked out U.S. Open champion Samantha Stosur

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  Kirilenko Eliminated Stosur From Pan Pacific Open

  September 27, 2011 16:50 IST

  Tokyo, Sept 26: Maria Kirilenko eliminated U.S. Open champion Samantha Stosur from the Pan Pacific Open on Tuesday, beating the Australian 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 in the second round.The sixth-seeded Stosur, playing for the first time

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  Somdev Digs Deep To Beat Ledovskikh In Malaysian Open

  September 27, 2011 16:28 IST

  Kuala Lumpur, Sept 27: Somdev Devvarman earned a hard-fought straight-set win over qualifier Mikhail Ledovskikh to advance to the second round of the $850,00 ATP Malaysian Open, in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday.Playing his first match

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  Azarenka, Radwanska Advance At Tokyo

  September 27, 2011 14:09 IST

  Tokyo, Sept 27: Third-seeded Victoria Azarenka made short work of Irina-Camelia Begu on Tuesday, beating the Romanian 6-1, 6-3 in the second round of the Pan Pacific Open.Azarenka, winner of two WTA Tour titles this

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  Sania May Undergo Surgery On Injured Knee : Imran Mirza

  September 26, 2011 20:30 IST

  Karachi, Sept 26: Indian tennis star Sania Mirza will undergo surgery on her injured knee if her current treatment does not respond well, her father said on Monday. Sania's father Imran Mirza told reporters that

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  Steep Fall For Somdev, Slips To 89 In Singles Ranking

  September 26, 2011 19:36 IST

  New Delhi, Sept 26: India's singles star Somdev Devvarman, who will return to action this week, has suffered a steep slide of 19 places to 89 in the ATP rankings, issued on Monday. Somdev, who was

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  Tsonga Seals Sixth Title With Metz Win Over Ljubicic

  September 26, 2011 9:50 IST

  METZ (France), Sept 26 : Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France beat Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-3 in the final of the Moselle Open on Sunday to win his first title since 2009. Tsonga

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  Radwanska Off To Winning Start At Pan Pacific Open

  September 25, 2011 13:27 IST

  Tokyo : Ninth-ranked Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland coasted to a 6-1, 6-1 win over Japanese wild card Misaki Doi on Sunday in the first round of the Pan Pacific Open. After struggling with her serve

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  Martinez Sanchez, Voskoboeva into Korea Open

  September 24, 2011 13:52 IST

  Seoul, South Korea, Sept 24:  Maria-Jose Martinez Sanchez of Spain and Galina Voskoboeva of Kazakhstan advanced to the Korea Open final with straight-set wins on Saturday.Martinez Sanchez, the sixth seed, defeated Klara Zakopalova of the

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  Chang Beats Courier In Champions Series

  September 24, 2011 12:27 IST

  Washington, Sept 24: Michael Chang beat Jim Courier 8-3 in the finals of the HSBC Tennis Cup on the Champions Series Tour on Friday night.Chang beat Pete Sampras 6-4 earlier to advance to the final,

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  Scheepers Beats Rybarikova To Win Guangzhou

  September 24, 2011 12:16 IST

  Guangzhou, China, Sept 24: South Africa's Chanelle Scheepers won her first WTA title on Saturday, beating Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia 6-2, 6-2 in the final of the Guangzhou Open.Scheepers, the seventh seed, broke her opponent

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  Federer Pulls Out Of Shanghai Masters

  September 24, 2011 10:51 IST

  Paris, September 24: Roger Federer pulled out of next month's Shanghai Masters on Friday because of injury with the former World No. 1 insisting he needs to rest after a gruelling year.“After consultation with my

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  No Complaints About Schedule, Says Bhupathi

  September 24, 2011 9:58 IST

  Chennai, Sept 24: At a time when top players are fuming over the scheduling of tennis tournaments, largely spurred on by a soggy US Open, Indian star Mahesh Bhupathi chooses to differ. "I don't go

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  Djokovic On A Roll Since Cutting Out Bread, Pasta

  September 23, 2011 9:17 IST

  London, Sept 23: Ever since eliminating pizza from his diet, Novak Djokovic has been on a roll.Djokovic has been boasting all season about how he has more energy on the tennis court since starting a

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  Muller Beats Paire To Reach Moselle Open Quarters

  September 22, 2011 16:19 IST

  Metz, France, Sep 22:  Gilles Muller of Luxembourg won in straight sets on Wednesday to move into the quarterfinals of the Moselle Open.The eighth-seeded Muller fired 12 aces to beat French wild card Benoit Paire

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  Mahut, Rochus Advance At Moselle Open

  September 21, 2011 13:08 IST

  Metz, France, Sept 21:  France's Nicolas Mahut and Belgium's Xavier Malisse and Olivier Rochus won their first-round matches at the Moselle Open on Tuesday.Mahut beat Diego Junqueira of Argentina 6-3, 6-2, the sixth-seeded Malisse outlasted

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  Sania, Somdev Slip In Singles Rankings

  September 20, 2011 12:04 IST

  New Delhi, Sept 20: The ranking of India's injured singles stars has dipped with Sania Mirza slipping to 88 from 81 and Somdev Devvarman sliding to 70, a loss of five places, in the latest

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  Players Could Strike Over Schedule : Murray

  September 19, 2011 23:22 IST

  London, Sept 19: Leading men's tennis players could go on strike if the ATP schedule is not reformed, claimed world number four Andy Murray on Monday. The 24-year-old Scot told the BBC that he had

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  Injury Not Serious : Djokovic

  September 19, 2011 20:26 IST

  Belgrade, Sept 19: The back muscle injury that made Novak Djokovic retire from a Davis Cup match against Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina is not serious but needs rest, the top-ranked Serb said Monday.Djokovic

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  Spain To Face Argentina In Davis Cup Final

  September 19, 2011 9:02 IST

  London, Sept 19: Novak Djokovic's ailing back didn't hold up Sunday, meaning Rafael Nadal won't have to face his main nemesis in this year's Davis Cup final.Djokovic tried to help Serbia stage a comeback in

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  Davis Cup : Swiss Advance To World Group

  September 19, 2011 8:54 IST

  Sydney, Sept 19: Stanislas Wawrinka needed only four minutes Monday to complete a 4-6, 6-4, 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-3 win over Australia's Lleyton Hewitt and send Switzerland into the elite World Group at the Davis

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  Argentina In DCup Final After Djokovic Withdraws

  September 18, 2011 19:47 IST

  Belgrade, Serbia, Sept 18: Argentina took an insurmountable 3-1 lead over Serbia to reach the Davis Cup final when Novak Djokovic withdrew from his match against Martin Del Potro with an injury on Sunday.The top-ranked

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  Nadal Beats Tsonga To Lead Spain Into Dcup Final

  September 18, 2011 19:37 IST

  Cordoba, Spain, Sept 18: Rafael Nadal put Spain into the Davis Cup final after demolishing Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-0, 6-2, 6-4 for an insurmountable 3-1 lead against France in their semifinal series.Nadal complained of fatigue coming

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  India Back To Group Zone After losing WG Play-Off To Japan

  September 18, 2011 13:24 IST

  Tokyo, Sep 18: Vishnu Vardhan made an impressive Davis Cup debut but lost the must-win first reverse singles of the play-off tie to Kei Nishikori here today, which relegated India to Asia/Oceania Zone Group I

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  Erakovic Vs. Zahlavova-Strycova In Quebec Final

  September 18, 2011 8:45 IST

  Quebec City, Sept 18: New Zealand's Marina Erakovic overcame a slow start to beat No. 3 seed Tamira Paszek 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 in the Bell Challenge semifinals on Saturday.Erakovic next faces sixth-seeded Czech Barbora Zahlavova

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  Czechs Staying In Davis Cup World Group

  September 17, 2011 20:26 IST

  Bucharest, Romania, Sept 17: Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek made sure the Czech Republic stays in the Davis Cup World Group next year after winning their doubles match on Saturday against Romania to take an

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  ITF : Nadal Can't Blame Davis Cup For Busy Calendar

  September 17, 2011 19:52 IST

  Cordoba, Spain, Sept 17: Rafael Nadal shouldn't blame the Davis Cup for tennis' crowded schedule after playing the competition so little in recent years, the head of the International Tennis Federation said on Saturday.Nadal was