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  Li Na Beats Kudryavtseva In 1st Round Of Wimbledon

  June 22, 2011 10:36 IST

  Wimbledon, England, Jun 22 : French Open champion Li Na safely negotiated her opening match at Wimbledon on Tuesday, beating Alla Kudryavtseva of Russia 6-3, 6-3.The third-seeded Li broke serve four times on her way

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  Djokovic Beats Chardy To Open Wimbledon Bid

  June 22, 2011 10:34 IST

  Wimbledon, England, Jun 22 : Novak Djokovic has started another winning streak.The second-seeded Serb beat Jeremy Chardy of France 6-4, 6-1, 6-1 Tuesday to open his Wimbledon campaign, his first victory since his 43-match winning

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  Rematch: Isner Needs 2 Hours, 3 Sets To Beat Mahut

  June 22, 2011 10:33 IST

  Wimbledon, England, Jun 22 : The rematch of the longest match in tennis history certainly was a lot shorter.A year after needing 11 hours, 5 minutes spread over three days to finish a match that

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  Serena Williams Wins In Return To Grand Slam Play

  June 22, 2011 10:31 IST

  Wimbledon, England, Jun 22 : The 352 days Serena Williams lived through between Grand Slam appearances were filled with health problems and hospitalizations, doubts and depression.Cuts by glass on both feet. One subsequent operation on

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  Sania Mirza Crashes Out Of Wimbledon

  June 21, 2011 23:15 IST

  London, June 21: Sania Mirza's struggle at the Wimbledon continues as she crashed out of the prestigious tournament in the first round after losing to Virginie Razzano of France in the women's singles here on

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  Nadal, Venus Williams Win Opening Round Matches

  June 20, 2011 21:09 IST

  Wimbledon, Jun 20 : Rafael Nadal opened his Wimbledon title defense in convincing style Monday, shaking off an early service break and cruising to a 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 victory over Michael Russell.In keeping with tradition,

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  Serena Williams Sees Wimbledon As 'Stepping Stone'

  June 20, 2011 17:22 IST

  Wimbledon, Jun 20 : Removing her shoe, Serena Williams revealed the scar that starts atop her right foot and meanders up her leg.It's a jagged, several-inch remnant—and always-there reminder—of two operations to repair the damage

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  Nadal Says, He Is Far From Federer's Grand Slam Record

  June 20, 2011 14:36 IST

  Wimbledon, Jun 20 : Ten-time major champion Rafael Nadal says he's "very far" from Roger Federer's record of 16 Grand Slam titles, because "six is a lot."Nadal is the defending champion at Wimbledon, where play

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  Marion Bartoli Wins Aegon Title At Eastbourne

  June 19, 2011 9:43 IST

  Eastbourne, Jun 19: Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli beat Petra Kvitova in a thrilling Aegon International final at Eastbourne to claim her first title in nearly two years.France's Bartoli, who like Kvitova had already negotiated a rain-delayed

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  Federer Already Dreaming Of Seventh Wimbledon Title

  June 18, 2011 21:19 IST

  London, Jun 18: Roger Federer admits he feels so confident going into Wimbledon that he is already dreaming of lifting a record-equalling seventh trophy at his favourite Grand Slam.  Federer has arrived at Wimbledon in

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  Longest Match Repeat May Take Place At Wimbledon

  June 17, 2011 17:31 IST

  Wimbledon, June 17: The longest match rematch is coming to Wimbledon next week after John Isner and Nicolas Mahut were drawn Friday to face each other in the first round.Last year, the pair played the

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  Return Of The Williams Sisters At Wimbledon

  June 17, 2011 14:11 IST

  London, Jun 17:  All eyes at Wimbledon will be on the Williams sisters when the grass-court Grand Slam tournament begins Monday.Serena Williams announced to the world less than two weeks ago that the

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  Li Na Expected To Spark Chinese Tennis Boom

  June 16, 2011 20:01 IST

  Eastbourne, Jun 16: First came the Russians. Now, women's tennis is preparing for a Chinese boom after Li Na's historic win at the French Open.Anna Kournikova's success in the late 1990s inspired a succession of

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  Serena Knocked Out By Zvonareva

  June 16, 2011 14:44 IST

  Eastbourne, England, Jun 16 : Serena Williams' comeback ran out of steam at Eastbourne on Wednesday as she lost 3-6, 7-6 (5), 7-5 to top-seeded Vera Zvonareva in the second round.Zvonareva came through a tense

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  Wimbledon: Sania-Elena Seeded 4th, Lee-Hesh 3rd

  June 15, 2011 22:12 IST

  London, Jun 15: Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Russian partner Elena Vesnina, who finished runners-up in the French Open early this month, have been seeded fourth in the women's doubles at the Wimbledon,

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  Bopanna Scores 100th Career Doubles Win

  June 15, 2011 22:09 IST

  Eastbourne (England), Jun 15: India's Rohan Bopanna today recorded his 100th career doubles win after he and  Pakistan's Aisam ul-Haq Qureshi scored a straight-set victory over Spaniards Pablo Andujar and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez at the AEGON

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  Venus Sweeps Past Ivanovic

  June 15, 2011 20:43 IST

  Eastbourne, Jun 15: Venus Williams eased into the quarterfinals at Eastbourne with a convincing 6-3, 6-2 win over Ana Ivanovic on Wednesday.The unseeded American, playing her second match following a five-month layoff, served well against

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  Defending Champ Serena Seeded Eighth At Wimbledon

  June 15, 2011 17:03 IST

  Wimbledon, Jun 15: Defending Wimbledon champion Serena Williams has been seeded No. 8 for this year's tournament.Williams, who returned to action on Tuesday after being out injured since winning her 13th Grand Slam title at

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  Serena Sends A Karaoke Challenge To Andy Murray

  June 15, 2011 17:01 IST

  Eastbourne, England, Jun 15: It started out as a joke to pass the time, but now Serena Williams says she plans to force Andy Murray to sing karaoke at Wimbledon.During a day of incessant rain

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  Serena Struggles To 3-Set Win On Return To Action

  June 15, 2011 15:03 IST

  Eastbourne, England, Jun 15 :  Serena Williams recovered from a terrible start to win her first match after nearly a year out injured, beating Tsvetana Pironkova 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 Tuesday in the first round at

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  Players Welcome Return Of Venus, Serena

  June 14, 2011 17:56 IST

  Eastbourne, England, June 14: The return of Venus and Serena Williams has been widely welcomed by tennis fans, and even with Wimbledon just around the corner, their fellow players are adamant they feel the same

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  Bopanna Says, Winning The Final Was Like A Russian Roulette

  June 14, 2011 9:52 IST

  New Delhi, Jun 14: After winning their second ATP title together, the 'Indo-Pak Express' of Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-haq Qureshi said winning the tense final at the Gerry Weber Open was like surviving Russian roulette.The

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  Andy Murrary Wins His Second Queen's Title

  June 14, 2011 9:15 IST

  London, Jun 14 : Britain's Andy Murray  won his  second Queen's title with a 3-6, 7-6 (7/2), 6-4 victory over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga here on Monday. Murray became the first Briton for 97 years to win

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  Murray, Tsonga Final Postponed Due To Rain

  June 13, 2011 14:17 IST

  London, Jun 13: Andy Murray and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will return to Queen's Club on Monday after the final was washed out for only the third time in the tournament's history on Sunday.The Aegon Championships final

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  Indo-Pak Express Wins German ATP Doubles

  June 13, 2011 14:20 IST

  New Delhi, June 12: Top seeds Rohan Bopanna of India and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan lived up to their billing and won their first ATP title of the season, overcoming Robin Haase and Milos Raonic

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  Bopanna-Qureshi enter German ATP Final

  June 12, 2011 19:23 IST

  New Delhi, Jun 12: India's Rohan Bopanna and Pakistan's Aisam-ul-haq Qureshi stormed into the final of the ATP Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany after quelling the challenge of Christopher Kas and Philip 5-7 6-3

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  Giantkiller Tsonga Enters Queen's Club Final

  June 12, 2011 9:34 IST

  London, Jun 12 ; Jo-Wilfried Tsonga injected a note of reality into proceedings at the Queen's club when he dismissed dreams of the first all-British final at the grasscourt event since 1931 with a 6-3

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  Venus Celebrates End Of Toughest Injury Layoff

  June 12, 2011 8:12 IST

  Eastbourne, England, Jun 12 : Fit again after the toughest injury layoff of her career, Venus Williams insisted on Saturday that a sixth Wimbledon title is well within her reach despite more than four months