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  Djokovic Wins At Wimbledon As Roof Makes '10 Debut

  June 22, 2010 21:52 IST

  WIMBLEDON: Novak Djokovic was pretty pleased that the All England Club closed the Centre Court roof because of fading sunlight during his first-round match. First of all, Wimbledon only installed the retractable roof last year,

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  Sania Crashes Out Of Wimbledon Singles

  June 22, 2010 9:17 IST

  London: Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza crashed out in the first round of the women singles event in the Wimbledon after slumping to a straight set defeat against Angelique Kerber of Germany.  The 113th ranked

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  He Understands Everything About Me, Says Sania About Shoaib

  June 21, 2010 9:17 IST

  London: Indian tennis star Sania Mirza feels, marriage  to Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik has brought  inner calmness to her life, reports Times of India.  In London to play Wimbledon, Sania Mirza is eye-catching. Everyone -

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  Federer Gets Top Seeding At Wimbledon

  June 17, 2010 9:57 IST

  Reigning Wimbledon champion Roger Federer will be the top seed at the grass-court grand slam despite losing the world number one spot to Rafael Nadal.  Federer was passed by Nadal in the world rankings after

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  Mahesh Can Ditch Lara As Well, Says Wife Shvetha

  June 14, 2010 14:01 IST

  Indian tennis star Mahesh Bhupathi's wife and model Shvetha Jaishankar has alleged that her husband was cheating on her even when they were married. In an interview to Savvy magazine, Shvetha says, Bhupathi married her

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  Hewitt Slays Federer To Win Halle Title

  June 14, 2010 10:00 IST

  Lleyton Hewitt stunned longtime nemesis Roger Federer of Switzerland to lift the ATP grass-court Halle title on his first appearance on Sunday.  The eighth seeded Australian rallied from a set down to beat the five-time

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  Nadal, Murrary Crash Out At Queens

  June 12, 2010 16:37 IST

  The top seeds continued to tumble at Queen's Club on Friday (11th June), following the exits of Andy Roddick and Novak Djokovic earlier in the week.  Newly-crowned world number one Rafael Nadal was ousted by

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  Nadal Through But Roddick Crashes Out At Queen's

  June 12, 2010 16:39 IST

  Three of the top five seeds failed to survive at the Queen's Club grass-court championships on Thursday (June 10). Fourth seed Andy Roddick made his earliest exit in nine years from the tournament when he

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  Federer Eases Past Fall To Make Quarterfinals

  June 11, 2010 17:39 IST

  HALLE, Germany : Top-seeded Roger Federer eased into the quarterfinals of the Gerry Weber Open by beating Alejandro Falla of Colombia 6-1, 6-2 on Thursday. The Swiss player needed just 52 minutes to overcome Falla,

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  Aishwarya Bonds With Steffi Graf, Mary Pierce In Paris

  June 11, 2010 14:01 IST

  At a recent charity dinner in Paris, Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai Bchchan bonded with ex-tennis champions Steffi Graf and Mary Pierce, discussed tennis, Bollywood and world cinema and became close friends, says a media report.

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  Sania Goes Down To Thai Player

  June 11, 2010 13:20 IST

  Sania Mirza could not progress beyond the second round in her first tournament since marriage and went down to Thailand's Tamarine Tanasugarn in the WTA tennis tournament on Thursday.Playing in her first tournament since February,

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  Wins For Nadal, Djokovic and Cilic At Queen's

  June 10, 2010 17:34 IST

  Rafael Nadal, the new world number one, cruised into the third round of the Aegon Championship at Queen's Club in London with a comfortable 6-2 6-2 win over Marcos Daniel of Brazil on Wednesday (9th

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  Federer Makes Winning Start At Halle

  June 09, 2010 15:58 IST

  Halle, Germany: Roger Federer grabbed a break in each set to defeat Finland's Jarkko Nieminen 6-4, 6-4 and reach the second round of the Gerry Weber Open on Tuesday. Playing his first match as the

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  Murray, Roddick Through To Third Round At Queen's

  June 09, 2010 15:52 IST

  Brtiain's Andy Murray opened up the defence of his Aegon Championship title with a hard-fought 7-6 (10-8) 6-3 second-round win over Spain's Ivan Navarro at Queen's Club on Tuesday (8 June).  There were no such

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  Nadal Beats Soderling For 5th French Title

  June 06, 2010 21:48 IST

  Paris: Rafael Nadal has reclaimed his crown as the King of Clay.Chasing down shots all over the court, the relentless Spaniard won his fifth French Open title on Sunday and avenged his lone Roland Garros

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  Italian Schiavone Wins French Open Women's Title

  June 05, 2010 22:24 IST

  Francesca Schiavone threw uppercuts, put her fists to her face and skipped about the court. And then, when she had won the French Open, she really let her emotions show.With the performance of a lifetime,

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  Nadal Storms Into French Open Final, Faces Soderling

  June 05, 2010 9:55 IST

  Four-time champion Rafael Nadal stormed into his fifth French Open final on Friday to set up a mouth-watering revenge showdown with Robin Soderling, who sent him crashing to a first Paris defeat last year.  Spanish

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  Williams Sisters Lift French Open Double Title

  June 04, 2010 23:08 IST

  Venus and Serena Williams have won their fourth consecutive Grand Slam doubles title and 12th overall by beating Katarina Srebotnik and Kveta Peschke 6-2, 6-3 at the French Open.The top-seeded Williams sisters' victory in Friday's

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  Paes-Dlouhy Lose In French Open Final

  June 06, 2010 9:39 IST

  A second successive French Open doubles title eluded Leander Paes as the Indian ace and his Czech partner Lukas Dlouhy lost the final to Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic in straight set here today.   In

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  Melzer Upsets Djokovic, Gets Nadal Next

  June 03, 2010 17:58 IST

  After years and years of failing to reach the latter stages of a Grand Slam tournament, Austria's Jurgen Melzer was not about to go quietly in the French Open quarterfinals.Even if he was playing No.

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  Serena Williams To Top Rankings In Singles, Doubles

  June 03, 2010 17:54 IST

  Serena Williams will next week find herself top of the rankings in both singles and doubles, joining an elite group of players to have achieved such a feat. Serena and her sister Venus clinched the

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  Nadal Returns To French Open Semis

  June 03, 2010 17:52 IST

  Rafael Nadal is so good on clay that he has reached this week's semifinals at the French Open, and not many top players can say that. Eager to reassert himself as the king of clay,

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  Serena Williams Crashes Out Of French Open

  June 02, 2010 22:51 IST

  Samantha Stosur of Australia wrecked the Grand Slam hopes of Serena Williams on Wednesday, outplaying the world number one and top seed 6-2, 6-7 (2/7), 8-6 in a thrilling French Open quarterfinal. It was an

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  US To Play Belgium, Italy To Play Australia In Fed Cup

  June 02, 2010 18:13 IST

  The United States will play at Belgium, and Italy will go to Australia in the first round of Fed Cup play in 2011. Wednesday's draw at the site of the French Open also set up

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  Roger Federer Crashes Out Of French Open

  June 02, 2010 8:52 IST

  Defending champion Roger Federer suffered a stunning quarterfinal exit at the French Open on Tuesday when the Swiss lost 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 to Sweden's Robin Soderling in a rain-interrupted match on Chatrier Court.  The

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  Australian Upsets Justin Henin In French Open, To Meet Serena

  June 01, 2010 17:16 IST

  Seventh-seeded Australian Samantha Stosur provided the big story at the French Open on Monday, as she knocked out four-time former champion Justine Henin 2-6, 6-1, 6-4 on the Belgian's comeback to the event.  Stosur will

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  Nadal Surges Past Bellucci Into French Open Quarters

  June 01, 2010 9:27 IST

  Justine Henin received a standing ovation on Monday as she walked off Court Suzanne Lenglen but it would have had a hollow ring for the Belgian after her script for a joyous French Open return

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  Paes-Black Advance To French Open Mixed Doubles Quarters

  May 31, 2010 22:06 IST

  Leander Paes and his partner Cara Black advanced to the quarterfinals of the French Open mixed doubles event after a hard-fought victory in super tie-breaker over Su-Wei Hsieh and Bruno Soares in  Paris on Monday