Australian Open 2015
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Australian Open 2015: Nadal out, Sharapova, Makarova advance to semifinals
Tennis | Jan 27, 2015, 11:53 AM ISTMelbourne, Australia: Rafael Nadal's lack of match fitness from nearly six months of inactivity finally caught up with the 14-time Grand Slam singles champion at the Australian Open on Tuesday.Nadal was never much of a
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Australian Open 2015: Sharapova to play Makarova in semifinals
Tennis | Jan 27, 2015, 10:14 AM ISTMelbourne, Australia: Maria Sharapova moved closer to another Australian Open title, set to face a fellow Russian in the semifinals who has never beaten her.Sharapova made all the big points look easy Tuesday in defeating
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Australian Open 2015: Maria Sharapova through to semifinals
Tennis | Jan 27, 2015, 08:41 AM ISTMelbourne, Australia: Five-time Grand Slam winner Maria Sharapova put the brakes on Eugenie Bouchard's quest for a first major title, beating the young Canadian 6-3, 6-2 Tuesday to advance to the Australian Open semifinals.In a
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Australian Open 2015: Makarova 1st to semifinals, beats Halep
Tennis | Jan 27, 2015, 07:38 AM ISTMelbourne, Australia: Ekaterina Makarova raced to a 3-0 lead in the first nine minutes of the match and beat third-seeded Simona Halep 6-4, 6-0 in the first quarterfinal at the Australian Open on Tuesday.The win
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Australian Open 2015: Novak Djokovic enters quarter-finals
Tennis | Jan 27, 2015, 11:28 AM ISTMelbourne: World No.1 Novak Djokovic ended Gilles Muller's inspired Australian Open run Monday night with a 6-4, 7-5, 7-5 victory over the Luxembourg native to reach the quarter-finals.In his 23rd consecutive Grand Slam quarter-final, Djokovic
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Australian Open 2015: Bryan brothers out in 3rd round of doubles
Tennis | Jan 26, 2015, 04:22 PM ISTMelbourne: Mike and Bob Bryan lost in the third round of men's doubles at the Australian Open on Monday, the second straight year the twin brothers have failed to reach the quarterfinals.The top-seeded Bryans lost
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Australian open 2015: Wawrinka defeats Garcia-Lopez to reach quarter-finals
Tennis | Jan 27, 2015, 11:00 AM ISTMelbourne: Defending champion Stanislas Wawrinka survived Spain's Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 7-6(2), 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(8) in their fourth-round match at the Australian Open tennis tournament here Monday in Melbourne.It took the Swiss World No.4 70 winners and
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Australian Open 2015: Sania-Soares enter mixed doubles third round
Tennis | Jan 26, 2015, 01:20 PM ISTMelbourne: The top seeded mixed doubles pair of Sania Mirza and Bruno Soares entered the third round of the mixed doubles competition in the Australian Open tennis tournament here at the Melbourne Park Monday.The Indo-Brazilian
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Australian open 2015: Serena Williams to meet Cibulkova in quarters
Tennis | Jan 27, 2015, 11:26 AM ISTMelbourne: Serena Williams avenged her heaviest Grand Slam defeat with a comeback 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 win over Garbine Muguruza on Monday to reach the Australian Open quarterfinals. The top-ranked Williams was pushed all the way
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Australian open 2015: Cibulkova ends unseeded Azarenka's run
Tennis | Jan 26, 2015, 10:10 AM ISTMelbourne: Dominika Cibulkova reproduced the kind of tennis that helped her reach the final last year as she beat two-time champion Victoria Azarenka 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 in the fourth round of the Australian Open.Under the
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Australian Open 2015: Kyrgios to meet Murray in quarterfinals
Tennis | Jan 25, 2015, 09:37 PM ISTMelbourne, Australia: He upset Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon, and followed up Sunday by beating the guy who ousted Roger Federer at the Australian Open. Next up for Nick Kyrgios is a quarterfinal against Andy Murray
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Australian Open 2015: Kyrgios joins Nadal in quarterfinals
Tennis | Jan 25, 2015, 07:13 PM ISTMelbourne, Australia: Nick Kyrgios is no longer just the kid who upset Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon, he's also the teenager who beat the guy who beat Roger Federer at the Australian Open.Nick Kyrgios came back
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Australian Open 2015: Halep through to quarterfinals
Tennis | Jan 25, 2015, 05:54 PM ISTMelbourne, Australia: Simona Halep advanced to the Australian Open quarterfinals for the second straight year with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium on SundayThe 23-year-old Romanian has moved through the first four
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Australian Open 2015: Paes-Hingis advance, Bopanna crashes out
Tennis | Jan 25, 2015, 02:38 PM ISTMelbourne: Leander Paes and Martina Hingis won their mixed doubles opener while Rohan Bopanna and Barbora Zahlavova Strycova were knocked out of the competition at the Australian Open tennis tournament here Sunday.Seventh seeds Paes and
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Australian Open 2015: Sharapova, Bouchard into quarterfinals
Tennis | Jan 25, 2015, 03:58 PM ISTMelbourne, Australia: Maria Sharapova and Rafael Nadal put earlier stumbles behind them with convincing wins Sunday to reach the quarterfinals of the Australian Open.French Open champion Sharapova was broken once in the first set before
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Australian Open 2015: Berdych beats Tomic to reach quarters
Tennis | Jan 25, 2015, 12:05 PM ISTMelbourne: Tomas Berdych reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open for the fifth consecutive year with a 6-2, 7-6 (3), 6-2 win over local hope Bernard Tomic.With his new fiancee Ester Satorova watching from the
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Australian Open 2015: Maria Sharapova beats Peng in 4th round
Tennis | Jan 25, 2015, 09:41 AM ISTMelbourne: Second-seeded Maria Sharapova is through to the Australian Open quarterfinals after a 6-3, 6-0 win over China's Peng Shuai on Sunday, setting up another Grand Slam meeting with Eugenie Bouchard.Peng, playing with her usual
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Australian open 2015: Love, Ouch, Towel and all that
Tennis | Jan 24, 2015, 09:22 PM ISTMelbourne, Australia: Novak Djokovic took a break from his tennis match Saturday to applaud a marriage proposal in the stands."It's nice to see this moment," Djokovic said, after advancing to the fourth round of the
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Australian Open 2015: Serena, Venus Williams into 4th round
Tennis | Jan 24, 2015, 12:26 PM ISTMelbourne, Australia: Serena Williams saw that older sister Venus was progressing to the fourth round at a Grand Slam tournament for the first time since 2011 and it inspired her own comeback win on Saturday
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Australian Open 2015: Radwanska advances to 4th round
Tennis | Jan 24, 2015, 08:54 AM ISTMelbourne, Australia: Sixth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska moved into the fourth round of the Australian Open on Saturday with a 6-0, 7-5 win over Uzbekistan-born American Varvara Lepchenko.Opening the day's play on Rod Laver Arena, Radwanska won