Australian Open
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News in Nutshell: Important stories of the day
India | Jun 09, 2016, 07:44 PM ISTImportant stories of the day
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Australian Open: Saina Nehwal, K Srikanth advance to quarterfinals in singles events
Other Sports | Jun 09, 2016, 07:28 PM ISTSydney: Star shuttler Saina Nehwal and K Srikanth registered a straight-game win to reach the quarterfinals of the women’s and men’s singles events respectively at the USD 750,000 Australian Open Super Series badminton tournament here
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Saina enters round two; Sindhu bows out of Australian Open
Other Sports | Jun 08, 2016, 02:53 PM ISTStar Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal entered the second round of women's singles with a comfortable victory but P V Sindhu suffered an upset defeat in the opening round of Australian Open
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Maria Sharapova admits to failing drug test at Australian Open
Tennis | Mar 08, 2016, 12:35 PM ISTLos Angeles: Tennis star Maria Sharapova shocked the world of sports after she announced a failed drug test at Australian Open, saying a change in the World-Anti-Doping Agency banned list led to the violation.Sharapova said she
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Sania-Martina win 13th title, stretch winning run to 40
Tennis | Feb 14, 2016, 11:13 PM ISTSt. Petersburg: Indian tennis star Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis won the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy here on Sunday and extended their remarkable winning streak to 40 matches in the process.The top
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Djokovic wins 6th Australian title; Murray loses 5th final
Tennis | Jan 31, 2016, 06:12 PM ISTMelbourne, Australia: Novak Djokovic maintained his perfect streak in six Australian Open finals with a 6-1, 7-5, 7-6 (3) victory Sunday that consigned Andy Murray to a fifth defeat in championship deciders at Melbourne Park.Djokovic
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Sania-Hingis win Australian Open women's doubles title
Tennis | Jan 29, 2016, 01:46 PM ISTMelbourne: The No. 1-ranked team of Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza have won the Australian Open doubles title, beating the Czech pair of Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka 7-6 (1), 6-3 to extend their winning
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Novak Djokovic enters sixth Australian Open final, shades Federer in semis
Tennis | Jan 28, 2016, 05:48 PM ISTMelbourne: World No.1 Novak Djokovic moved to his sixth Australian Open final after producing a masterful display to defeat Roger Federer 6-1, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 in the semi-final here on Thursday.The Serbian will be bidding
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Serena Williams storms into seventh Australian Open final
Tennis | Jan 28, 2016, 12:41 PM ISTMelbourne: Top seed Serena Williams raced through her Australian Open tennis semi-final against No.4 seed Agnieszka Radwanska, clinching a 6-0, 6-4 victory with a flurry of aces here on Thursday.The American heads into her seventh
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Sania-Martina enter Australian Open final
Tennis | Jan 27, 2016, 07:58 PM ISTMelbourne: Sania Mirza and her partner Martina Hingis have extended their winning streak to 34 games after they beat the German-American pair of Anna-Lena Groenefeld and Coco Vandeweghe to blizzard into the finals of the
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Sania, Paes keep Indian flag flying in Australian Open
Tennis | Jan 26, 2016, 10:02 PM ISTMelbourne: Leander Paes and Sania Mirza made Indian tennis fans proud on the 67th Republic Day, winning their respective matches at the Australian Open here on Tuesday.Top seeds Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis extended their
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Sania Mirza scores two victories at Australian Open
Tennis | Jan 23, 2016, 04:02 PM ISTMelbourne: It was the perfect day for Indian tennis star Sania Mirza, who won both her women's and mixed doubles matches to progress at the Australian Open today.Playing on Show Court 2, women's doubles top
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Father plays, daughters blasé: Federer's kids show zero interest in his game
Tennis | Jan 21, 2016, 10:54 PM ISTNew Delhi: The entire world is an avid admirer of Roger Federer's tennis skills. Millions of people across the globe are glued into their TV screens whenever this man is on the court.He has established
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Saina Nehwal drops to 3rd in world rankings
Other Sports | Jun 04, 2015, 05:08 PM ISTNew Delhi: Indian ace Saina Nehwal was today displaced from the top spot in badminton world rankings, slipping to third in the latest women's singles list.Saina, the first Indian woman badminton player to be world
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Saina loses to Shixian in Australian Open quarters
Other Sports | May 29, 2015, 04:25 PM ISTSydney: India's campaign in the $750,000 Australian Open Superseries ended as World No.1 women's singles shuttler Saina Nehwal was outplayed 15-21, 13-21 by China's Shixian Wang in the quarter-finals here on Friday.Defending champion Saina failed
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Saina Nehwal set to defend Australian Open title
Other Sports | May 25, 2015, 07:42 PM ISTSydney: Star Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal is all set to defend her women's singles title when she takes to the court at the $750,000 Australian Open Superseries, which commences here on Tuesday.World No.1 Saina has
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Defending champion Saina Nehwal seeded second in Australian Open
Other Sports | May 20, 2015, 05:21 PM ISTSydney: Defending champion Saina Nehwal has been seeded second in the women's singles competition of the USD 750,000 Australian Open Super Series badminton tournament that will get underway here on Tuesday.Olympic bronze medallist, Saina had
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Indian Shuttler Saina seeded No.2 at Australian Open
Other Sports | May 21, 2015, 02:33 PM ISTSydney: Star Indian shuttler and defending champion Saina Nehwal has been seeded No.2 in the women's singles event for the $750,000 Australian Open Superseries to be played here from May 26 to 31.World No.2 Saina
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Andy Murray loses to Croatian teen in quarterfinals in Dubai
Tennis | Feb 26, 2015, 10:03 PM ISTDubai, United Arab Emirates: Andy Murray was knocked out of the Dubai Championships on Thursday, losing to 18-year-old Borna Coric 6-1, 6-3 in the quarterfinals.Murray, who reached the Australian Open final at the beginning of
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Fognini, Bolelli win men's doubles at Australian Open
Tennis | Jan 31, 2015, 11:09 PM ISTMelbourne, Australia: Fabio Fognini and Simone Bolelli became the first all-Italian team to capture a Grand Slam men's doubles title in more than 50 years after beating the French pair of Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues