French Open
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Tomic expected to play French Open
Tennis | May 17, 2013, 11:13 AM ISTMelbourne, May 17: Tennis Australia expects that Bernard Tomic will play in the French Open, despite his coach John Tomic recently declaring his son's participation unlikely.The 20-year-old Tomic has resumed training after withdrawing from this
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Kuznetsov gets USTA wild card for French Open
Tennis | May 02, 2013, 01:33 PM ISTWhite Plains, May 2: Alex Kuznetsov earned a wild card into the French Open's main draw from the U.S. Tennis Association based on results on the USTA Pro Circuit.The 26-year-old Kuznetsov, of Richboro, Pa., and
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Saina, Kashyap, Jayaram advance in Hong Kong
Other Sports | Nov 21, 2012, 10:44 PM ISTHong Kong, Nov 21: London Olympics badminton bronze medallist Saina Nehwal made short work of Aprilla Yuswandari of Indonesia to move into the women's singles second round of the $250,000 Hong Kong Open Super Series
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Saina Nehwal enters final of French Open badminton
Other Sports | Oct 28, 2012, 10:22 AM ISTParis, Oct 27: India's Saina Nehwal moved into the final of the French Open badminton with an easy win over German Juliane Schenk in the semi-final here Saturday.Top seeded Saina beat the fourth seed German
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Saina Nehwal enters French Open badminton semi-final
Other Sports | Oct 27, 2012, 10:20 AM ISTParis, Oct 27: India's badminton sensation Saina Nehwal entered the French Open Super Series championship semifinal on Friday night beating Ratchanok Inthanon of Thailand 22-20, 22-20 in a 41-minute-long encounter. Saina, who won the bronze
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Saina enters French Open badminton quarterfinal
Other Sports | Oct 25, 2012, 05:08 PM ISTParis, Oct 25 : India's top seed Saina Nehwal advanced to the women's singles quarterfinals of the French Open Super Series here Thursday, easing past Sapsiree Taerattanachai of Thailand in straight games.The Indian won 21-16,
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Serena Williams hopes Wimbledon title is only beginning
Tennis | Jul 08, 2012, 11:19 AM ISTWimbledon, England, Jul 8: Even at the age of 30, with two years since her last Grand Slam title and a long list of health problems in her recent past, Serena Williams is hoping she's
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After Nadal loss, anything possible at Wimbledon
Tennis | Jul 02, 2012, 02:04 PM ISTWimbledon, Jul 2: No matter what happens in Week 2, this Wimbledon will be remembered.Most of all, for 11-time major champion Rafael Nadal's second-round loss to a player ranked 100th—a player who went out and
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Shvedova wins 'golden set' vs. Errani at Wimbledon
Tennis | Jun 30, 2012, 10:01 PM ISTEngland, Jun 30: Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan became the first player in a Grand Slam tournament to win every point of a set on her way to beating French Open runner-up Sara Errani 6-0, 6-4
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Paes wins, Sania-Bhupathi crash out of Wimbledon
Tennis | Jun 30, 2012, 07:47 PM ISTLondon, Jun 30: Indian tennis stalwarts Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi, who were locked in a selection row for the London Olympics recently, saw their fortunes take different turns today with the former reaching the
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Seven seconds put Errani in 2nd round of Wimbledon
Tennis | Jun 28, 2012, 03:31 PM ISTEngland, Jun28: Sevens seconds: That's how long French Open runner-up Sara Errani “played” at Wimbledon to wrap up a 6-1, 6-3 victory against American qualifier CoCo Vandeweghe in the first round on Wednesday.How's that possible?
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Sharapova cruises into 2nd round at Wimbledon
Tennis | Jun 25, 2012, 11:03 PM ISTEngland, Jun25: French Open champion Maria Sharapova picked up right where she left off at Roland Garros, cruising into the second round at Wimbledon on Monday by beating Anastasia Rodionova of Australia 6-2, 6-3.The top-ranked
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Nadal ready to perform on grass after clay season
Tennis | Jun 13, 2012, 10:37 PM ISTGermany, Jun 13: Seven-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal says making the annual transition from clay to grass courts is his “biggest challenge.”The Spaniard was speaking Wednesday ahead of his first match at the Gerry
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Nestor, Mirnyi beat Bryans for French Open title
Tennis | Jun 10, 2012, 06:41 PM ISTParis, Jun 10: Top-seeded Max Mirnyi of Belarus and Daniel Nestor of Canada won a second consecutive French Open doubles title by beating American twins Bob and Mike Bryan 6-4, 6-4 on Saturday.“Beating the best
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Lara proud of husband Mahesh Bhupathi's win
Bollywood | Jun 09, 2012, 10:48 AM ISTMumbai: Actress Lara Dutta is on cloud nine after husband Mahesh Bhupati and Sania Mirza won the mixed doubles title at the French Open. The 34-year-old took to Twitter to express her happiness, saying she
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Nadal tumbles into French Open final
Tennis | Jun 08, 2012, 09:04 PM ISTParis, Jun 8: Rafael Nadal was so good, he might have won with a hand tied behind his back. As it turned out, he was still able to capture one point while sitting down on
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Errani tops Stosur to reach French Open final
Tennis | Jun 07, 2012, 10:13 PM ISTParis, Jun 7: Sara Errani said she had no words to describe her surprise at being in the French Open final.The player she beat, Samantha Stosur, was probably every bit as shocked.Errani, the 21st-seeded Italian,
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Djokovic-Federer, Nadal-Ferrer in French Open SF
Tennis | Jun 07, 2012, 10:09 PM ISTParis, Jun 7: A year ago in the French Open semifinals, Roger Federer put a stop to Novak Djokovic's 43-match winning streak.That also was the last time Djokovic lost at any Grand Slam tournament.When the
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Nadal beats Almagro to reach French Open semis
Tennis | Jun 06, 2012, 10:49 PM ISTParis, Jun 6: Rafael Nadal moved closer to a record seventh French Open title and improved to 50-1 for his career at the tournament by beating 12th-seeded Nicolas Almagro 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-3 in the
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Sania and Bhupathi reach maiden French Open final
Tennis | Jun 06, 2012, 09:41 PM ISTParis, Jun 6: Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi earned themselves a shot at their second Grand Slam title together by breezing into their maiden French Open mixed doubles final, on Wednesday.The seventh seed Indian pair