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  Wimbledon: Ferrer's 3rd-round Slam streak ends

  Tennis | June 26, 2014 0:15 IST

  LONDON :  David Ferrer's streak of reaching at least the third round at 17 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments ended Wednesday at Wimbledon with a 6-7 (5), 6-0, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 loss to 118th-ranked qualifier Andrey

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  Wimbledon: Li Na goes through to second round

  Tennis | June 24, 2014 3:46 IST

  London : Chinese superstar Li Na overcame an unexpectedly stern test from Polish qualifier Paula Kania to emerge a 7-5, 6-2 winner in the opening round of the Wimbledon championships here Monday.Kania, the world No.183,

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  Wimbledon: Andy Murray opens his title defense

  Tennis | June 24, 2014 2:05 IST

  LONDON :  Andy Murray arrived on Centre Court to a standing ovation and left to another. After ending Britain's 77-year wait for a homegrown men's champion at Wimbledon last year, Murray got off to a

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  Wimbledon: Marion Bartoli says she has no regrets for post-Wimbledon retirement

  Tennis | June 22, 2014 19:10 IST

  LONDON :  Marion Bartoli says she has no regrets about retiring shortly after winning Wimbledon a year ago.She also says she logs onto YouTube every couple of days to watch her last-point ace that ended

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  Wimbledon: Coach Ivanisevic makes Marin Cilic dangerous

  Tennis | June 22, 2014 17:59 IST

  Zagreb: In the first days of summer the best players in the world occupy the most famous tennis courts. Among those who dream of Wimbledon glory are four ladies and three gentlemen from Croatia.For Marin

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  Wimbledon: Roger Federer & Rafael Nadal eager to put '13 behind

  Tennis | June 21, 2014 23:56 IST

  LONDON :  Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal -- and sometimes both -- appeared in all 10 Wimbledon finals from 2003-12, combining to claim nine of those titles. Neither made it that far in 2013. Not

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  Wimbledon: Nishikori 'almost 100 percent' fit heading into the tournament

  Tennis | June 21, 2014 19:40 IST

  LONDON : Japan's Kei Nishikori says he is "almost 100 percent perfect" health-wise heading into Wimbledon.The 10th-seeded Nishikori has been hampered by a hip problem that he says Saturday contributed to a first-round loss at

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  Paes-Stepanek seeded fifth in Wimbledon

  Tennis | June 21, 2014 23:51 IST

  London:  India's Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek Friday were seeded fifth in the men's double while Saina Mirza and her Zimbabwean partner Cara Black are fourth in the women's doubles for the

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  Wimbledon: Novak Djokovic, Serena Williams seeded No. 1 for Wimbledon

  Tennis | June 21, 2014 19:22 IST

  LONDON : Defending champion Andy Murray has been seeded third for Wimbledon, two places above his current world ranking.Novak Djokovic was given the No. 1 seeding Wednesday by the All England Club, moving up from

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  Azarenka looks to seal No. 1 spot at WTA finale

  Tennis | October 22, 2012 23:08 IST

  Istanbul (Turkey), Oct 22: Serena Williams returns to WTA Championships with the Wimbledon and U.S. Open titles, plus the Olympic gold medal, yet with no chance of finishing the year as the No. 1 in

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  Hewitt beats Monaco in 1st round at Valencia Open

  Tennis | October 22, 2012 23:01 IST

  Valencia (Spain), Oct 22: Former No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt knocked out Juan Monaco of Argentina 6-3, 6-4 in the opening round of the Valencia Open on Monday, ending a 10-match losing run against top-10 opponents.The

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  Tsonga reaches 2nd consecutive Wimbledon semifinal

  Tennis | July 04, 2012 23:20 IST

  Wimbledon, Jul 4: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France beat Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany 7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2 Wednesday to reach the Wimbledon semifinals for the second consecutive year.The No. 5-seeded Tsonga will play No.

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  Serena beats Kvitova to reach Wimbledon semis

  Tennis | July 03, 2012 23:37 IST

  Wimbledon (England), Jul 3: The sounds were new to Serena Williams, and the feeling on Centre Court was different. The result, though, was quite familiar.Playing under the retractable roof for the first time on the

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  Clijsters beats Jankovic in 1st round at Wimbledon

  Tennis | June 26, 2012 12:11 IST

  Wimbledon (England), Jun 26: Kim Clijsters' last Wimbledon got off to a good start as she beat former No. 1 Jelena Jankovic of Serbia 6-2, 6-4 in the first round.Clijsters is playing at the All

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  Berdych loses to Gulbis in 1st round of Wimbledon

  Tennis | June 26, 2012 12:04 IST

  Wimbledon (England), Jun 26: Former runner-up Tomas Berdych was upset by Ernests Gulbis of Latvia in the first round at Wimbledon on Monday after losing three tiebreakers.The sixth-seeded Czech was looking to reach the second

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  Golf club ready, Djokovic wins Wimbledon opener

  Tennis | June 26, 2012 11:57 IST

  Wimbledon (England), Jun 26: Novak Djokovic brought some extra sports equipment to Wimbledon for the opening match at Centre Court on Monday: a golf club.And once he started playing tennis, the tournament's defending champion and

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  Isner upset by Falla in 1st round at Wimbledon

  Tennis | June 26, 2012 11:01 IST

  Wimbledon (England), Jun 26: Marathon man John Isner faded at the finish of another five-setter Monday at Wimbledon.The highest-ranked American failed to convert a match point in the fourth set and lost in the first

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  Djokovic, Federer come back, set French rematch

  Tennis | June 06, 2012 11:38 IST

  Paris, June 6: As the chilly evening air swirled, and raindrops fell, and the thousands of spectators pulling for his opponent hushed, Novak Djokovic stood a single point from exiting the French Open.A single point

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  6-time champ Rafael Nadal rolls on at French Open

  Tennis | June 05, 2012 14:17 IST

  Paris, June 5: As is his wont, Rafael Nadal declined to assess whether the 2012 French Open is his best French Open yet.Perhaps the question was too narrow.Truth is, Nadal is putting together one of

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  Men go to form, women don't at French Open

  Tennis | June 05, 2012 14:11 IST

  Paris, June 5: Heading into the quarterfinals of the French Open, the men's draw includes all the usual suspects - Djokovic, Nadal, Federer - while the names on the women's bracket look as if they've