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  Nadal's struggles continue with Barcelona loss

  Tennis | April 25, 2014 23:50 IST

  BARCELONA, Spain: Top-ranked Rafael Nadal's clay-court struggles worsened Friday as his 41-match winning streak at the Barcelona Open ended with a three-set loss to Nicolas Almagro in the quarterfinals.   Nadal was looking for his ninth

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  Rafael Nadal cruises into Barcelona quarterfinals

  Tennis | April 25, 2014 9:16 IST

  BARCELONA, Spain :  Top-ranked Rafael Nadal looked more like his confident self on the clay in passing Ivan Dodig of Croatia 6-3, 6-3, to reach the Barcelona Open quarterfinals on Thursday.   Nadal was struggling with

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  Maria Sharapova advances to Porsche Grand Prix quarterfinals

  Tennis | April 25, 2014 7:13 IST

  STUTTGART, Germany : Defending champion Maria Sharapova defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4, 6-3 on Thursday to set up a Porsche Grand Prix quarterfinal with top seed Agnieszka Radwanska.   The sixth-seeded Sharapova needed a little over an

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  Sindhu, Jwala-Ashwini in Asian Championships quarters

  Other Sports | April 24, 2014 16:31 IST

  Gimcheon (South Korea): P.V. Sindhu, R.M.V. Gurusaidutt and women's doubles pair Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa led India's charge by qualifying into the quarter-finals of the $200,000 Badminton Asia Championships at the Gimcheon Indoor Stadium

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  Rafael Nadal eases into Monte Carlo Masters quarterfinals

  Tennis | April 18, 2014 8:07 IST

  MONACO : Eight-time champion Rafael Nadal had little trouble reaching the quarterfinals of the Monte Carlo Masters, beating Italian Andreas Seppi 6-1, 6-3 on Thursday.   Fourth-seeded Roger Federer also got through, shaking off a slow

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  Italy levels tie against Britain in Davis Cup

  Tennis | April 06, 2014 19:20 IST

  NAPLES, Italy: Fabio Fognini pulled off a surprise straight sets victory over two-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray as Italy leveled the Davis Cup quarterfinal against Britain 2-2 on Sunday.   Fognini triumphed 6-3, 6-3, 6-4

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  Britain wins doubles to lead Italy in Davis Cup

  Tennis | April 05, 2014 23:27 IST

  NAPLES, Italy: Britain held off a comeback attempt from Italy to win the doubles match and take a 2-1 lead in their Davis Cup quarterfinal on Saturday.   Andy Murray and Colin Fleming beat Fabio Fognini

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  Germany leads 2-1 after France wins doubles

  Tennis | April 05, 2014 22:59 IST

  NANCY, France: Julien Benneteau and Michael Llodra held their nerve to beat Andre Begemann and Tobias Kamke 6-1, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-5 as France pulled back to 2-1 in their Davis Cup quarterfinal against Germany. 

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  Kazakhstan leads Switzerland 2-1 in Davis Cup QF

  Tennis | April 05, 2014 23:36 IST

  GENEVA: Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka lost the doubles match to Andrey Golubev and Aleksandr Nedovyesov on Saturday, giving Kazakhstan a 2-1 lead over Switzerland in the Davis Cup quarterfinals.   Golubev and Nedovyesov never trailed

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  Saina, Kashyap lose in quarterfinals of India Open

  Other Sports | April 04, 2014 20:13 IST

  New Delhi: Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap crashed out of the India Open with straight-game defeats, bringing the home challenge to an end at the USD 250,000 Super Series badminton tournament here today.World number eight

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  Saina, Kashyap in India Open quarters

  Other Sports | April 03, 2014 19:38 IST

  New Delhi: India's top shuttlers Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap won in contrasting styles to enter the quarter-finals of their respective categories at the $250,000 India Open Super Series here Thursday.While eighth seeded Saina needed

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  Li Na beats Wozniacki in Sony Open quarterfinals.

  Tennis | March 27, 2014 8:51 IST

  KEY BISCAYNE, Florida :  Li Na became the first Chinese woman to reach the Key Biscayne semifinals when she beat Caroline Wozniacki 7-5, 7-5 Wednesday at the Sony Open.   Li's opponent Thursday will be Dominika

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  Novak Djokovic beats Andy Murray in Sony Open quarterfinals.

  Tennis | March 27, 2014 6:46 IST

  KEY BISCAYNE, Florida :  Novak Djokovic benefited from an erroneous call and claimed he didn't realize he had broken the rules. When Andy Murray walked to the net and challenged him about it, Djokovic responded

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  Federer beats Anderson to reach Indian Wells semis

  Tennis | March 14, 2014 10:58 IST

  INDIAN WELLS, California: Roger Federer beat Kevin Anderson 7-5, 6-1 in the quarterfinals of the BNP Paribas Open on Thursday, continuing his strong play at the tournament where he has yet to drop a set

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  Paes-Stepanek out of India Wells

  Tennis | March 13, 2014 13:20 IST

  Indian Wells (California): The fourth seeded pair of India's Leander Paes and Czech Radek Stepanek was beaten by the unseeded Swiss duo of Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka in the quarter-finals of the men's doubles

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  Saina Nehwal through to All-England quarter-finals.

  Other Sports | March 07, 2014 10:17 IST

  Birmingham :Saina Nehwal had a tough time entering the quarter-finals of the All-England badminton championships, overcoming American qualifier Beiwen Zhang 24-22, 18-21, 21-19.Saina needed an hour to quell the fierce opposition from Zhang, a former

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  Tommy Haas reaches quarterfinals of Brazil Open

  Tennis | March 02, 2014 19:23 IST

  Sao Paulo: Top-seeded Tommy Haas defeated qualifier Potito Starace 7-6 (2), 6-3 to reach the quarterfinals of the clay-court Brazil Open on Wednesday.   The 12th-ranked Haas served well throughout the match at the Ibirapuera arena,

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  Nadal through to Rio Open quarterfinals

  Tennis | February 21, 2014 10:51 IST

  Rio de Janeiro: World No.1 Rafael Nadal advanced to the quarterfinals of the Rio Open with a 6-1, 6-2 victory over fellow Spaniard Albert Montanes.The 27-year-old will now face the winner of the second-round match

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  Ferrer, Robredo into quarterfinals in Rio Open

  Tennis | February 20, 2014 19:13 IST

  Rio De Janeiro: Second-seeded David Ferrer overcame a tough first set to advance to the Rio Open quarterfinals with a 7-6 (2), 6-1 win over Argentina's Federico Delbonis on Wednesday.   Ferrer joins fellow-Spaniard Tommy Robredo

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  Williams sisters enter quarter finals at Dubai tennis open

  Tennis | February 20, 2014 11:15 IST

  Dubai: Venus Williams, the former world's number one and currently ranked 44, defeated here Wednesday Serbia's Ana Ivanovic 6-2, 6-1.Her younger sister Serena Williams, the current number one, kicked out Elaterina Makarova the evening before