Wimbledon
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Wimbledon: Leander Paes enters semis but Mirza, Bopanna lose
Tennis | Jul 09, 2015, 11:43 PM ISTWimbledon: It was a mixed Thursday for Indian tennis players at Wimbledon. Though veteran Leander Paes entered the mixed doubles semi-final, Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna bowed out of the lone grass court major in
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Serena Williams beats Maria Sharapova in 2 sets to reach Wimbledon final
Tennis | Jul 09, 2015, 10:29 PM ISTLondon: Serena Williams is just one win away from another Grand Slam milestone.The top-ranked Williams maintained her 11-year dominance over Maria Sharapova, beating the Russian 6-2, 6-4 on Thursday to reach her eighth Wimbledon championship
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Sania-Martina enter Wimbledon semis
Tennis | Jul 09, 2015, 01:24 PM ISTWimbledon: Indo-Swiss tennis pair of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis came out with a clinical performance to enter the women's doubles semi-finals of Wimbledon here.The top seeds needed only an hour and 19 minutes to
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Wimbledon 2015: Federer vs Murray, Djokovic vs Gasquet in semis
Tennis | Jul 09, 2015, 07:00 AM ISTLondon: Roger Federer, Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic and Richard Gasquet advanced into Wimbledon semifinal after defeating their respective opponents on Wednesday.Second seed Federer and third seed Murray advanced in quarterfinals slowed only by a pair
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Maria Sharapova tries to end Serena Williams streak
Tennis | Jul 08, 2015, 11:30 PM ISTLondon (AP): Now it's Maria Sharapova's turn at Wimbledon to try to put an end to Serena Williams' bid for the third leg of a calendar-year Grand Slam and a fourth consecutive major title.The
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Roger Federer sails into Wimbledon semifinals for 10th time
Tennis | Jul 08, 2015, 11:21 PM ISTLondon: Despite losing serve for the first time all tournament, Roger Federer is back in familiar territory — closing in on another Wimbledon title.Federer overwhelmed Gilles Simon 6-3, 7-5, 6-2 on Wednesday to advance to
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Wimbledon 2015: Rohan Bopanna in semis, Sania Mirza in quarters
Tennis | Jul 08, 2015, 10:12 AM ISTLondon: Rohan Bopanna and Florin Mergea of Romania defeated top-seeded American twins Bob and Mike Bryan to advance into the quarterfinals of men's doubles tournament at Wimbledon.The Bryan brothers lost to Bopanna-Mergea 5-7, 6-4, 7-6
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Serena Williams overcomes Victoria Azarenka to reach Wimbledon semifinals
Tennis | Jul 07, 2015, 11:50 PM ISTLondon: Serena Williams' latest Grand Slam match against Victoria Azarenka ended the same way as the previous nine — with Williams walking off as the winner.The top-ranked Williams fought back from a set down Tuesday
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Maria Sharapova subdues Vandeweghe to reach Wimbledon semifinals
Tennis | Jul 07, 2015, 10:32 PM ISTLondon: Former champion Maria Sharapova is back in the semifinals at Wimbledon for the first time in four years after a three-set battle against an American making her Grand Slam breakthrough.The fourth-seeded Sharapova was pushed
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Wimbledon: Paes-Hingis cruise into mixed doubles quarters
Tennis | Jul 07, 2015, 10:21 PM ISTLondon: India's Leander Paes and Switzerland's Martina Hingis comfortably advanced to the mixed doubles quarter-finals at the Wimbledon Championships after beating New Zealand's Artem Sitak and Australia's Anastasia Rodionova in straight sets on Tuesday.The seventh
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Novak Djokovic beats Kevin Anderson in 5 sets to reach Wimbledon quarters
Tennis | Jul 07, 2015, 08:20 PM ISTLondon: Novak Djokovic survived a one-set shootout with big-serving Kevin Anderson on Tuesday to advance to the quarterfinals and keep up his bid for a third Wimbledon title.The top-ranked Djokovic beat the 14th-seeded South African
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Caroline Wozniacki stokes sexism fire at Wimbledon
Tennis | Jul 07, 2015, 04:49 PM ISTWimbledon:Danish tennis star Caroline Wozniacki has sparked a sexism row at Wimbledon after saying women do not play enough on the major courts.The former world No.1 on Monday said she would "love" to play on
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Wimbledon 2015: Novak Djokovic, Kevin Anderson match suspended after four sets, play to resume today
Tennis | Jul 07, 2015, 08:45 AM ISTLondon: For two sets in Wimbledon's fourth round on Monday, defending champion Novak Djokovic was in serious trouble, unable to solve 6-foot-8 (2.03-meter) Kevin Anderson's big serve.Djokovic dropped both of those sets, 7-6 (6), 7-6
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A win, then a hug: Serena Williams tops Venus at Wimbledon
Tennis | Jul 06, 2015, 11:49 PM ISTLondon: A decades ago, when the Williams sisters were kids in California, taking tennis lessons from Dad on a municipal court and imagining playing at Grand Slam tournaments one day, it was Venus â older,
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Sania Mirza-Martina Hingis enter Wimbledon quarters
Tennis | Jul 06, 2015, 06:32 PM ISTWimbledon: The Indo-Swiss tennis combine of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis came out with a clinical performance to enter the women's doubles quarterfinals of Wimbledon here on Monday.The top seeds needed only an hour and
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Wimbledon: Paes-Hingis and Sania-Soares advance, Rohan Bopanna out
Tennis | Jul 05, 2015, 08:11 PM ISTLondon: Leander Paes and Martina Hingis eased into the mixed doubles pre-quarterfinals of Wimbledon but it was curtains for Rohan Bopanna and his Spanish partner Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez in London.Seventh seeds Paes and Hingis
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Wimbledon 2015: Third seed Andy Murray defeats Andreas Seppi to reach the fourth round
Tennis | Jul 05, 2015, 09:12 AM ISTLondon: Third seed Andy Murray on Saturday defeated 25th-seed Andreas Seppi to reach the fourth round at Wimbledon.Murray stumbled in the third set before closing out a relatively comfortable victory over Seppi.Murray was broken twice
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Wimbledon 2015: Defending champion Petra Kvitova loses to 28th seed Jelena Jankovic
Tennis | Jul 05, 2015, 07:27 AM ISTLondon: About an hour after flopping on her back and kicking her feet overhead to celebrate a stunning comeback against defending Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova, Jelena Jankovic still was giddy."I cannot stop smiling. ... I
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Wimbledon 2015: Dustin Brown crashes out 2 days after beating Rafael Nadal
Tennis | Jul 05, 2015, 07:09 AM ISTLondon: The curse of beating Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon has struck again.Dustin Brown, the German qualifier with the dreadlocks who surprisingly beat the two-time Wimbledon champion in the second round on Centre Court, lost Saturday
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Wimbledon 2015: Sania Mirza-Martina Hingis cruise into third round
Tennis | Jul 05, 2015, 07:08 AM ISTLondon: Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis advanced comfortably to the third round of the women's doubles event, beating the Japanese-Italian pair of Kimiko Date-Krumm and Francesca Schiavone 6-0, 6-1 at Wimbledon on Friday. The top-seeded