It’s for AITA to decide Olympics line-up: Bhupathi
February 9th, 2012 - 12:14 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 8 (IANS) Indian tennis star Mahesh Bhupathi Wednesday lobbed the ball into the court of the All India Tennis Association (AITA) on his possible pairing with Leander ... Read more...
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France’s Monfils makes himself available for Davis Cup clash
February 8th, 2012 - 2:53 pm ICT by IANS
Vancouver, Feb 8 (IANS) World No.13 Gael Monfils has confirmed he will be in the line-up for France's Davis Cup tie against Canada starting Friday after injuring his knee ... Read more...
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Paes aiming to win Olympic medal in doubles
February 3rd, 2012 - 8:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) India's veteran tennis player Leander Paes, a singles bronze medallist in Atlanta, has set his sights on winning his second Olympic medal in the doubles ... Read more...
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Maken hopes Paes would win another Olympic medal
January 30th, 2012 - 9:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Sports Minister Ajay Maken Monday congratulated India's tennis veteran Leander Paes for winning his maiden men's doubles title at the Australian Open and hoped that ... Read more...
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Greatest match of my life: Djokovic
January 30th, 2012 - 7:49 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 30 (IANS) World No.1 Novak Djokovic believes the Australian Open final victory over Spaniard Rafael Nadal was the greatest of his life and the match would be ... Read more...
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Nadal calls the Australian Open final as his toughest match
January 30th, 2012 - 6:08 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 30 (IANS) World No.2 Rafael Nadal, who lost to Serb Novak Djokovic in a marathon Australian Open tennis final Sunday, has dubbed the match as the toughest ... Read more...
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Djokovic pips Nadal to win longest Grand Slam final
January 29th, 2012 - 11:04 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 29 (IANS) Novak Djokovic edged past Rafael Nadal in the longest Grand Slam final to defend his men's singles Australian Open crown at Melbourne Park here Sunday.The ... Read more...
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Match Stats: Men’s Australian Open Final
January 29th, 2012 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 29 (IANS) Match summary of the Australian Open men's final between Novak Djokovic of Serbia and Spaniard Rafael Nadal at the Rod Laver Arena here Sunday:Djokovic ... Read more...
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Fact file of Novak Djokovic’s Grand Slam singles titles
January 29th, 2012 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 29 (IANS) Fact file of Novak Djokovic's singles titles at Grand Slam events:* 2008 Australian Open: bt. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6(7-2)* 2011 Australian Open: bt. ... Read more...
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Paes-Vesnina go down fighting in Australian Open final (Lead)
January 29th, 2012 - 4:15 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 29 (IANS) India's Leander Paes could not add to his six mixed doubles Grand Slam titles as he and his Russian partner Elena Vesnina lost the Australian Open ... Read more...
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Paes thanks Stepanek for helping him win Australian Open
January 28th, 2012 - 10:50 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 28 (IANS) Indian tennis veteran Leander Paes praised his Czech partner Radek Stepanek for playing a crucial role in realising his dream of winning the Australian Open men's ... Read more...
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Match Stats: Men’s Doubles Australian Open Final
January 28th, 2012 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 28 (IANS) The following is the match summary of the Australian Open men's doubles between the Bryan bothers of the US, Mike and Bob and India's Leander Paes ... Read more...
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Fact File: Leander Paes’s men’s doubles titles at majors
January 28th, 2012 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 28 (IANS) The factfile of Leander Paes' men's doubles titles at the Grand Slam events.1999 French Open: With Mahesh Bhupathi bt. Goran Ivaniševic-Jeff Tarango 6-2, 7-5.
1999 Wimbledon: With ... Read more...
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Azarenka destroys Sharapova to win Australian Open
January 28th, 2012 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 28 (IANS) Victoria Azarenka of Belarus Saturday won her first Grand Slam, defeating Russian Maria Sharapova in straight sets in the Australian Open final here.The 6-3, 6-0 ... Read more...
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Australian Open: Djokovic edges out Murray, meets Nadal in final
January 28th, 2012 - 1:04 am ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 27 (IANS) World No.1 Novak Djokovic of Serbia cruised into the men's singles final of the Australian Open here Friday, defeating Britain's Andy Murray to set ... Read more...
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Sania-Bhupathi crash out of Australian Open
January 27th, 2012 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 27 (IANS) India's Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi lost their semi-finals match of the mixed doubles event in straight sets at the Australian Open here Friday.The No.4 seeds ... Read more...
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Nadal overpowers Federer to reach Australian Open final
January 26th, 2012 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 26 (IANS) World No. 2 Rafael Nadal overcame his greatest rival Roger Federer 6-7, 6-2, 7-6, 6-4 Thursday to reach his second Australian Open final here Thursday.Belarusian ... Read more...
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Tomic accuses police of threatening him
January 26th, 2012 - 7:06 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 26 (IANS) Rising Australian tennis star Bernard Tomic has accused the Gold Coast police of wanting to "hit" him after the 19-year-old was issued $300 traffic fine ... Read more...
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Paes-Stepanek storm into final of Australian Open
January 26th, 2012 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 26 (IANS) The newly formed pair of Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek stormed into the men's doubles final of the Australian Open, defeating second seeds Max Mirnyi ... Read more...
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Australian Open: Paes-Stepanek, Sania-Bhupathi in semis (Roundup)
January 25th, 2012 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 25 (IANS) India's Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza were on the winning side of the doubles events at the Australian Open Wednesday.Sania, however, had ... Read more...
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Australian Open: Sharapova to meet Kvitova in semis
January 25th, 2012 - 6:13 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 25 (IANS) Maria Sharapova set up a much awaited Australian Open semifinal clash with Petra Kvitova after disposing of fellow Russian Ekaterina Makarova in a women's singles ... Read more...
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Australian Open: Sania-Vesnina lose, Paes-Stepanek reach semis (Lead)
January 25th, 2012 - 5:37 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 25 (IANS) Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek advanced to the men's doubles semi-finals at the Australian Open here Wednesday while Sania Mirza and her ... Read more...
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Sania-Vesnina knocked out, Paes-Stepanek through to semi-finals
January 25th, 2012 - 5:12 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 25 (IANS) It was a mixed day for the Indians at the Australian Open tennis here Wednesday. Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek advanced to ... Read more...
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Australian Open: Nadal overcomes Berdych, to meet Federer in semis (Roundup)
January 24th, 2012 - 8:47 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 24 (IANS) Rafael Nadal set up a semifinal clash against arch-rival Roger Federer at the Australian Open after beating Tomas Berdych in a gruelling men's singles last ... Read more...
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Wozniacki set to lose World No. 1 spot
January 24th, 2012 - 7:21 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 24 (IANS) Caroline Wozniacki will lose her World No.1 ranking after her quarter-final defeat by defending champion Kim Clijsters at the Australian Open here Tuesday.The 21-year-old Dane ... Read more...
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Australian open: Wozniacki loses to Clijsters, surrenders World No.1 spot
January 24th, 2012 - 6:20 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 24 (IANS) World No.1 Caroline Wozniacki's hopes of winning her first Grand Slam title were dashed Tuesday when she lost to defending champion Kim Clijsters in the ... Read more...
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Australian Open: Sania-Vesnina surprise Raymond-Huber to enter semis
January 24th, 2012 - 5:12 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 24 (IANS) India's Sania Mirza and her Russian partner Elena Vesnina beat fancied American duo of Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 to enter the women's ... Read more...
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Australian Open: Sania in quarters of doubles and mixed event
January 23rd, 2012 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 23 (IANS) India's Sania Mirza is through to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open tennis with compatriot Mahesh Bhupathi in the mixed doubles and Russian Elena Vesnina ... Read more...
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Australian Open: Nishikori eliminates Tsonga, Makarova stuns Serena
January 23rd, 2012 - 6:25 pm ICT by IANS
Melboune, Jan 23 (IANS) Kei Nishikori eliminated sixth-seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France Monday to advance into the quarterfinals of the Australian Open on Monday, becoming the first Japanese to ... Read more...
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Federer, Nadal in Australian Open quarters (Roundup)
January 22nd, 2012 - 9:27 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 22 (IANS) Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal marched into the quarterfinals of the Australian Open tennis tournament here Sunday while Caroline Wozniacki and Kim Clijsters made it ... Read more...
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Australian Open: Federer, Nadal cruise into quarters
January 22nd, 2012 - 7:25 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 22 (IANS) Roger Federer beat host-favourite teenager Bernard Tomic while Rafael Nadal defeated Spanish teammate Feliciano Lopez to enter the men's singles quarterfinals of the Australian Open ... Read more...
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Bhupathi, Bopana crash in Australian Open
January 22nd, 2012 - 3:38 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 22 (IANS) India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna crashed out of the Australian Open men's double while Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek cruised into ... Read more...
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Kailash Kher remembers childhood with new song (Movie Snippets)
January 21st, 2012 - 6:37 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 21 (IANS) Singer Kailash Kher went down the memory lane when he recorded a conversational song "Hudkaan mann biti", co-sung by his two-year-old son Kabir.The singer, popular ... Read more...
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Mahesh Bhupathi ‘Skypes’ with newborn
January 21st, 2012 - 6:01 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 21 (IANS) Mahesh Bhupathi was miles away in Melbourne when his wife, actress Lara Dutta gave birth to their first child. But thanks to technology, the tennis ... Read more...
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Lara, Mahesh get blessings galore for baby
January 20th, 2012 - 8:17 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 20 (IANS) Bollywood celebrities like Bipasha Basu, Neil Nitin Mukesh and Rahul Bose sent out congratulatory Twitter notes to actress Lara Dutta and tennis ace Mahesh Bhupathi, ... Read more...
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