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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Four Indians for Junior Australian Open
January 20th, 2012 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) Four Indians Ratnika Batra, Rituja Bhansale, Ramkumar Ramanathan and Arjun Khade will be participating in the Junior Australian Open Jan 15-28 in Melbourne.The sports ... Read more...
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Good day for Indians in Australian Open
January 20th, 2012 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 20 (IANS) Sixth-seeded Indian pair of Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi kicked off their mixed doubles campaign in the Australian Open with a comfortable win over South ... Read more...
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Australian Open: Mirza and Vesnina advance to second round
January 19th, 2012 - 10:55 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 19 (IANS) India's Sania Mirza and her Russian partner Elena Vesnina moved into the second round of the Australian Open women's doubles with an easy win ... Read more...
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Australian Open: Djokovic marches on; Roddick retires (Roundup)
January 19th, 2012 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 19 (IANS) World No.1 Novak Djokovic continued his rich vein of form, thrashing Colombian Santiago Giraldo at the Rod Laver Arena while a hamstring injury forced 15th ... Read more...
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Bhupathi slams AITA over its pairing policies
January 19th, 2012 - 7:44 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 19 (IANS) India's veteran tennis player Mahesh Bhuapthi Thursday slammed the All India Tennis Federation (AITA) policies when it comes to pairing players for big international events.Bhupathi ... Read more...
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Bopanna, Bhupathi aim to do well in all Slams before Olympics
January 18th, 2012 - 8:44 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 18 (IANS) Indian doubles tennis player Rohan Bopanna said Wednesday that the focus will be on all the Grand Slams ahead of the 2012 London Olympics.Bopanna, who ... Read more...
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ATP boss plays down threat of players’ strike
January 18th, 2012 - 6:46 pm ICT by IANS
Melboure, Jan 18 (IANS) Newly appointed Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) chairman and president Brad Drewett Wednesday played down threats of a strike but admitted that there are concerns ... Read more...
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Bhupathi-Bopanna toil; Paes-Stepanek cruise into second round
January 18th, 2012 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 18 (IANS) India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna came from a set down to win 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 against Australian pair of Mathew Edben and Chris Guccione ... Read more...
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Highlights of day two at Australian Open
January 17th, 2012 - 10:33 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 17 (IANS) Following are the highlights of day two at the Australian Open tennis here Tuesday.* Local favourite Samantha Stosur becomes the first big casualty in the ... Read more...
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Australian Open: Stosur stunned; Djokovic, Sharapova advance
January 17th, 2012 - 4:18 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 17 (IANS) Reigning US Open champion Samantha Stosur became the first big casualty in the Australian Open tennis tournament here after losing 6-7, 3-6 to Romanian Sorana ... Read more...
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Highlights of day one at Australian Open
January 16th, 2012 - 9:35 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 16 (IANS) Following are the highlights of day one at the Australia Open tennis here Monday.* Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer advance to second round.
* Local favourite ... Read more...
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Australian Open: Sania loses in first round of women’s singles
January 16th, 2012 - 6:22 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 16 (IANS) India's challenge in the singles event of the Australian Open ended on the opening day when Sania Mirza lost to Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria 4-6, 2-6 ... Read more...
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Australian Open: Azarenka eases into second round, Tomic beats Verdasco
January 16th, 2012 - 3:43 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 16 (IANS) Third-seed Belarusian Victoria Azarenka cruised through to the second round of the women's singles event of Australian Open tennis here Monday defeating Britain's Heather Watson 6-1, ... Read more...
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India pin hopes on doubles at Australian Open
January 15th, 2012 - 2:09 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 15 (IANS) India's hopes at the Australian Open beginning Monday rest on the the brand new doubles pair, Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna, and Leander Paes, who ... Read more...
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Wozniacki confident of getting fit before Australian Open
January 12th, 2012 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Jan 12 (IANS) World No.1 Caroline Wozniacki is optimistic of her chances of participating in the year's first Grand Slam, the Australian Open, after suffering a wrist injury ... Read more...
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Venus pulls out of Australian Open
January 10th, 2012 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 10 (IANS) Venus Williams, the seven-time Grand Slam singles champion, has withdrawn from the Australian Open.The US star announced Monday she was still struggling to return from ... Read more...
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It’s all about my serve: Raonic
January 9th, 2012 - 12:50 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 8 (IANS) Milos Raonic did not shy away from saying that the serve was an important, if not the most critical, component of his game and attributed ... Read more...
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