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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Nadal wins US Open for career Grand Slam
September 14th, 2010 - 9:18 am ICT by IANS
New York, Sep 14 (DPA) Rafael Nadal defeated Novak Djokovic 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 Monday to complete his collection of Grand Slam titles with the US Open crown.
World number one Nadal, ... Read more...
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Nadal says he will struggle to better 2008 Wimbledon form
June 10th, 2010 - 4:59 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jun 10 (ANI): French Open champion Rafa Nadal has admitted that he will struggle to better the form he displayed on grass in England two years ago.The world No ... Read more...
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Bob and Mike Bryan open up on 60 Minutes
March 22nd, 2010 - 7:50 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
March 22, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Tennis is a starry game, which has quite a few top players, like Federer, Nadal, the Williams sisters and so on. But all of them ... Read more...
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Murray to abandon Britain’s Davis Cup tie in Lithuania
January 3rd, 2010 - 7:35 pm ICT by IANS
Perth, Jan 3 (DPA) Andy Murray will concentrate on his ATP form as he misses Britain's March 5-7 Davis Cup Euro-Asian zonal tie with Lithuania, the Scot confirmed Sunday.
Murray is ... Read more...
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Nadal regains lethal form with win into Paris semi-finals (Lead)
November 14th, 2009 - 6:41 am ICT by IANS
Paris, Nov 14 (DPA) Revitalised Rafael Nadal ended the repeat title dream of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Friday 7-5, 7-5 in a move to the quarter-finals of the Paris Masters.
Second seed Nadal called ... Read more...
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Verdasco claims last spot in London
November 14th, 2009 - 4:16 am ICT by IANS
Paris, Nov 14 (DPA) Fernando Vesdasco gained the last spot in the eight-man ATP season finals after Rafael Nadal defeated the last of the year-end contenders, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 7-5, 7-5 Friday ... Read more...
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Del Potro to stay strictly Italian amid Shanghai’s Asian delights
October 11th, 2009 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
By Bill Scott
Shanghai, Oct 11 (DPA) Argentine culinary creature of habit Juan Del Potro won't bow to local sensitivities as he plays as third seed at the Shanghai Masters, with the ... Read more...
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Murray gatecrashes Federer-Nadal Grand Slam draw dominance
August 28th, 2009 - 5:55 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Aug 28 (DPA) The three-year Grand Slam seeding dominance of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal has been broken by Andy Murray as the new British world number two takes ... Read more...
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Sodering shocks Nadal into career-first Roland Garros loss (Second Lead)
June 1st, 2009 - 12:08 am ICT by IANS
Paris, May 31 (DPA) Swedish Viking Robin Soderling used his flailing forehand to stun Rafael Nadal into his first career defeat at the French Open Sunday as women's defending champion Ana ... Read more...
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Location at Wimbledon no problem for Federer, Nadal
July 1st, 2008 - 2:30 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 1 (DPA) Main showcourt cheers during comprehensive wins from Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal drowned out the moans from a pair of "exiled" women's seeds Monday as the Wimbledon Championships ... Read more...
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Tennis stars out to get ATP boss De Villiers
June 5th, 2008 - 12:12 pm ICT by IANS
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Paris, June 5 (DPA) Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) boss Etienne de Villiers has good reason to be afraid: the three superstars of the circuit - Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak ... Read more...
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Bhupathi-Knowles enter Miami Masters tennis semi-finals
April 3rd, 2008 - 2:28 pm ICT by admin
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Miami, April 3 (DPA) Spaniard Rafael Nadal shut luckless American James Blake out in the quarterfinals of a big event for the second week in succession while fourth seeds Mahesh Bhupathi of ... Read more...
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Aussies favourite sport is tennis and swimming, not cricket
December 20th, 2007 - 3:28 pm ICT by admin
Sydney, Dec.20 (ANI): Tennis, swimming and Aussie Rules football top the list for sports-mad Australians, a new survey has shown.
In a surprise result, tennis (62 per cent) pipped swimming (61 per cent), ... Read more...
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