- Monday, February 1, 2010, 15:13
- Tennis
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Roger Federer beat Andy Murray in the Australian Open final Sunday to extend his own record to 16 Grand Slam titles and prolong the British drought. Federer collected his fourth Australian Open title with a 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (11) win at Rod Laver Arena.
Federer saved five set points and wasted two match points in the ...
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- Friday, January 29, 2010, 11:01
- Tennis
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The Williams sisters won their fourth Australian Open doubles title on Friday, beating Cara Black and Liezel Huber 6-4, 6-3 in the final at Rod Laver Arena.
The Williams sisters won the Australian title for the first time in 2001 and added championships in 2003 and last year. Black, of Zimbabwe, and Huber, a South African-born ...
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- Thursday, January 28, 2010, 11:08
- Tennis
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Defending champion Serena Williams advanced to her fifth Australian Open final and will put her 100 percent record here on the line against Justine Henin, who is only two tournaments into her comeback from retirement.
Both advanced over Chinese players on Thursday to set up a championship match involving two former Australian champions.
Top-ranked Williams wasted four match ...
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- Wednesday, January 27, 2010, 10:38
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After her older sister Venus' upset loss to China's Li Na in the previous match on Rod Laver Arena, four-time champion Serena was down a set and 4-0 in the second before she rebounded for a 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2 win over Victoria Azarenka of Belarus.
Venus Williams couldn't make it to an expected sister semifinal, ...
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- Tuesday, January 26, 2010, 10:59
- Betting, Tennis
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Defending champion Rafael Nadal retired from his quarterfinal against Andy Murray with an injured knee. Andy Roddick also went out of the Australian Open on Tuesday, struggling with a shoulder injury before going down in five sets to Marin Cilic.
Nadal said he didn't want to risk further damage by playing on and potentially having to spend ...
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- Monday, January 25, 2010, 11:35
- Betting, Tennis
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Serena and Venus Williams are on track for a sisters semifinal at the Australian Open after fourth round wins. Venus advanced to the quarterfinals for the seventh time by beating Italy’s Francesca Schiavone 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 in the opening match Monday on Rod Laver Arena.
She’s a win away from a possible showdown with her ...
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- Friday, January 22, 2010, 11:46
- Tennis
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The much-anticipated potential quarterfinal between the back-from-retirement Belgians dissolved in 52 minutes on Friday at the Australian Open. That's the time it took for Kim Clijsters to lose, in embarrassing fashion, her third-round match at the season's first Grand Slam tournament.
The 6-0, 6-1 defeat to Nadia Petrova was the worst of Clijsters' career and as ...
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- Thursday, January 21, 2010, 10:59
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The Williams sisters held court at the Australian Open on Thursday, a back-to-back Venus-Serena doubleheader that left the siblings still in the mix for yet another Grand Slam singles title.
Serena Williams, the Australian Open defending champion who has 11 major singles titles, beat Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic 6-2, 6-1. Venus, who has seven, ...
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- Wednesday, January 20, 2010, 16:41
- Tennis
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Justine Henin, granted a wild-card spot at the Australian Open, advanced in her Grand Slam comeback with a 7-5, 7-6 (6) win over reigning Olympic champion Elena Dementieva. Henin, a seven-time Grand Slam singles champion, produced the biggest win of her return after 20 months in retirement with a 7-5, 7-6 (6) defeat of fifth-seeded ...
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- Thursday, January 14, 2010, 10:27
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Roger Federer and Serena Williams have been awarded the top seedings for the Australian Open, starting on Monday.
The seedings were determined by the current world rankings, with one exception, ahead of Friday's official draw at Melbourne Park.
The only player ranked in the world's top 32 in the men's and women's listings to miss out on ...
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