Rafael Nadal booked easy passage into the second round of the Australian Open Tuesday, with the Spanish top seed showing no mercy against Marcos Daniel as the Brazilian quit trailing 6-0, 5-0 with a knee injury. Nadal, bidding for a fourth consecutive Grand Slam title, needed just three-quarters of an hour to advance against his [...]
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Sharapova starts with Australian Open victory
January 17th, 2011 |
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Maria Sharapova began her bid for a second Australian Open title with a second-set comeback to post an opening-day victory over Thai veteran Tamarine Tanasugarn 6-1, 6-3 Monday. The three-time Grand Slam winner swept the opening set but trailed 1-3 in the second before finally claiming the win. The Russian 14th seed, who claimed the [...]
Nadal reaches fourth round as Clijsters crumbles
January 23rd, 2010 |
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Rafael Nadal saw off another challenge to his title defence at the Australian Open Friday while US Open champion Kim Clijsters was handed a shock third-round loss.
Second seed Nadal defeated German Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-4, 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 with the straightforward win propelling the Spaniard into the fourth round and a 5-0 mark over his opponent [...]
Australian Open: Sania, Paes move on, Somdev-Prakash out
January 22nd, 2010 |
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India’s Sania Mirza and Leander Paes advanced with their respective partners in the while Somdev Devvarman and Prakash Amritraj were shown the door in the doubles at the Australian Open tennis at Melbourne Park here Friday.
The 10th-seeded pair of Sania and Spaniard Virginia Ruano Pascual battled past Swiss Timea Bacsinszky and Italian Tathiana Garbin 7-6(3), [...]
Nadal eases ahead on day of domination at Australian Open
January 20th, 2010 |
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Defending champion Rafael Nadal followed Wednesday’s relaxed formbook a day after a crush of 87 matches, powering past Slovak outsider Lukas Lacko 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 to lead a cluster of no-stress wins at the Australian Open.
The second seed took just under two hours to advance, setting the pace for fellow top players Andy Roddick and [...]
Sania crashes out of Australian Open
January 19th, 2010 |
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India’s Sania Mirza crashed out of the Australian Open first round losing to Aravane Rezai of France in straight sets at Melbourne Park here Tuesday.
Sania lost 4-6, 2-6 to the 26th seed Rezai.
Sania could convert only one of her eight break points while Rezai broke four times to win the match in 69 minutes.
It was [...]
Nadal not worried by second-seed status in Aus Open
January 16th, 2010 |
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Defending champion Rafael Nadal said he is not bothered that he enters the Australian Open as second favourite to Roger Federer.
World No. 1 Federer is tipped as a favourite to earn his 16th career Grand Slam title here.
“For sure, I’m not the favorite,” said world number two Nadal Saturday as he neared the end of [...]
Tennis stars to play for Haiti earthquake victims
January 16th, 2010 |
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Roger Federer is to lead major tennis stars in a Sunday benefit for Haitian earthquake victims, with the world number one saying the idea came to him after seeing the tragedy unfold.
“I had the idea that we could do something to help Haiti after the tragic earthquake,” the Swiss player said Saturday.
“So I spoke to [...]
Federer says he’ll be fit for Australian Open
January 15th, 2010 |
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Roger Federer has assured that he will be ready to chase another Australian Open title after three-hour training sessions this week at Melbourne Park.
The world number one, who arrived Tuesday in Australia after losing last week in a Doha semi-final to Nikolay Davydenko, has been hitting the practice courts hard.
Federer said his decision to bypass [...]
`Being a mother and wife is obviously my first priority,’’says Clijsters
September 15th, 2009 |
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US Open woman’s champion Kim Clijsters has said that while it is nice to win a Grand Slam title after two-years off the circuit, being a mother and a wife is her first priority.
“Being a mother is obviously my first priority, and being a wife. My sister is about to have a baby in a [...]