Articles filed under Tennis
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Azarenka gets wild card into Indian Wells in return to tourJan 31, 2018 6:00 am - INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) - Victoria Azarenka has been awarded a wild card into the main draw of the BNP Paribas Open after being off the tour for months because of a cu...
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Barty, Gavrilova to lead Australia vs Ukraine in Fed CupJan 31, 2018 6:00 am - CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Ashleigh Barty and Daria Gavrilova will lead Australia in its Fed Cup match against Ukraine, while Ukraine's top-ranked player Elina Svitolina...
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Mladenovic and Parmentier named in France's Fed Cup teamJan 31, 2018 6:00 am - PARIS (AP) - Kristina Mladenovic, Pauline Parmentier and Amandine Hesse were named in France's Fed Cup team on Wednesday for the first-round match against Belgium. Seven...
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Davis Cup: Kyrgios plays Struff 1st day, Australia-GermanyJan 31, 2018 6:00 am - BRISBANE, Australia (AP) - Australia No. 1 Nick Kyrgios will play Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff on the opening day of singles in the Davis Cup World Group's first round b...
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Tomic to return to tennis but faces Davis Cup cold shoulderJan 30, 2018 6:00 am - SYDNEY (AP) - A period of personal reflection in a South African jungle has convinced Australian tennis player Bernard Tomic that he's ready to return to the court. Tomi...
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Goerges beats Sakkari in St. PetersburgJan 30, 2018 6:00 am - ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) - Julia Goerges advanced to the second round of the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy by beating Maria Sakkari 6-2, 7-6 (5) Tuesday. The fifth-see...
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Pliskova, Kvitova to lead Czechs against SwitzerlandJan 30, 2018 6:00 am - PRAGUE (AP) - The Czech Republic will have its top players available next weekend for the Fed Cup against Switzerland. Fifth-ranked Karolina Pliskova, who reached the qu...
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Fendrich on Tennis: Years later, Roger Federer still on topJan 29, 2018 6:00 am - Used to be that Roger Federer simply could not win a match, let alone a championship, at major tournaments. That might be hard to imagine now that Federer owns 20 Grand ...
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Federer wins 20th major; Wozniacki wins her 1st in AustraliaJan 29, 2018 6:00 am - MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Once he'd become the first man to win 20 Grand Slam singles titles, the questions to Roger Federer shifted to another major milestone. The re...
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Racial comment: College men's tennis player suspendedJan 29, 2018 6:00 am - BOONE, N.C. (AP) - A white men's college tennis player has been suspended after a black opponent tweeted that his on-court rival told him "at least I know my dad" during...