Articles filed under Tennis
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Ukrainian teen who plays Serena next saw this matchup comingJan 18, 2019 6:00 am - MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Serena Williams' next Australian Open opponent, 18-year-old Dayana Yastremska, feels as if she saw Saturday's matchup coming a decade ago. Sh...
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AP Interview: Europol ties together tennis match-fixer ringsJan 17, 2019 6:00 am - PARIS (AP) - European police agency Europol says it has identified links between match-fixing gambling syndicates being unraveled in Spain and Belgium that are thought t...
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The Latest: Muguruza, Konta to 3rd set after 12:30 am startJan 17, 2019 6:00 am - MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - The Latest on Thursday at the Australian Open (all times local): 2:20 a.m. Garbine Muguruza and Johanna Konta are working overtime at the Aus...
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Midnight run: Muguruza edges Konta at 3 a.m. in AustraliaJan 17, 2019 6:00 am - MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Better late than never, right? Garbine Muguruza finally won what is believed to be the latest-starting match in Australian Open history, edgi...
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Nishikori comes up aces, rolls into 3rd round in AustraliaJan 17, 2019 6:00 am - MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Kei Nishikori wants to extend a Grand Slam sequence. He's not making it easy at the Australian Open. Eighth-seeded Nishikori withstood 59 ace...
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11 years later, Djokovic tops Tsonga again in AustraliaJan 17, 2019 6:00 am - MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - All these years later, although with much less on the line, Novak Djokovic again got the better of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the Australian Open....
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Davis Cup feud between Hewitt, Tomic deepens Down UnderJan 17, 2019 6:00 am - MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - The feud between Australia's Davis Cup captain and an exiled player escalated at the season-opening major when Lleyton Hewitt said Bernard To...
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Halep edges American in Australia; Venus next; Serena winsJan 17, 2019 6:00 am - MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Push Simona Halep to the brink, and she summons her best. The Australian Open's top-seeded woman got all she could handle from 20-year-old Am...
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Australian Open glance: Respect between Williams, BouchardJan 16, 2019 6:00 am - MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - A quick look at the Australian Open: LOOKAHEAD TO THURSDAY Seven-time Australian Open champion Serena Williams plays Eugenie Bouchard in the ...
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Europeans unravel massive tennis match-fixing ringJan 16, 2019 6:00 am - PARIS (AP) - The crooked tennis players knew him as "Maestro." To European investigators, the Armenian based in Belgium is emerging as the suspected ringleader of an org...