Articles filed under Tennis
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Nadal gives Federer no chanceJun 08, 2008 11:00 pm - PARIS -- Early in the second set of the French Open final, not quite halfway into what would wind up as Roger Federer's worst loss in 173 career Grand Slam matches, he w...
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Borg: Win makes Federer best everJun 07, 2008 11:00 pm - PARIS -- Bjorn Borg has no doubt what it would mean if Roger Federer finally manages to beat Rafael Nadal in the French Open final. "He definitely will be the greatest p...
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Major victory for IvanovicJun 07, 2008 11:00 pm - PARIS -- At last, Ana Ivanovic overcame her stage fright. In two previous major finals, Ivanovic was so overwhelmed by the setting, so shaken by the stakes, that her foc...
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History on the line in men's finalJun 06, 2008 11:00 pm - PARIS -- As the points piled up and the light faded, it was tough to decide which scenario had seemed less likely at the outset of the French Open semifinals Friday: • T...
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Raw emotions rule as Ivanovic reaches finalJun 05, 2008 11:00 pm - PARIS -- If official statistics were tallied for fist pumps and self-exhortations during Grand Slam matches, Ana Ivanovic might well have established a record while winn...
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Federer vs. Nadal in French Open final for 3rd timeJun 05, 2008 11:00 pm - PARIS -- As the points piled up and the light faded, it was tough to decide which scenario had seemed less likely at the outset of the French Open semifinals Friday: Tha...
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Federer struggles, but makes semifinalsJun 04, 2008 11:00 pm - PARIS -- There have been times this year when Roger Federer's cloak of infallibility slid from his shoulders, when his absolute dominance against anyone but Rafael Nadal...
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Nadal striking figure on clayJun 03, 2008 11:00 pm - PARIS -- Rafael Nadal's French Open quarterfinal began more than 1½ hours after Novak Djokovic's did Tuesday. Which is why, after wrapping up a three-set victory, Djokov...
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No. 1 Sharapova ousted amid shrieks and boosJun 02, 2008 11:00 pm - PARIS -- Maria Sharapova did not go quietly. No, her departure from the French Open was filled with sound and fury: her stroke-accompanying shrieks, her self-loathing sh...
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Nadal, Djokovic to meet in French Open semisJun 02, 2008 11:00 pm - PARIS -- Five rounds into the French Open, king of clay Rafael Nadal still awaits a serious challenge. Novak Djokovic hopes to provide it in the semifinals. Three-time d...