Articles filed under Tennis
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Former tennis star still shaken by encounter with cop in '15Jun 02, 2020 7:00 am - Nearly five years later, former tennis star James Blake says he never suspected the large man running toward him was a plainclothes New York City policeman. Blake was in...
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Don't be a 'cow on ice': Sliding key to French Open successJun 02, 2020 7:00 am - Before Roger Federer briefly returned to clay-court tennis in 2019 - a decade removed from his French Open title - his confidence was low, he explained, 'œbecause I don'...
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AP PHOTOS: The French Open's athletes and their athleticismJun 01, 2020 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - The French Open is loved by so many for the scene and the setting and, yes, the surface, to be sure. What would it - or any other tennis tournament, any oth...
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US Open plan in works, including group flights, COVID testsMay 30, 2020 7:00 am - Charter flights to ferry U.S. Open tennis players and limited entourages from Europe, South America and the Middle East to New York. Negative COVID-19 tests before trave...
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Fabio Fognini says he had arthroscopic surgery on his anklesMay 30, 2020 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - Former top-10 player Fabio Fognini said on social media that he had arthroscopic surgery on both ankles Saturday. The 2011 French Open quarterfinalist, who r...
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Thiem and Zverev to headline tennis exhibitions in BerlinMay 29, 2020 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Dominic Thiem, Alexander Zverev and Nick Kyrgios will play exhibition tennis matches in Berlin in July. With professional tennis shut down during the coron...
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Federer tops highest-earning athlete list at more than $100MMay 29, 2020 7:00 am - Roger Federer leads the annual Forbes ranking of highest-paid athletes with what the magazine says is $106.3 million in total earnings. He is the first tennis player to ...
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Postponed French Open topics: Rafa's 20th? Serena's 24th?May 28, 2020 7:00 am - If the French Open were being held as scheduled right now -- instead of postponed to September because of the coronavirus pandemic -- Rafael Nadal would have been seekin...
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Could be limited - or no - fans at a September French OpenMay 27, 2020 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - With the new $55 million (50 million euros) retractable roof shut atop a barren Court Philippe Chatrier - where the red clay has dimmed to an orange-brown, ...
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Grand Slam winners to play in new Charleston tennis eventMay 27, 2020 7:00 am - CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Australian Open champions Victoria Azarenka and Sofia Kenin and U.S. Open winners Sloane Stephens and Bianca Andreescu will take part in the Cred...