Articles filed under Tennis
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Sister act: 1st WTA meeting of identical twins ends in upsetJun 19, 2019 7:00 am - BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) - The first meeting of identical twins in WTA Tour history ended with an upset as Kristyna Pliskova overcame a ranking gap of more than 100 plac...
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Feliciano López denies tennis match fix reportJun 19, 2019 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Tennis player Feliciano López has denied any wrongdoing after being linked by Spanish media to a doubles match at Wimbledon in 2017 that was allegedly fix...
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Wash-out at Queens' Club means Murray's comeback delayedJun 18, 2019 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Andy Murray's comeback has been delayed after rain washed out the entire day's play at the Queen's Club grass-court tournament for only the third time in 1...
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Federer off to winning start in bid for 10th Halle titleJun 18, 2019 7:00 am - HALLE, Germany (AP) - Roger Federer began his bid for a record-extending 10th Halle Open title with a 7-6 (1), 6-3 win over Australia's John Millman on Tuesday, with def...
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Top-ranked Osaka gets 1st-round win in Birmingham on grassJun 18, 2019 7:00 am - BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) - A day after saying she was "not really that comfortable" playing on grass, top-ranked Naomi Osaka needed three sets to get past her first-roun...
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Perth to host Fed Cup final between Australia and FranceJun 17, 2019 7:00 am - PERTH, Australia (AP) - Perth has beaten out bids from Melbourne and Brisbane to host the Fed Cup tennis final between Australia and France in November. Newly crowned Fr...
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Bulgarian brothers banned from tennis for corruptionJun 17, 2019 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Two brothers from Bulgaria have been provisionally suspended from professional tennis for corruption. The Tennis Integrity Unity says 24-year-old Karen Kha...
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Zverev, Khachanov bounce back at Halle OpenJun 17, 2019 7:00 am - HALLE, Germany (AP) - Alexander Zverev and Karen Khachanov bounced back from disappointments in Stuttgart last week to reach the second round of the Halle Open on Monday...
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Konta makes seamless transition from clay to grassJun 17, 2019 7:00 am - BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) - Johanna Konta made a seamless transition from clay to grass on Monday, beating Anett Kontaveit 6-4, 6-2 at the Nature Valley Classic in her fi...
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Cilic begins Queen's Club title defense with winJun 17, 2019 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Marin Cilic began defense of his title at the Queen's Club grass-court event with a 6-1, 7-6 (5) win over Christian Garin in the first round on Monday. Cil...