Articles filed under Tennis
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US qualifier Brady upsets 2nd seed Garcia in Thailand OpenJan 29, 2019 6:00 am - HUA HIN, Thailand (AP) - American qualifier Jennifer Brady achieved her second career top-20 win when she upset Caroline Garcia of France 6-4, 7-6 (3) in the first round...
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Column: 'Why not?' Djokovic, coach eye Nadal, Federer totalsJan 28, 2019 6:00 am - MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Novak Djokovic sounds like a man ready to embrace the chase. Already at 15 Grand Slam titles, Djokovic is now only two majors behind Rafael N...
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Australian Open champ Osaka is Asia's 1st No. 1 in tennisJan 28, 2019 6:00 am - MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka is the first player from Asia to top the men's or women's tennis rankings - and the youngest woman to ma...
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Sharapova earns first WTA match win in Russia in 13 yearsJan 28, 2019 6:00 am - ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) - Maria Sharapova earned her first WTA win in her native Russia for 13 years after beating Daria Gavrilova 6-0, 6-4 in the first round of the...
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Nadal keeps heavy Australian loss to Djokovic in perspectiveJan 27, 2019 6:00 am - MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Lesser experienced players than Rafael Nadal have felt destroyed by the kind of defeat Novak Djokovic inflicted on him in the Australian Open...
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Novak, Naomi, other things we learned at Australian OpenJan 27, 2019 6:00 am - MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - The way things went at the Australian Open didn't exactly teach the world that Novak Djokovic is the best there is in men's tennis right now....
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Lucky 7: Djokovic routs Nadal for record 7th Australian OpenJan 27, 2019 6:00 am - MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Novak Djokovic was so good, so relentless, so flawless, that Rafael Nadal never stood a chance. Djokovic reduced one of the greats of the gam...
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The Latest: Djokovic beats Nadal for 7th Australian titleJan 27, 2019 6:00 am - MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - The Latest at the Australian Open on Sunday (all times local): 9:51 p.m. Novak Djokovic has won his record seventh Australian Open championsh...
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Australian Open Glance: Djokovic wins a record 7th titleJan 27, 2019 6:00 am - MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - A quick look at the Australian Open: SUNDAY'S WEATHER Partly cloudy, high of 28 Celsius (82 Fahrenheit). SUNDAY'S RESULTS Men's singles final...
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1 major goal achieved for Mahut-Herbert; next goal is goldJan 27, 2019 6:00 am - MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Not long after Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut completed their career Grand Slam in men's doubles, the Frenchmen were already turning...