Articles filed under Tennis
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To appreciate Nadal, watch what Murray endured at WimbledonJul 07, 2017 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - To appreciate fully just how outstanding Rafael Nadal is at the moment - 28 consecutive completed sets won in Grand Slam play - consider what Andy Murray w...
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At 37, Venus Williams tops 1 teen at Wimbledon, faces a 2ndJul 07, 2017 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Venus Williams beat one 19-year-old opponent at Wimbledon on Friday. She'll face another on Monday. Both of those players were born months after Williams m...
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Djokovic remains calm amid questions about McEnroe commentsJul 06, 2017 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Try as they might, the reporters grilling Novak Djokovic couldn't get the three-time Wimbledon champion to criticize John McEnroe for comparing him to Tige...
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The Latest: Sock wants to get his fan a Wimbledon towelJul 06, 2017 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The Latest from Wimbledon (all times local): ___ 9:45 p.m. Jack Sock is going to get his fan a Wimbledon towel. Sock, an American who won his opening match...
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Wimbledon glance: Murray, Nadal, Venus Williams on Day 5Jul 06, 2017 7:00 am - A quick look at Wimbledon : LOOKAHEAD TO FRIDAY Defending champion Andy Murray takes on a familiar adversary at Centre Court in the third round: 28th-seeded Fabio Fognin...
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Tomic's Wimbledon words draw $15K fine, racket sponsor lossJul 06, 2017 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Bernard Tomic was fined $15,000 at Wimbledon and dropped by his racket sponsor Thursday - not for something he did during his first-round loss, but for wha...
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Minella wants Wimbledon to be last event before giving birthJul 06, 2017 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Mandy Minella wanted Wimbledon, because of its prestige, to be her final event before giving birth to a daughter in December. That's despite the doctors sh...
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US Open to try serve, clothing, warmup clocks in qualifyingJul 06, 2017 7:00 am - The U.S. Open will experiment during its qualifying rounds this year with scoreboard clocks to limit how much time elapses between points and how long pre-match warmups ...
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Startling screams as Mattek-Sands injures knee at WimbledonJul 06, 2017 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The screams were startling. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, a 32-year-old American who came to Wimbledon eyeing a fourth consecutive Grand Slam doubles title, fell ...
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The Latest: Madison Keys upset by Camila Giorgi at WimbledonJul 05, 2017 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The Latest from Wimbledon (all times local): ___ 9:25 p.m. Madison Keys is done at Wimbledon after the second round, her earliest loss at the grass-court t...