Articles filed under Tennis
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Virginia wins 3rd straight tennis title; Stanford deniedMay 23, 2017 7:00 am - ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - Virginia captured its third straight NCAA men's tennis championship Tuesday, while Stanford's bid for back-to-back women's titles was denied by Florid...
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Kvitova to decide this week on French Open comebackMay 23, 2017 7:00 am - PRAGUE (AP) - Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova will decide this week whether she will make her comeback at the French Open. She hasn't played since December, wh...
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Sharapova gets wild card for Rogers Cup in August in TorontoMay 23, 2017 7:00 am - TORONTO (AP) - Maria Sharapova has been awarded a wild card for the Rogers Cup in August in her comeback from a 15-month doping ban. Since her return, the former No. 1 p...
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Suarez-Navarro to meet Stosur in Strasbourg quarterfinalsMay 23, 2017 7:00 am - STRASBOURG, France (AP) - Fourth-seeded Carla Suarez-Navarro beat American Christina McHale in straight sets on Tuesday to reach the quarterfinals of the Strasbourg Inte...
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4th-seeded Kyrgios beaten by qualifier Kicker in LyonMay 23, 2017 7:00 am - LYON, France (AP) - Fourth-seeded Nick Kyrgios was upset by qualifier Nicolas Kicker in the second round at the Lyon Open on Tuesday, hampering the Australian's French O...
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Kevin Anderson beats Lorenzi at Geneva OpenMay 22, 2017 7:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - Kevin Anderson won again on clay, beating seventh-seeded Paulo Lorenzi 7-5, 7-6 (1) Monday in the first round of the Geneva Open. Anderson had 11 aces and ...
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Seeds Riske and Goerges win, Zhang upset at Nuremberg CupMay 22, 2017 7:00 am - NUREMBERG, Germany (AP) - Oceane Dodin of France upset the third-seeded Zhang Shuai 6-7 (11), 6-3, 6-4 in the first round of the Nuremberg Cup on Monday. The 57th-ranked...
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Simon advances to 2nd round in LyonMay 22, 2017 7:00 am - LYON, France (AP) - Fifth-seeded Gilles Simon of France fended off seven of eight break points to get past Daniil Medvedev of Russia and reach the second round at the Ly...
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Garcia advances in Strasbourg, Wozniacki retiresMay 22, 2017 7:00 am - STRASBOURG, France (AP) - Defending champion Caroline Garcia advanced to the second round of the Strasbourg International by beating Jennifer Brady 6-3, 6-4 while top-se...
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Azarenka aims to come back in time for WimbledonMay 22, 2017 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Two-time Australian Open champion Viktoria Azarenka says she is planning to return to competition before Wimbledon. Azarenka, who was ranked No. 1 for seve...