Articles filed under Tennis
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Former No. 1 Wozniacki beats Olympic champion Puig in SydneyJan 09, 2017 6:00 am - SYDNEY (AP) - Former No. 1-ranked Caroline Wozniacki continued her preparations for the Australian Open with 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 win over Olympic gold medalist Monica Puig at ...
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Australian player banned for 7 years for match-fixingJan 09, 2017 6:00 am - SYDNEY (AP) - A former Australian Open junior boys' finalist has been banned from the sport for seven years by the Tennis Integrity Unit after being found guilty of matc...
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Former No. 1 Wozniacki beats Olympic champion Puig in SydneyJan 09, 2017 6:00 am - SYDNEY (AP) - Former No. 1-ranked Caroline Wozniacki stepped up her preparations for the Australian Open with 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 win over Olympic gold medalist Monica Puig at...
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Fun and games, Dimitrov finds a way to break title droughtJan 08, 2017 6:00 am - BRISBANE, Australia (AP) - Grigor Dimitrov concentrated on fun and games at the season-opening Brisbane International, looking for something a bit different to his regul...
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Wild-card entry Bouchard wins 1st-round match at SydneyJan 08, 2017 6:00 am - SYDNEY (AP) - Eugenie Bouchard made the most of her wild-card entry to the Sydney International, beating Zhang Shuai of China 7-6 (1), 6-2 on Sunday in a first-round mat...
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Technical director Di Pasquale leaving French tennis roleJan 07, 2017 6:00 am - PARIS (AP) - The French Tennis Federation says technical director Arnaud Di Pasquale is leaving by mutual consent. Di Pasquale, who has held the role since April 2013, w...
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Bautista Agut vs Medvedev in Chennai Open finalJan 07, 2017 6:00 am - CHENNAI, India (AP) - Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain eased past Benoit Paire of France 6-3, 6-3 on Saturday to meet Daniil Medvedev in the Chennai Open final. Bautista A...
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Mladenovic, Gasquet give France its 2nd Hopman Cup titleJan 07, 2017 6:00 am - PERTH, Australia (AP) - Kristina Mladenovic and Richard Gasquet clinched France's second Hopman Cup title, beating Americans CoCo Vandeweghe and Jack Sock 4-1, 4-3 in th...
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Djokovic beats Murray to successfully defend Qatar titleJan 07, 2017 6:00 am - DOHA, Qatar (AP) - Novak Djokovic successfully defended his Qatar Open title by beating top-seeded Andy Murray 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 in the final on Saturday. The dramatic match...
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Pliskova routs Cornet, wins Brisbane titleJan 07, 2017 6:00 am - BRISBANE, Australia (AP) - Karolina Pliskova won all but five points in the first six games to set up a 6-0, 6-3 rout of Alize Cornet in the Brisbane International final...