Articles filed under Tennis
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Kerber beats Halep, goes to 2-0 in Red Group at WTA FinalsOct 25, 2016 7:00 am - SINGAPORE (AP) - Top-seeded Angelique Kerber is the only player in the WTA Finals Red Group to stand at 2-0 in the round-robin stage after a 6-4, 6-2 win over Simona Hal...
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Wawrinka advances; Raonic, Dimitrov exit at Swiss IndoorsOct 25, 2016 7:00 am - BASEL, Switzerland (AP) - On a tough day for seeded players in the Swiss Indoors first round, Stan Wawrinka rallied to beat 119th-ranked fellow Swiss Marco Chiudinelli 6...
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Jurgen Melzer upsets Bautista Agut to advance in ViennaOct 25, 2016 7:00 am - VIENNA (AP) - Two-time former champion Jurgen Melzer upset fourth-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut 6-3, 7-5 in the first round of the Erste Bank Open on Tuesday. The Austria...
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Cut above: Kuznetsova resorts to scissors to beat RadwanskaOct 24, 2016 7:00 am - SINGAPORE (AP) - Svetlana Kuznetsova snipped off part of her braid with scissors during a changeover before going on to beat defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska 7-5, ...
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Karlovic beats 2015 finalist Johnson in 2 sets in ViennaOct 24, 2016 7:00 am - VIENNA (AP) - Ivo Karlovic hit 16 aces to beat last year's runner-up Steve Johnson 7-6 (5), 6-3 Monday on the opening day of the Erste Bank Open. The eighth-seeded Croat...
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Nishikori makes winning return from injury at Swiss IndoorsOct 24, 2016 7:00 am - BASEL, Switzerland (AP) - Kei Nishikori made a winning return after three weeks out injured, beating Dusan Lajovic 7-5, 6-1 in the Swiss Indoors first round on Monday. T...
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Del Potro wins Stockholm title after 33-month droughtOct 23, 2016 7:00 am - STOCKHOLM (AP) - Juan Martin del Potro won the Stockholm Open on Sunday to end a 33-month title drought, beating sixth-seeded Jack Sock 7-5, 6-1. Del Potro, who has stru...
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Carreno Busta beats Fognini to win Kremlin CupOct 23, 2016 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain came back from a set down to beat Italy's Fabio Fognini and win the Kremlin Cup on Sunday. Carreno Busta won his second career...
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Gasquet beats Schwartzman to win European Open finalOct 23, 2016 7:00 am - ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) - Third-seeded Richard Gasquet beat unseeded Argentine Diego Schwartzman 7-6 (4), 6-1 to win the European Open final on Sunday and clinch a 14th ca...
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Top-seeded Kerber toils in win vs Cibulkova at WTA FinalsOct 23, 2016 7:00 am - SINGAPORE (AP) - Top-seeded Angelique Kerber struggled to defeat seventh-seeded Dominika Cibulkova 7-6 (5), 2-6, 6-3 on the opening day of the WTA Finals in Singapore on...