Articles filed under Tennis
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Top-seeded Johnson advances to quarters at NewportJul 13, 2016 7:00 am - NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) - Top-seeded Steve Johnson advanced to the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships quarterfinals Wednesday, beating Japan's Yuichi Sugita, 6-1, 6-4. Coming ...
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Hercog beats 5th-seeded Niculescu in BucharestJul 13, 2016 7:00 am - BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Polona Hercog of Slovenia took advantage of a poor performance from fifth-seeded Monica Niculescu of Romania to win their Bucharest Open second...
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Top-seeded Kohlschreiber in quarterfinals of the German OpenJul 13, 2016 7:00 am - HAMBURG, Germany (AP) - Top-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber needed three sets Wednesday to overcome Nicolas Kicker for a place in the quarterfinals of the German Open. Kohl...
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Verdasco, Bagnis advance in Swedish Open to quarterfinalsJul 13, 2016 7:00 am - BASTAD, Sweden (AP) - Fernando Verdasco saved the only break point he faced Wednesday to advance to his sixth Swedish Open quarterfinal with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Albe...
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No. 6 seed Mannarino advances at NewportJul 12, 2016 7:00 am - NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) - Sixth-seeded Adrian Mannarino of France rallied past James Duckworth of Australia 6-7 (3), 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4) to advance to the second round of the Ha...
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Niculescu seeking another form turnaround in BucharestJul 12, 2016 7:00 am - BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Monica Niculescu won her opening match for only the second time in five tournaments when she overpowered fellow Romanian Andreea Mitu 6-2, 6-4 ...
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Kohlschreiber surpasses Stich on German list of winsJul 12, 2016 7:00 am - HAMBURG, Germany (AP) - Top-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber surpassed Michael Stich as the German with the third most wins on the ATP tour in the Open era when he beat Carl...
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Verdasco saves 5 break points to beat Laaksonen in BastadJul 12, 2016 7:00 am - BASTAD, Sweden (AP) - Former finalist Fernando Verdasco saved all five break points he faced in beating Swiss qualifier Henri Laaksonen 6-3, 6-2 in the first round of th...
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Defending champ Ram advances on Newport's grass courtsJul 11, 2016 7:00 am - NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) - Defending champion Rajeev Ram beat fellow American Mackenzie McDonald, 6-2, 6-3, in the opening round of the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships on Mo...
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Donskoy saves match points to beat Khachanov in SwedenJul 11, 2016 7:00 am - BASTAD, Sweden (AP) - Evgeny Donskoy saved two match points to beat Russian compatriot Karen Khachanov in the first round of the Swedish Open on Monday. The eighth-seede...