Articles filed under Tennis
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Bautista Agut and Monfils reach Open 13 quarterfinalsFeb 17, 2015 10:00 pm - MARSEILLE, France (AP) - Fourth-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain and No. 7 Gael Monfils of France both won in straight sets to reach the Open 13 quarterfinals on We...
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Kvitova follows Venus Williams to early exit in DubaiFeb 17, 2015 10:00 pm - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Second-seeded Petra Kvitova and fourth-seeded Ana Ivanovic followed defending champion Venus Williams to an early exit at the Dubai Te...
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Begu leads march of seeded women into quarterfinals in RioFeb 17, 2015 10:00 pm - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Second-seeded Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania reached the quarterfinals of the Rio Open on Wednesday, defeating Bethanie Mattek-Sands of the United S...
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Lu Yen-hsun upsets top-seeded Kevin Anderson in Delray BeachFeb 17, 2015 10:00 pm - DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Taiwan's Lu Yen-hsun upset top-seeded Kevin Anderson of South Africa 7-6 (6), 6-3 on Wednesday night in chilly conditions in the second round o...
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Nadal wins in Rio in first clay-court match of seasonFeb 16, 2015 10:00 pm - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Top-seeded Rafael Nadal defeated Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil at the Rio Open on Tuesday, winning 6-4, 6-1 in his first clay-court match of the season...
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Halep, Wozniacki advance in Dubai championshipsFeb 16, 2015 10:00 pm - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Top-seeded Simona Halep eased to a 6-2, 6-0 win over Daniela Hantuchova at the Dubai Tennis Championships on Tuesday. Except for six d...
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John Isner upset in 1st round of Delray Beach OpenFeb 16, 2015 10:00 pm - DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Marinko Matosevic ousted No. 2 seed John Isner 6-4, 6-4 in the first round of the Delray Beach Open on Tuesday. Marinko Matosevic had never bea...
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Rising star Coric beats Istomin in 1st round of Open 13Feb 15, 2015 10:00 pm - MARSEILLE, France (AP) - Rising teen star Borna Coric of Croatia beat Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan 6-4, 7-5 to reach the second round of the Open 13 tournament on Monday....
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Venus Williams beats player half her age at Dubai tournamentFeb 15, 2015 10:00 pm - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Defending champion Venus Williams beat an opponent half her age on Monday, winning 6-1, 6-2 against 17-year-old Belinda Bencic of Swit...
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Dolgopolov beats Gabashvili in Delray Beach 1st roundFeb 15, 2015 10:00 pm - DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Third-seeded Alexandr Dolgopolov of the Ukraine won just his second match of the ATP season with a 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 victory over Russian Teymuraz...