May 22, 2013

Tennis Roundup: Nadal is back, but the old game isn’t the same

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Rafael Nadal of Spain returns a shot during his Gentlemen’s Singles first round match against Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil on day two of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on June 26, 2012 in London, England. (June 25, 2012 – Source: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images Europe) (PhatzRadio / [...]

Tennis Roundup: Nadal loses to Zeballos in Chile final

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Horacio Zeballos of Argentina plays a forehand in his first round match against Andreas Seppi of Italy during day two of the 2013 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 15, 2013 in Melbourne, Australia. (January 14, 2013 – Source: Graham Denholm/Getty Images AsiaPac) (PhatzRadio / AP) — VINA DEL MAR, Chile — Rafael Nadal [...]

2013 Australian Open: Murray, Azarenka, Serena Williams reach Aussie quarters

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Serena Williams of the United States plays a forehand in her fourth round match against Maria Kirilenko of Russia during day eight of the 2013 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 21, 2013 in Melbourne, Australia. (January 20, 2013 – Source: Scott Barbour/Getty Images AsiaPac) MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The toughest sides of the [...]

2013 Australian Open: Djokovic wins marathon; Sharapova reaches Aussie quarters

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Novak Djokovic of Serbia plays a backhand in his fourth round match against Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland during day seven of the 2013 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 20, 2013 in Melbourne, Australia. (January 19, 2013 – Source: Robert Prezioso/Getty Images AsiaPac) MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic got a huge scare from [...]

Tennis: Sharapova wins, Stosur dismantles at Australian Open

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Maria Sharapova of Russia serves in her second round match against Misaki Doi of Japan during day three of the 2013 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 16, 2013 in Melbourne, Australia. (January 15, 2013 – Source: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images AsiaPac) MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic was all but perfect in his second-round [...]

Tennis: Murray wins his first match as a major winner at the Australian Open

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Andy Murray of Great Britain serves in his first round match against Robin Haase of the Netherlands during day two of the 2013 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 15, 2013 in Melbourne, Australia. (January 14, 2013 – Source: Julian Finney/Getty Images AsiaPac) (PhatzRadio / AP) — MELBOURNE, Australia — Playing his first Grand [...]

Tennis: Sharapova, Williams set to be fit for Brisbane

Tennis player Sharapova of Russia attends a news conference, ahead of an exhibition tour in Sao Paulo

(Reuters) – Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams will be fit to play at the Brisbane International, which begins this weekend, after injury scares, organizers said on Thursday. French Open champion Sharapova pulled out of an exhibition match against Caroline Wozniacki scheduled for Friday in Seoul because of a sore collarbone. But the Russian, along with [...]

2012 Tennis Awards: Breakthroughs

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(PhatzRadio / SI) — The BTB Awards are our look back at the best — and worst — of the tennis season. Today we look at players who came out of nowhere, rose faster than expected or just plain exceeded expectations to become some of the biggest stories of the year. Can they keep the [...]

Tennis: Serena tops Li at WTA Championship / Federer escapes upset at Swiss Indoors

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Serena Williams of USA serves to Li Na of China during day two of the season ending TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships Tennis at the Sinan Erdem Dome on October 24, 2012 in Istanbul, Turkey. (October 23, 2012 – Source: Julian Finney/Getty Images Europe) ISTANBUL (AP) — Serena Williams proved Wednesday at the WTA Championships [...]

Tennis: Azarenka pulls out, Sharapova upset in Tokyo

Victoria Azarenka of Belarus returns the ball to Tamira Paszek of Austria during their second round women's singles match at the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament in Tokyo

(Reuters) – World number one Victoria Azarenka pulled out of the Pan Pacific Open citing chronic fatigue while Maria Sharapova was stunned by Samantha Stosur as the event lost its top two seeds on Thursday. French Open champion Sharapova, Tokyo winner in 2005 and 2009, was upset by Australian Stosur 6-4 7-6 in a quarter-final [...]