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Li Na and Andy Murray on the Cusp of Breakthrough — The Friday Five

February 1, 2013 By Leave a Comment

By Maud Watson Thrice as Nice They call it the “Happy Slam,” and no one seems happier to compete in Oz than Novak Djokovic. The Serb became the first man in the Open Era to win three consecutive Australian Open singles titles, with his latest coming over Andy Murray. It was a classic match from [...]

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Australian Open Grounds Pass: Beatlemania with Federer and “Team” Dimitrov

January 14, 2013 By 4 Comments

Jesse Pentecost is on the grounds of the Australian Open, covering matches and practice sessions and giving you an intimate behind-the-scenes look of the tennis season’s first Slam. By Jesse Pentecost I would be overstating the case to say that more than a minority believed Grigor Dimitrov to defeat Julien Benneteau. Even among those of [...]

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ATP Brisbane Preview: What players will shine?

December 31, 2012 By 1 Comment

By Yeshayahu Ginsburg The 2013 ATP World Tour season kicks off this week with three different events. There are 250-level tournaments in Brisbane, Doha, and Chennai. And while Doha has carried the most star power of those three tournaments in the past few years, this year that really isn’t so true. I’m not going to compare [...]

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Stosur powers past Falconi into the third round of Roland Garros

May 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By Melinda Samson, Special for Tennis Grandstand Number six seed Sam Stosur powered past Irina Falconi in straight sets to set up a third round match against Nadia Petrova. Stosur broke Falconi’s first and second service games to comfortably win the first set 6-1 in 25 minutes. During the second set, both players held serve [...]

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