Sports World - by Jason Heim

Tennis: Bhupathi And Mirza Win Australian Open Mixed Doubles Title

India's Mahesh Bhupathi bounced back from his men's doubles final defeat to team with fellow Indian Sania Mirza to win the Australian Open mixed doubles title at Melbourne Park on

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Tennis: Bob And Mike Bryan Third Australian Open Doubles Title

Americans Bob and Mike Bryan claimed their third Australian Open men's doubles title closing in further on two longstanding records held by great Australian pairing Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde

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Tennis: Yuki Bhambri Wins Boys Singles Title At Australian Open

Top seed Yuki Bhambri became India's first Australian Open boys champion after breezing past Germany's Alexandros-Ferdinandos Georgoudas in Saturday's final. The 16-year-old from New Delhi took just 57 minutes to

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Tennis: Ksenia Pervak Wins Australian Open Girls' Singles Title

Ksenia Pervak continued the strong performance by Russian females at the Australian Open by taking out the girls' singles title. Pervak, 17, comfortably beat Melbourne-born British 15-year-old Laura Robson 6-3

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Tennis: Rafael Nadal Triumphs In Australian Open Classic

Rafael Nadal produced a win of magnificence in a match worthy of its history-making billing to become the first Spaniard to win the Australian Open. In overwhelming Federer 7-5 3-6

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Tennis: Australian Open Wheelchair Players Burnt And Blistered

Australian Open wheelchair stars are battling hand burns and blisters from red-hot metal rims and rubber tyres. With temperatures topping 43C for a third consecutive day, disabled players have been

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Tennis: Serena Williams Wins Australian Open

Serena Williams set her sights on a second career grand slam after climbing another rung on the ladder of tennis greatness with a devastating victory over Dinara Safina in the

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Tennis: Rafael Nadal Through To Final

World No 1 Rafael Nadal has entered the record books after claiming his maiden Australian Open men's singles final berth with victory in the longest match in tournament history. Nadal

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Tennis: Venus And Serena Williams Win Women's Doubles Title

For Team Williams, eight is not enough. Venus believes the on-court teamwork with sister Serena has evolved and there will be plenty more titles to add to the eighth grand

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Tennis: Roger Federer Through To Australian Open Final

Roger Federer took another giant stride towards immortality with an at-times breathtaking Australian Open semi-final win over Andy Roddick at Melbourne Park on Thursday night. Federer outgunned Roddick 6-2 7-5

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Tennis: Dinara Safina Into Australian Open Final

American Serena Williams will clash with Russian Dinara Safina in Saturday night's Australian Open women's final. Safina beat fellow-Russian Vera Zvonareva 6-3 7-6 to book her place in the showdown

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Tennis: Serena Williams Into Fourth Australian Open Final

Australian Open No 2 seed Serena Williams is into her fourth Australian Open final following a straight sets win over Elena Dementieva. Williams defeated Russia’s Dementieva 6-3 6-4 in 99

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Tennis: Rafael Nadal Defeats Gilles Simon

World No 1 Rafael Nadal set up an all-Spanish semi-final clash with Fernando Verdasco after continuing his impressive march through the Australian Open. Nadal kept alive his record of winning

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Tennis: Fernando Verdasco downs Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Spaniard Fernando Verdasco has won a place in the Australian Open semi-finals with a hard-fought victory over French ace Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Another outstanding serving display took Verdasco to his first

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Tennis: Serena Williams Beats Svetlana Kuznetsova

Serena Williams came back from the brink to defeat Svetlana Kuznetsova 7-5 5-7 6-1 in the Australian Open quarter-finals on Wednesday, ensuring the women's semis would not be an all-Russian

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Tennis: Elena Dementieva Defeats Suarez Navarro

Russian Elena Dementieva advanced to the Australian Open semi-finals with a dominant 6-2 6-2 win over Spanish surprise-packet Carla Suarez Navarro. Dementieva, 27, had never been past the fourth round

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Tennis: Roger Federer Reaches Semi-finals

Roger Federer has demolished Juan Martin del Potro 6-3 6-0 6-0 to reach the Australian Open semi-finals and move within two wins of a record-equalling 14th grand slam title. Three-time

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Tennis: Jelena Dokic Loses To Dinara Safina

Jelena Dokic's dream run at the Australian Open has come to an end, Dinara Safina winning their quarter-final 6-4 4-6 6-4 on Rod Laver Arena. Dokic, bidding to become the

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Tennis: Andy Roddick Through As Novak Djokovic Quits

Defending champion Novak Djokovic has quit the Australian Open, retiring from his quarter-final against Andy Roddick on Tuesday. Djokovic, the No 3 seed, from Serbia, was trailing the No 7

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Tennis: Vera Zvonareva Into Semi-finals Of Australlian Open

Vera Zvonareva,described as a "ball machine", has reached the Australian Open semi-finals with a crushing 6-3 6-0 win over Marion Bartoli in searing conditions at Melbourne Park. Zvonareva kept her

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Tennis: Dellacqua Through To Australian Open Doubles Semis

Australia's Casey Dellacqua has won through to the Australian Open doubles semi-finals. Dellacqua and Italian Francesca Schiavone overcame a dramatic first set failure to beat German Anna-Lena Groenefeld and Swiss

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Tennis: Australian Open Stays At Melbourne Park Until 2036

The speculation can now stop. The future of the Australian Open in Melbourne is secure until 2036. With an exquisite piece of Australia Day timing, Victorian Premier John Brumby committed

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Tennis: Talk Of Lleyton Hewitt Relocating

Lleyton Hewitt is considering moving overseas, further dispelling rumours he is about to retire. Hewitt's manager David Drysdale confirmed Hewitt was investigating setting up a foreign base. "We're trying to

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Tennis: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Into Quarter-finals At Australian Open

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga marched into the Australian Open quarter-finals with a comfortable straight sets win over James Blake at Rod Laver Arena on Monday night. No 5 seed Tsonga, the losing

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Tennis: Rafael Nadal Beats Fernando Gonzalez To Reach Quarter-finals

World No 1 Rafael Nadal swept past Fernando Gonzalez into the Australian Open quarter-finals on Monday, saying he had never played so well at Melbourne Park. The No 1 seed

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Tennis: Fernando Verdasco To Quarter-finals, Andy Murray Out

Fernando Verdasco caused an Australian Open boilover on Monday, sending No 4 seed Andy Murray crashing with a 2-6 6-1 1-6 6-3 6-4 victory in the fourth round. Verdasco shrugged

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Tennis: Gilles Simon Into Quarter-finals

Sixth seed Gilles Simon progressed to the quarter-finals of the Australian Open when opponent Gael Monfils withdrew with a wrist injury when Simon was leading 6-4 2-6 6-1. Frenchman Simon

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Tennis: Serena Williams, Svetlana Kuznetsova Gifted Australian Open Quarters Berths

SERENA Williams and Svetlana Kuznetsova have been gifted an armchair ride to an Australian Open quarter-final against each other, their fourth-round opponents both retiring injured from their matches. Kuznetsova, No

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Tennis: Novak Djokovic Into Quarter Finals In Australia

Novak Djokovic reached the Australian Open quarter-finals after a late-night win over 2006 finalist Marcos Baghdatis. The defending champion, Djokovic was pushed to a fourth set before winning 6-1 7-6

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Tennis: Jelena Dokic Rules Out Reconciliation With Damir

JELENA Dokic says her estranged father is wasting his time if he wants to fly uninvited to Melbourne to gatecrash her Australian Open welcome-home party. Damir reportedly is considering jetting

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Tennis: Jelena Dokic Into Quarter Finals At Australian Open

Jelena Dokic powered into the Australian Open quarter finals with a courageous fourth-round triumph. Australia's comeback queen continued her astonishing revival with an epic 7-5 5-7 8-6 victory over No

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Tennis: Roger Federer Through To Quarter Finals In Australia

THREE-time champion Roger Federer mounted one of the greatest comebacks of his career to claw back a two-set deficit to reach the Australian Open quarter-finals. No 20 seed Tomas Berdych

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Tennis: Andy Roddick Into Quarter Finals At Australian Open

American Andy Roddick was in ominous form as he downed Spaniard Tommy Robredo 7-5 6-1 6-3 to reach the Australian Open quarter-finals. After battling out a tight first set, Roddick

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Tennis: Dinara Safina Defeats Alize Cornet

Russian third seed Dinara Safina survived has two match points against France's Alize Cornet to claw her way through to the quarter-finals of the Australian Open. Safina won the clash

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Tennis: Bernard Tomic Heads Overseas

Australia's teenage sensation Bernard Tomic will move abroad in the next three months, as he begins life as a professional tennis player. The 16-year-old will base himself in the US

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Tennis: Jelena Dokic's Second Chance A winner For Everybody

Showing what sport is all about, Tennis Australia boss Craig Tiley recalled the moment Jelena Dokic swallowed her pride, setting in motion a chain of events that have led to

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Tennis: Juan Martin del Potro Defeats Marin Cilic

Juan Martin del Potro has secured the first of the men's quarter-final berths at the Australian Open. The eighth seed defeated Croatian 19th seed Marin Cilic 5-7 6-4 6-4 6-2

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Tennis: Marion Bartoli Defeats Jelena Jankovic

Top seed Jelena Jankovic has been knocked out in the fourth round of the Australian Open in straight sets by Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli. World No 1 Jankovic, a losing semi-finalist

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Tennis: Fernando Gonzalez Defeats Richard Gasquet

Fernando Gonzalez staged a magnificent fightback to beat Frenchman Richard Gasquet in a four-hour thriller 3-6 3-6 7-6 (12/10) 6-2 12-10 at the Australian Open. Looking down and out after

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Tennis: Rafael Nadal Defeats Tommy Haas

Spain's Rafael Nadal showed just why he is the world number one by demolishing German Tommy Haas 6-4 6-2 6-2 in the third round of the Australian Open. Haas played

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Tennis: Serena Williams Through To Fourth Round

Serena Williams made a less than convincing transition into the fourth round on Saturday when she defeated China's Peng Shuai 6-1 6-4, chasing her fourth championship. Despite the scoreline, the

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Tennis: Elena Dementieva Defeats Samantha Stosur

Fourth seeded Elena Dementieva, from Russia, survived an early scare to reach the Australian Open fourth round with a 7-6 (8/6) 6-4 win over unseeded hometown favourite Samantha Stosur. The

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Tennis: Andy Murray Defeats Jurgen Melzer

Scotland's Andy Murray produced some magical tennis as he hit his stride against Austria's Jurgen Melzer at the Australian Open. The fourth seed came up with every shot in the

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Tennis: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Gael Monfils Survive Third Round

Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga survived a third-set lapse to overcome Israeli qualifier Dudi Sela 6-4 6-2 1-6 6-1 and book his place in the Australian Open fourth round on Saturday. The

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Tennis: Roger Federer Defeats Marat Safin

World No 2, Swiss Roger Federer, turned on a vintage performance to outclass Russia's Marat Safin in straight sets at Rod Laver Arena on Friday night. Federer, chasing his fourth

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Tennis: Marcos Baghdatis, Andy Roddick Through To Fourth Round

Former Australian Open finalist and crowd favourite Marcos Baghdatis won through to the fourth round after a late-finishing, straight-sets win over No 23 seed Mardy Fish. The Cypriot, who stormed

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Tennis: Ethnic Violence Mars Australian Open

Ethnic violence again marred the Australian Open on Friday, when rival Serbian and Bosnian fans hurled chairs and missiles at each other, sparking condemnation from players and police. Some 30

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Tennis: Ana Ivanovic Out, Jelena Jankovic Through

Serbian Ana Ivanovic is out of the Australian Open after a three-set thriller, while compatriot and No 1 seed, Jelena Jankovic, advanced to the fourth round. Ivanovic's 7-5 6-7 (5-7

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Tennis: Jelena Dokic Wins Third Round

Jelena Dokic's Australian Open triumph continued, with a sparkling third-round win over Danish dynamo Caroline Wozniacki. Dokic, once again the darling of Australian tennis, lit up Rod Laver Arena with

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Tennis: Novak Djokovic, Juan Martin del Potro Into Fourth Round

Defending champion Novak Djokovic of Serbia has won his third round match at the Australian Open. The No 3 seed played well below his championship form of a year ago

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Tennis: Dinara Safina, Vera Zvonareva Into Fourth Round Of Australian Open

Dinara Safina, the No 3 seed from Russia, has muscled her way into the Australian Open fourth round with an impressive 6-2 6-2 win over Kaia Kanepi, from Estonia. Safina

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Tennis: Andy Murray Through To Third Round At Australian Open

ANDY Murray insisted he was still an Australian Open favourite after dominating Spain's Marcel Granollers to reach the third round on Thursday. The No 4 seed, whose first match was

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Tennis: Suarez Navarro Defeats Venus Williams At Australian Open

Venus Williams' Australian Open campaign came to a shock end on Thurday night, at the hands of unheralded Spanish baseliner Carla Suarez Navarro on Rod Laver Arena. Williams, the No

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Tennis: Damir Dokic Hoping To Reconcile With Daughter Jelena

Damir Dokic says he hasn't given up on reconciling with estranged daughter Jelena, and even believes he may one day coach Australia's tennis heroine again. Speaking from his home in

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Tennis: Jo-Wilfred Tsonga, Andy Murray Survive Day Four

Number five seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga survived a 195-minute marathon to down Croatian Ivan Ljubicic 6-7 (4-7) 7-6 (10-8) 7-6 (9-7) 6-2 in the second round of the Australian Open on

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Tennis: Australia's Samantha Stosur Wins Second Round

Steely-eyed Samantha Stosur set her sights on the world's hottest player after rolling to a straight-sets win over talented German Sabine Lisicki at the Australian Open third round on Thursday

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Tennis: Rafael Nadal Goes Into Third Round

On Thursday, number one seed Rafael Nadal rolled Roko Karanusic of Croatia 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 in the Australian Open's second round to stay on course for his first hardcourt Grand

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Tennis: Serena Williams, Elena Dementieva Make Third Round

Three-time champion Serena Williams was put through her paces before making the Australian Open third round, where she was joined by on-song No.4 seed Elena Dementieva. In hot and windy

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Tennis: Jelena Dokic Moves To Australian Open Third Round

Vintage Jelena Dokic evoked memories of her inspired grand slam runs with another brave and emotional Australian Open triumph on Wednesday night. The born-again Australian overcame an Achilles tendon injury

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Tennis: Chris Guccione Out Of Australian Open

Chris Guccione is out of the Australian Open after slumping to four-set second-round defeat to No 6 seed Gilles Simon. After making a strong start to take the first set

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Tennis: Jelena Dokic Has Been To Hell And Back

Jelena Dokic bared her heart on Monday, struggling with tears as she told of the anguish of being banished by her family and the depression that followed. "It was a

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Tennis: David Nalbandian Out Of Australian Open

David Nalbandian has suffered a shock defeat to unseeded Taiwanese player Yen-Hsun Lu to make his earliest Australian Open exit in seven years. Nalbandian, the No 10 seed, from Argentina

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Tennis: Marin Cilic Verbally Abused By Crowd

Young Croat Marin Cilic was verbally abused despite his opponent's appeal for his Serb fans to stop the taunts. Cilic had the last word in the "Battle of the Balkans

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Tennis: Mistake Putting Bernard Tomic On Centre Court

Fair enough putting the big names on centre court, but what were the organisers thinking, putting Bernard Tomic and Gilles Muller on centre court. Surely the pressure must have played

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Tennis: Marcos Baghdatis Through To Third Round

Crowd favourite Marcos Baghdatis' Australian Open campaign is gathering steam after he upset No 16 seed Robin Soderling in the second round on Wednesday night. The popular Cypriot, who made

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Tennis: Brydan Klein Exits Australian Open

Australian teenager Brydan Klein has made a straight sets exit in the second round of the Australian Open. The 19-year-old West Australian, ranked 249th in the world, was outclassed by

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Tennis: Ivanovic, Jankovic, Safina Into Third Round

Dinara Safina struggled, while Serbia's Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Jankovic also moved into the third round of the Australian Open with second-round victories at Melbourne Park. Safina, the No 3

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Tennis: Federer, Djokovic, Safin Into Round Three

Roger Federer dominated Russian qualifier Evgeny Korolev to set up a mouth-watering clash with Marat Safin at the Australian Open, while Novak Djokovic's title defence remains on track. Federer confirmed

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Tennis: Rafael Nadal Defeats Christophe Rochus

World No 1 Rafael Nadal sent out an ominous warning to his rivals when he blew Belgium's Christophe Rochus off court 6-0 6-2 6-2 in the first round of the

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Tennis: James Blake Defeats Frank Dancevic At Australian Open

American James Blake overcame unexpected resistance from Canadian qualifier Frank Dancevic to reach the Australian Open's second round on Tuesday. The world No 10 was broken in all three sets

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Tennis: Sam Stosur First Round Win

Australia's top-ranked player Samantha Stosur survived a mid-match slump to fight her way into the second round of the Australian Open. The 24-year-old Queenslander beat Czech Klara Zakopalova 7-6(7-5) 7-6

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Tennis: Williams Sisters On Semi-final Collision Course

Title favourites Serena and Venus Williams remain on a semi-final collision course after moving automatically into cruise control at the Australian Open on Tuesday. Second-seeded Serena released just enough power

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Tennis: Lleyton Hewitt Out Of Australian Open

Australian tennis, already at an all-time low, is set to plumb to pathetic levels unless Chris Guccione or 2007 Australian Open junior champion Brydan Klein can make an unlikely charge

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Tennis: Chris Guccione To Second Round Australian Open

Melbourne's Chris Guccione turned it around after four, barren years at the Australian Open with a first round victory that he is hoping will reignite his career. Guccione joins teenage

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Tennis: Serena Williams Cruises Into Second Round

Serena Williams moved automatically into cruise control on Tuesday, releasing just enough power to blast China's Yuan Meng in straight sets, and slip into the second round of the Australian

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Tennis: Elena Dementieva Through To Second Round Of Australian Open

In-form Russian Elena Dementieva has survived a two-hour battle to win through to the second round of the Australian Open. The No 4 seed took three sets to defeat German

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Tennis: Andy Murray Through To Second Round Of Australian Open

Fourth-seed Andy Murray is through to the second-round of the Australian Open after Andrei Pavel retired hurt midway through their first-round clash on Rod Laver Arena. Murray had been leading

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Tennis: Federer First-round Australian Open Win Over Andreas Seppi

Roger Federer took the first step towards equalling Pete Sampras' Grand Slam-winning record, beating off defiant Italian Andreas Seppi on Monday to march into the second round of the Australian

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Tennis: Casey Dellacqua Out In First Round Australian Open

Casey Dellacqua refused to blame her sore shoulder, or the added weight of expectation on it, for her first round exit at the Australian Open. West Australian Dellacqua was unable

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Tennis: Marat Safin Plays Last Australian Open

Melbourne Park favourite Marat Safin said he was hoping for one last great run at the Australian Open after storming into the second round. Above all, though, 28-year-old Safin was

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Tennis: Great Opening Day For Aussies At Australian Open

Bernard Tomic, Brydan Klein and Jelena Dokic got the Australian Open off to a flying start for the local contingent. Tomic lived up to all the pre-tournament hype, holding his

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Tennis: Defending Champion Novak Djokovic Makes Second Round

Defending champion, Novak Djokovic, admitted he was feeling extra pressure at the Australian Open after he overcame lapses in concentration to reach the second round. The Serbian world No.3 saw

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Tennis: Jelena Dokic Three-set Win Over Tamira Paszek

Jelena Dokic broke down in tears as she told of the emotional torment she has undergone in the decade since last winning a match at the Australian Open. Dokic was

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Tennis: Bernard Tomic To Second Round Of Australian Open

Bernard Tomic is ready to answer the SOS call from Australian tennis, after becoming the youngest male in professional history to win a match at the Australian Open. In a

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Tennis: David Ferrer To Second Round Of Australian Open

Spain's David Ferrer survived a marathon five-setter with German journeyman Denis Gremelmayr as he narrowly avoided a major upset in the Australian Open's first round. The 11th seed outlasted the

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Tennis: Ana Ivanovic Through To Second Round Of Australian Open

Former world No 1 Ana Ivanovic has battled her way through to the second round of the Australian Open. Last year's Open finalist, Ivanovic struggled in the early stages against

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Tennis: Andy Roddick Into Second Round Of Australian Open

For Andy Roddick, there's only one thing worse than being talked about, and that's not being talked about. The former world No.1 admitted he was desperate to “get back into

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Tennis: Lleyton Hewitt Says Australian Open Fine In January

Lleyton Hewitt is emphatic about when the Australian Open should be played. Hewitt rejected a proposal to push the Australian Open back into February to allow more time for players

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Tennis: Argentinian David Nalbandian Wins Sydney International

Argentine ironman David Nalbandian has underlined his Australian Open credentials with a typically dogged victory over Jarkko Nieminen in the Sydney International final. Nalbandian recovered from a second-set disappointment to

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Tennis: German Nicolas Kiefer Out Of Australian Open

GERMAN Nicolas Kiefer has withdrawn from the Australian Open with an ankle injury. The world #37 injured his left ankle during the recent Hopman Cup in Perth, and was hoping

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Tennis: Roger Federer Wins Australian Kooyong Classic

Roger Federer stormed to victory in the Kooyong Classic then declared himself in perfect shape to win his fourth Australian Open to equal the grand slam record. Federer dominated the

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Tennis: Hewitt Beats Montanes At Wimbledon

Australia’s Lleyton Hewitt has progressed to the third round at Wimbledon, after a commanding win over Spain’s Albert Montanes. Casey Dellacqua is the only other Australian to progress to the

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