Prize money rise on offer for Australian Open players
Melbourne - Money doesn't seem to be in short supply for the 2010 Australian Open as officials Tuesday joined the other free-spending Grand Slams to hand a healthy prize-money rise to players. On offer is a record equivalent of 21 million dollars, an...
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Del Potro dropped by French qualifier in Tokyo
Tokyo - Jet-lagged top seed Juan Del Potro was brought back to earth 6-4, 6-4 Tuesday as unheralded Frenchman Edouard Roger-Vasselin bounced the US Open champion out in the first round of the Japan Open. The listless Del Potro, ranked fifth and playi...
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Top seed Davydenko leads the way in Malaysia - Summary
Kuala Lumpur - Top seed Nikolay Davydenko streaked to his 40th win of the season at the expense of Frenchman Gael Monfils 6-3, 6-3 Friday to move into the semi-finals of the Malaysian Open. The Russian, who owns two clay titles in 2009, will face off...
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Winning Williams awaits her fate as US Open probe continues
Beijing - Serena Williams kept her cool as she kept up the pressure on WTA number one Dinara Safina, with both of the top pair of seeds rolling into the second round of the China Open Sunday. Russia's Safina, who holds the number one ranking spot, ha...
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Soderling marks career top 10 start with Stockholm win - Summary
Stockholm - Swede Robin Soderling took victory in his first career start as a top 10 player Wednesday, leading German second seed Tommy Haas into the second round of the Stockholm Open. New number 10 Soderling, the 17th Swede to reach an elite ATP ra...
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Del Potro dropped by French qualifier in Tokyo - Summary
Tokyo - Jet-lagged top seed Juan Del Potro was brought back to earth 6-4, 6-4 Tuesday as unheralded Frenchman Edouard Roger-Vasselin bounced the US Open champion out in the first round of the Japan Open. The listless Del Potro, ranked fifth and playi...
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Haas heats up in Stockholm with 17-ace winning performance
Stockholm - German Tommy Haas tested his recent Shanghai shoulder niggle with resounding success Wednesday, opening his account at the Stockholm Open with 17 aces on the way to a 6-3, 6-4 defeat of Frenchman Florent Serra. The 31-year-old Haas showed...
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Henin, Nalbandian to make tennis returns in January
Melbourne - Justine Henin will make her return to tennis while David Nalbandian will test his form after hip surgery at the start of the year in preparation for the Australian Open. Former number one Henin has confirmed that she will headline on the ...
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Grounded swimmers rip into Masters Games organizers in Australia
Sydney - Ocean swimmers ripped into World Masters Games organizers Saturday after the 3-kilometre open water event in Sydney Harbour was cancelled moments before the gun was to fire. Everybody was numbered up, capped up, told to warm up and then nex...
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Haas withdraws before Stockholm match with influenza
Stockholm - German Tommy Haas withdrew for the second straight week from an ATP event, pulling out before his Stockholm Open second round against Finn Jarkko Nieminen Thursday. Haas, seeded second, cited influenza as the reason for failing to take th...
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Student protests spread across Austria - Summary
Vienna - Thousands of student demonstrated in Vienna and other Austrian towns Wednesday, calling for better conditions at their universities. Protesters at Vienna University issued an open letter to the government, calling for free access to higher e...
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German youth claims he was solo killer family of four
Ulm, Germany - An accused youth admitted Wednesday to shooting dead four members of a fellow schoolboy's family, asserting to a court in Ulm, Germany that he had been the sole killer. He said he had been requested to open fire on them by his friend...
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Safin survives as Santoro sinks in Bangkok - Summary
Bangkok - Marat Safin prolonged his November retirement from tennis as Frenchman Fabrice Santoro moved a step closer to the end with a first-round loss to Russian Evgeny Korolev 4-6, 7-6 (9-7) at the Thailand Open Tuesday. Former number one Russian S...
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Hewitt toppled in first round by Johansson
Kuala Lumpur - Swede Joachim Johansson showed he is serious about a comeback to tennis from long-running elbow problems as he toppled former number one Lleyton Hewitt in the opening round of the Malaysian Open 7-6 (9-7), 6-3 Tuesday. The match-up lef...
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Bellucci blasts Johansson for Stockholm semi-final spot
Stockholm - Tomaz Bellucci of Brazil reached his second semi-final in three months Friday with a huge serving performance to defeat Swede Joachim Johansson 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 at the Stockholm Open. Bellucci, 21, the August winner in Gstaad on clay, raine...
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Williams collapses under desert pressure in Doha - 2nd Update
Doha, Qatar - Holder Venus Williams choked while serving for a straight-set victory to open the door for Russian Elena Dementieva's 3-6, 7-6 (8-6), 6-2 victory Tuesday on the opening day at the Sony-Ericsson Championships. The Maroon group round-robi...
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US to open dialogue with Myanmar
Washington - The United States plans to open dialogue with Myanmar in the near future but will not lift sanctions until the military regime takes concrete steps toward reform, a senior US diplomat said Monday. Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Camp...
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Querrey cuts arm in accident in Thailand
Bangkok - US player Sam Querrey will miss the rest of the ATP season after crashing through a glass table that he tried to sit on at the Thailand Open. Officials said the 25-year-old third seed would be immediately heading home to California as a res...
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