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/ 27 January 2009
Novak Djokovic’s hopes for a second straight Australian Open title ended under a broiling sun on Tuesday.
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/ 27 January 2009
Australia’s brutal January weather claimed another victim on Tuesday when Novak Djokovic quit midway through his clash against Andy Roddick.
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/ 23 January 2009
Swiss second seed Roger Federer demolished old rival Marat Safin in fearsome style at the Australian Open on Friday.
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/ 23 January 2009
Violence boiled over at the Australian Open on Friday when Serbian and Bosnian fans fought after the match between Novak Djokovic and Amer Delic.
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/ 21 January 2009
World number one Jelena Jankovic and men’s defending champion Novak Djokovic showed glimpses of their best form at the Australian Open on Wednesday.
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/ 19 January 2009
Roger Federer made heavy weather of little-known Andreas Seppi at the Australian Open Monday before joining Jelena Jankovic in the second round.
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/ 7 September 2008
Forgive Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic if this US Open is one grand-slam event he would like to forget.
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/ 5 September 2008
Novak Djokovic and Andy Roddick put in a show-stopping performance at the US Open on Thursday night but only the fired up Serbian was left standing.
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/ 3 September 2008
The iron will of Roger Federer and the burning desire of Novak Djokovic carried them into the quarterfinals of the US Open on Tuesday.
Novak Djokovic claimed Serbia’s first-ever Olympic tennis medal on Saturday while the giant-killing run of China’s Li Na came shuddering to a halt.
With Wimbledon’s dust settled, Steve Bierley asks: Who’s number one now?
Former world number one Marat Safin sent third seed Novak Djokovic crashing out of Wimbledon on Wednesday.
Spaniard Rafael Nadal withstood a late fightback by Novak Djokovic to beat the world number three 6-4 6-2 7-6 at the French Open on Friday.
Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic will square up in a French Open heavyweight clash on Friday determined to ignore the history-tinged implications of their mouth-watering contest.
Rafael Nadal’s ruthless pursuit of an historic fourth straight French Open title is likely to deliver another, possibly fatal blow to Roger Federer’s lingering dream of an elusive Roland Garros crown. The Spaniard boasts a perfect record of three titles and 21 wins in 21 matches since his debut in Paris in 2005.
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/ 10 February 2008
Defending champions America and France, two of the most successful countries in Davis Cup history, will clash in this year’s quarterfinals after cruising through their World Group first-round ties. The United States, the 31-time champions, saw off Austria 3-0 while nine-time winners France also opened up a 3-0 lead over Romania.
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/ 25 January 2008
Wimbledon crowds could learn a lot from the Australian Open. Like the British, the Australians have no players to speak of, so they do the next best thing and adopt a few for the purposes of the fortnight. They fell in love with Martina Hingis. Then it was Kimmy Clijsters, the Belgian obliging by getting engaged to Lleyton Hewitt. Now it’s Aussie Ana.
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/ 17 January 2008
Roger Federer’s sleight of hand proved too bamboozling for court magician Fabrice Santoro as Melbourne Park was treated to a masterclass on Thursday. Svetlana Kuznetsova, Venus Williams, Novak Djokovic, David Ferrer and Lleyton Hewitt also reached the Australian Open third round but none could match the mastery of Swiss top seed Federer.
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/ 9 November 2007
Rafael Nadal hit the practice court with 48 hours to go before his start at the year-end Masters Cup in Shanghai, determined to fulfil the goal of ending this season on a high note. Nadal, losing finalist last weekend in the Paris final to David Nalbandian, said he wants to put a winning stamp on this season.
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/ 4 September 2007
Justine Henin and Serena Williams will square up in a battle of former champions at the US Open on Tuesday, while Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic headline the action in the men’s event. ”I’m going in feeling like I don’t have anything to lose,” said eighth seed Williams, who won her eighth grand slam title at the Australian Open in January.