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September 11, 2011    3:28pm Serena Williams suffered another temper meltdown at the U.S. Open and then a momentous loss Sunday in the women’s final of the U.S. Open. Ninth-seeded Samantha Stosur of Australia won her first major championship with a 6-2, 6-3 win over 28th-seeded Williams on Sunday on Arthur Ashe Stadium. If the seedings [...]

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07/2/11 10:41 AM ET Petra Kvitova fought her way to an impressive two set win against the 2004 Wimbledon champion, Maria Sharapova. The 21-year-old Czech overpowered the 3-time grandslam champion Sharapova, despite the fact that the Russian hadn’t given up a set until today. This is Kvitova’s first grand slam win. Kvitova’s 6-3, 6-4 victory [...]

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June 27th, 2011  11:56 AM ET [Updated at 11:56 a.m. ET] Less than two hours after her sister went down in straight sets at Wimbledon, Venus Williams suffered the same fate. Bulgaria’s Tsvetana Pironkova, the tournament’s No. 32 seed, beat the No. 23-seed Williams 6-2, 6-3 in the fourth-round match. [Posted at 10:34 a.m. ET] [...]

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Fri Jun 24 11:16am EDT Chair umpire Graeme Jones was mangling the name of German tennis player Julia Goerges at Wimbledon on Thursday, mispronouncing her name in various ways but especially in saying her last name as “gorgeous.” It’s a joke Goerges has heard many times before. “Julia Gorgeous” they call her, partially because she’s [...]

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June 23, 2011, 3:35 pm One month ago, Sabine Lisicki cried in pain and anguish as she was taken off the court on a stretcher at Roland Garros. She had lost a close three setter to Vera Zvonereva, 7-5 in the third, succumbing to cramps and fatigue after having a match point. Today, Lisicki wept [...]

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June 20th, 2011 Novak Djokovic faced a surprise grilling from Caroline Wozniacki on Saturday as  the women’s world No.1 gatecrashed his pre-Wimbledon media conference. Djokovic  was at a press conference before the start of the grass-court grand slam on  Monday when fun-loving Wozniacki took a seat in the interview room and began to  fire light-hearted [...]

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Fri Jun 17 11:54am EDT Not only is American tennis player Bethanie Mattek-Sands ahead of Venus Williams in the WTA rankings, she’s also managed to surpass the elder Williams sister in terms of outrageous outfits. The 31st-ranked Mattek-Sands turned heads at Thursday night’s Wimbledon player’s party in a dress designed by Lady Gaga’s designer, Alex [...]

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March 2nd, 2011 9:24 AM Tennis champion Serena Williams has been hospitalized in L.A. with a pulmonary embolism, a blood clot in the lungs. She suffered the health scare Monday. Williams looked stunning at Sunday’s Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party just hours before the unexpected condition surfaced. Serena had been spotted at [...]

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11:20 GMT, Sunday, 30 January 2011 Novak Djokovic outplayed Andy Murray to win the Australian Open for the second time and end the Briton’s hopes of a first Grand Slam title. The 23-year-old Serbian won 6-4 6-2 6-3 in a stiflingly hot Melbourne to regain the title he first won in 2008 and condemn Murray [...]

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Tennis:  Murray into semis “I came through a few tough moments at the start of the match but I thought I found the right tactics to win, I played really well tonight.” Murray’s victory sets-up a semifinal clash with Croatian Marin Cilic, who underlined his growing reputation by hitting 20 aces and 63 winners to [...]

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