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Tough draw for Federer at Tour finals

Sports | Tennis
2009-11-19

WORLD No. 1 Roger Federer will face his US Open conqueror Juan Martin del Potro in the round-robin stage of the ATP Tour finals after getting the rough end of yesterday's draw for the season finale. The Swiss,...

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Reports: Injured Roddick out of World Tour finals

Sports | Tennis
2009-11-18

ANDY Roddick has reportedly lost his battle to be fit for the ATP World Tour finals. Roddick, ranked No. 6, has withdrawn from the eight-man end of season tournament which begins in London on Sunday, The Times...

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Nadal leads Spain in Davis Cup against Czechs

Sports | Tennis
2009-11-17

RAFAEL Nadal will lead defending champion Spain in next month's Davis Cup final against the Czech Republic. The second-ranked Spaniard returns to the team for the first time since winning both singles matches...

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Suspended stars plan legal action against WADA

Sports | Tennis
2009-11-17

SUSPENDED Belgian players Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse are launching appeals with European authorities that will question the legality of the whereabout rules of the World Anti-Doping Agency. The cases come...

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Djokovic breaks local hearts with Paris title

Sports | Tennis
2009-11-17

SERBIA'S Novak Djokovic shrugged off a brave challenge from crowd favorite Gael Monfils to claim the Paris Masters title with a 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 win on Sunday. World No. 3 Djokovic, who had outclassed Rafael Nadal...

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Djokovic batters Nadal to reach final

Sports | Tennis
2009-11-15

SERBIA'S Novak Djokovic extended a brilliant run of form by outclassing world No. 2 Rafael Nadal 6-2, 6-3 to advance to the Paris Masters final yesterday. World No. 3 Djokovic, who beat world No. 1 Roger Federer...

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Defiant Agassi has no regrets about tell-all book

Sports | Tennis
2009-11-14

ANDRE Agassi said he has no regrets about baring his life in his recently published memoirs and his use of crystal meth despite criticism from the tennis community, adding that his wife Steffi Graf was proud of him....

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Djokovic wins to end Soderling's final hopes

Sports | Tennis
2009-11-14

NOVAK Djokovic ruined Robin Soderling's hopes of making the World Tour Finals by edging past the Swede 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 to reach the Paris Masters semifinals yesterday. World No. 3 Djokovic, playing in the quarterfinals...

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Murray loses to Stepanek at Paris Masters

Sports | Tennis
2009-11-13

A tired Andy Murray lost to Radek Stepanek 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 while a sluggish Rafael Nadal survived another three-setter in the third round of the Paris Masters yesterday. Nadal overcame fellow Spaniard Tommy Robredo...

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Soderling ousts Davydenko, Federer departs early

Sports | Tennis
2009-11-13

SWEDE Robin Soderling kept alive his slim hopes of making the World Tour Finals in London by beating Russia's Nikolay Davydenko 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 in the third round of the Paris Masters yesterday. World No. 7 Davydenko,...

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Error-prone Federer makes early Paris exit

Sports | Tennis
2009-11-12

WORLD number one Roger Federer slumped to a surprise 3-6 7-6 6-4 defeat by unheralded Frenchman Julien Benneteau in the second round of the Paris Masters yesterday. Top seed Federer, who had a first-round bye,...

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Safin ends career after Paris loss

Sports | Tennis
2009-11-12

FORMER No. 1 Marat Safin ended his career in style yesterday after losing to Juan Martin del Potro 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 in the second round of the Paris Masters. The 29-year-old Safin, a two-time grand slam title winner,...

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Safin says Agassi should return the millions he made in prize money

Sports | Tennis
2009-11-11

MARAT Safin has suggested a way out to help Andre Agassi clear his conscience after his admission that he lied about using drugs - hand back the millions of dollars he made in prize money. Safin also said Agassi...

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Davydenko packs off Becker in Paris

Sports | Tennis
2009-11-11

SIXTH-SEEDED Nikolay Davydenko of Russia moved closer to qualifying for next month's eight-man ATP World Tour Finals by beating Benjamin Becker of Germany 6-2, 6-1 yesterday in the second round of the Paris Masters. ...

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Djokovic denies Federer at home

Sports | Tennis
2009-11-10

WORLD No. 1 Roger Federer missed out on a fourth successive Swiss Indoors title when he lost to third-ranked Novak Djokovic in the final of his hometown tournament in Basel on Sunday. The Serbian won 6-4, 4-6,...