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Australian Open finalist Jo-Wilfried has hit an injury crisis with four days to go before the start of the tournament at Melbourne Park as a bad back forced him to withdraw ahead a match in Sydney on Thursday.
The pullout at the Medibank International sent Finn Jarkko Nieminen into the semi-finals, his first of the season and third...
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Jelena Jankovic stayed ahead of the WTA tennis rankings issued on Monday.
The leading 10 remained unchanged, with Serena Williams of the United States in second place continuing to hold off Russians Dinara Safina and Elena Dementieva. WTA top 10 as of January 12 (previous ranking in parenthesis): "#"
1. (1) Jelena...
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Novak Djokovic's upcoming defence of his Australian Open title was plunged into chaos on Tuesday as the Serb crashed out 6-4, 6-4 in his opening match at the Brisbane International.
The world number two was upset in his first match of the season and now has no chance this week of gaining ranking ground on Roger Federer competing in...
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Melbourne, (dpa) - Lindsay Davenport will keep her tennis career alive at age 32 after entering the 2009 Australian Open, organisers announced on Thursday,
The Californian had been on the fence about her future in recent months, last playing at the US Open and losing early.
But after pondering her situation with her husband over...
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Melbourne (dpa) - Jelena Dokic has again arrived in Australia determined to rescue her tennis, but this time bearing a conciliatory message to her adopted country.
The Serbia-born player, whose career has been a roller-coaster of success and dismal disappointment, has rolled back her harsh comments of a year ago, when the 25-year-old...
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Roger Federer will play only two tune-up events on clay in 2009, ahead of the only Grand Slam he has never won, the French Open.
The former world number one Federer said on his website that he will play at the Madrid and Rome 1000 Series (formerly Masters Series) events ahead of the May 24 French Open start in Paris.
Switzerland's...
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The triumph of two Serbs at the Shanghai Masters over the weekend, two players on top of global rankings and another two with the throne in sight at the close of the tennis season drove Belgrade newspapers deeper into euphoria on Monday.
"Shanghai fairy tale," "Serbia's pride," "Serbian Shanghai," and...
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Rafael Nadal of Spain tops the men's final tennis rankings of the year released Monday, while Serb Novak Djokovic moves closer to number two Roger Federer of Switzerland.
Djokovic, who won the Masters Cup title in Shanghai at the weekend, has now climbed to within just 10 points of Federer.
ATP top 10 as of November 17 (previous...
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Rafael Nadal tops the men's tennis rankings issued on Monday and is also assured of first place in next week's final standings despite his injury-related absence from the season-ender in Shanghai.
Spain's Nadal leads an unchanged top 10 with 6,675 points from former top man Roger Federer of Switzerland (5,205) and Serb Novak Djokovic...
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Venus Williams' title at the WTA Championships on Sunday marked the end of a turbulent year in women's tennis which saw six changes at the number one position after Justine Henin's retirement.
The Belgian Henin was tipped to dominate 2008 after an amazing unbeaten second half of 2007, but her win streak came to an end at the...
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