Dinara Safina is the new tennis queen, without glamourMADRID - Dinara Safina made tennis history for herself and her family when she officially climbed to the world No.1 position in the women’s rankings Monday. Cabrera’s Masters win erases de Vicenzo’s unhappy memoriesAUGUSTA - As Angel Cabrera tapped in for glory at the Masters Sunday, the whole of Argentina will have celebrated the 39-year-old’s second Major triumph. Andy Murray now an alcohol-free zoneLONDON - England tennis star Andy Murray has revealed his strong dislike for alcohol. ‘I hate alcohol,’ Britain’s clean-hitting tennis player was quoted as saying in the Telegraph. ‘I’m not a fan of going out and getting smashed.’ It’s official; Scotland has the world’s oldest golf courseEDINBURGH - The Guinness Book of World Records has officially recognized the Old Golf Course at Musselburgh Links as the oldest in the world. Sania out of Dubai Tennis Championships singlesDUBAI - India’s Sania Mirza made a second round exit from Dubai Tennis Championships, going down in straight sets to World No. 24 Kaia Kanepi of Estonia here Tuesday. Williams faces challenge to hang onto new top rankingMELBOURNE - Serena Williams will have to decide if she has the interest or the staying power to defend her new No.1 ranking, achieved as she won a fourth Australian Open title at the weekend. Bhupathi and Sania win Australian Open mixed doubles titleMELBOURNE - Mahesh Bhupathi won his 11th Grand Slam title, the first with an Indian partner Sania Mirza when they beat Israel’s Andy Ram and Nathalie Dechy of France in the Australian Open final here Sunday. Bhupathi wins his 11th Grand Slam, first for Sania (Statistics)NEW DELHI - India’s Mahesh Bhupathi added an 11th title to his Grand Slam tally while Sania Mirza won her maiden Grand Slam as the duo won the Australian Open Mixed doubles Sunday. Bhupathi makes it a first all-India affair in mixed Grand SlamMELBOURNE - Mahesh Bhupathi, the first Indian to win a Grand Slam title, Sunday made it a first Indian mixed pair to win a major when he and Sania Mirza took the Australian Open title. Mahesh and Sania cap a memorable Australian OpenMELBOURNE - Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza capped a memorable Australian Open for India when the pair went on to win the mixed doubles title at the historic Rod Laver Arena on a hot and sultry day. Serena Williams rolls to victory in Australian OpenMELBOURNE - Serena Williams underlined her status as a major force in tennis, earning her tenth Grand Slam singles title in a decade with a 6-0, 6-3 over luckless Russian Dinara Safina in the Australian Open final Saturday. Sania-Bhupathi in mixed doubles, Yuki in boys finalMELBOURNE - It turned out to be India’s day in the Australian Open Friday as Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza entered the mixed doubles final for the second successive year, while Yuki Bhambri breezed into the boys final. Sania excels to help Bhupathi enter second finalMELBOURNE - India’s Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza shrugged off an indifferent start while outplaying Czech pair Lukas Dlouhy and Iveta Benesova 6-4, 6-1 to enter the mixed doubles final at the Australian Open for the second successive year here Friday. Rafter questions Djokovic’s desire in retirement wakeMELBOURNE - Former tennis great Patrick Rafter has voiced his doubts about the desire of deposed Australian Open winner Novak Djokovic after the Serb’s retirement during his quarter-final with Andy Roddick. Sania, Bhupathi, Paes on a winning run in Australian OpenMELBOURNE - India’s Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi powered into Australian Open mixed doubles quarterfinals with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Australian pair Anastasia Rodionova and Stephen Huss. Impressive Nadal mows down HaasMELBOURNE - Rafael Nadal maintained momentum in his chase for a career-first Australian Open tennis title, hammering Tommy Haas 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 to power into the fourth round here Saturday. Federer needs a fight to pass first round(Australian Open round-up)MELBOURNE - Swiss champion Roger Federer clawed into the second round of the Australian Open Monday night with a demanding 2009 Grand Slam opening win over Italy’s Andreas Seppi 6-1, 7-6 (7-4), 7-5. Australian Open has history of surprisesMELBOURNE - Australian Open has the reputation of throwing surprise champions who then fade into oblivion. Federer in Kooyong Classic tennis finalMELBOURNE - Swiss star and World No. 2 Roger Federer overcame a stiff resistance from Spaniard Fernando Verdasco to scrape through the final of the Kooyong Classic. Tsonga stamps his comeback authority on NiemimenBRISBANE - Australian Open finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga recovered from a horror start to impose his game on fighting Finn Jarkko Nieminen for a 0-6, 7-6 (7-1), 7-6 (7-5) win into the quarter-finals of the Brisbane International Wednesday. |
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