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Wildcard pair know what Italians bring to final

Linda Pearce CASEY DELLACQUA and Ashleigh Barty insist they have not thought too much about the loot that would come with a second career grand slam title for 28-year-old Dellacqua and a first at senior level for...

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Australian wildcard duo storm finals

Linda Pearce Dellacqua and Barty have not thought too much about loot that would come with grand slam title.

I'm obviously a very good player, I've just got to let it happen

Linda Pearce This is not another story about Samantha Stosur's miserable start to summer, or her performance anxiety at home, or her failure to reach a quarter-final at Melbourne Park.

Home fans wait for Stosur to get on a roll and roar

Linda Pearce Australia's US Open winner is yet to bring her best game to Melbourne.

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Stosur on stand-by duty in Istanbul

Linda Pearce While Sam Stosur's dip from world No. 6 to the outer reaches of the top 10 in the past 12 months has cost her a place in this week's year-end WTA Championships, the Australian has a final prizemoney...

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Tennis superstars undecided on the year's best player

Linda Pearce This week's $4.9 million WTA Championships could help decide who is the women's player-of-the-year.

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Tearful Kvitova felled by unforced errors

Linda Pearce, Istanbul Petra Kvitova made an anxious, erratic and eventually tearful start to the defence of her WTA Championship title this morning, beaten 6-3, 6-2 by fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska in an opening session...

Stars say drug-testing is stringent in tennis

Linda Pearce, Istanbul Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova approve of the exacting drug-testing procedures in tennis.

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Stars learn to deal with drug tests

Linda Pearce 'People show up at my house at five in the morning trying to test me' says Serena Williams.

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Virus forces Kvitova to withdraw

Linda Pearce, Istanbul What Petra Kvitova thought was a bad case of opening-night nerves has been diagnosed as a viral illness.

Women's tennis the winner in epic match

Linda Pearce This was a women's match-of-the-year candidate, just when one was needed. A marvellous three-set, three-hour exhibition at the WTA Championships, in which top seed Victoria Azarenka saved two match...

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Sam Stosur beaten soundly in Istanbul

Linda Pearce, Istanbul Sam Stosur was a late starter at the WTA Championships, called-up only after illness forced the withdrawal of defending champion Petra Kvitova.

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Radwanska triumphs in record-breaking WTA match

Linda Pearce, Istanbul The longest best-of-three-set match in WTA Championships history has won Agnieszka Radwanska a semi-final place in the $4.9 million year-end tournament for the first time.

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Lifeless Stosur shanks her way to sorry season's end

Linda Pearce ISTANBUL: Samantha Stosur's self-assessment is 7/10 for a season she completed with a 0-2 record at the year-end WTA Championships. The weary world No.

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Stosur struggles, turns sights to rest and revival

Linda Pearce, Istanbul Sam Stosur's self-assessment is ''seven out of 10'' for the season she has completed.

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Win sees Stosur through to second round

Linda Pearce, London Sam Stosur's impressive 6-1, 6-3 defeat of Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro last night earned her a place in the second round for the first time in three years.

Australia all out as Stosur's hoodoo strikes

Linda Pearce LONDON: Australia's bleak Wimbledon took another inglorious turn last night, when Sam Stosur's 6-2, 0-6, 6-4 loss to Dutch left-hander Arantxa Rus left the once-powerful tennis nation without a...

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New low as slack Stosur crashes out

Linda Pearce, London Sam Stosur crashes out of Wimbledon leaving Australia without a singles representative in the third round of a grand slam for the first time in the Open era.

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Serena sneaks into quarters

Linda Pearce, London Serena Williams reaches Wimbledon quarter-finals for the fifth time in six years.