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Djokovic crashes in Rome Masters

Bad day: Novak Djokovic.

World number one Novak Djokovic crashed to defeat at the Rome Masters at the hands of big-serving Tomas Berdych on Friday while Maria Sharapova withdrew from the women's event through illness.

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Sore Murray likely to miss French Open

Andy Murray

Rome Scot walks off the court after second set in second-round Italian Open match.

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Nadal survives Gulbis test at Rome Masters

Rafael Nadal

Defending champion Rafael Nadal endured a three-set thriller before overcoming big-hitting Latvian qualifier Ernests Gulbis 1-6 7-5 6-4 on Thursday to reach the Rome Masters quarter-finals.

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Tomic's ciao to Italian Open

Bernard Tomic in action against Radek Stepanek last week.

Rome Withdrawal comes just days after his father and coach was barred from tournaments.

Tomic through to second round in Barcelona

Bernard Tomic

Barcelona Australian starts Barcelona Open clay-court campaign with a hard-fought three-set victory.

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Tomic and Ferrer toppled in Barcelona

Argentine Juan Monaco has bundled Australian Bernard Tomic out of the Barcelona Open, while Russia's Dmitry Tursunov knocked out top seed David Ferrer.

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Rain keeps Nadal waiting in Barcelona

Rafael Nadal

Spanish seed Nicolas Almagro reached the quarter-finals of the ATP Tour's Barcelona Open on Thursday before rain wrecked more than half of the third-round program.

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Tomic loses Monte Carlo opener

Bernard Tomic

Bernard Tomic's European claycourt season is off to the worst possible start, with the Australian losing 6-2 6-4 to Alexandr Dolgopolov in the first round of the Monte Carlo Masters.

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Murray beats Ferrer to win Miami Masters

Andy Murray plays a forehand during the final.

Miami British second seed gets his 26th career title and second for the year.

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Hewitt and Stosur win at Indian Wells

Lleyton Hewitt celebrates his win.

Lleyton Hewitt scored an impressive three-set win over world No.15 John Isner while Samantha Stosur beat Madison Keys in two sets.

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Davydenko wins in his farewell year

Dubai Bernard Tomic retired with a "general illness" after only five games against Romania's Victor Hanescu at the Dubai Open, as Russian Nikolay Davydenko brought comedy and an upset to the seedings as he...

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Czechs win longest match in Davis Cup history

Stanislas Wawrinka.

Dave James The Czech Republic's Tomas Berdych and Lukas Rosol on Saturday beat Stanislas Wawrinka and Marco Chiudinelli of Switzerland in the longest ever Davis Cup rubber, a clash which took 7 hours and two...

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Berdych clinches Davis Cup tie for Czechs

Tomas Berdych.

Dave James Tomas Berdych defeated Stanislas Wawrinka in a battle of Davis Cup marathon men on Sunday as defending champions Czech Republic reached the quarter-finals.

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Ferrer, Berdych reach Open third round

David Ferrer.

Roger Vaughan Two of the biggest threats to defending champion Novak Djokovic are through to the third round at the Australian Open.

Live tennis commentary: 2013 Australian Open - day three

Live tennis.

Scott Spits Real-time coverage of the third day of the first grand slam event of 2013 - the two-week Australian Open tournament at Melbourne Park. Second round singles matches get underway today.

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Sharapova's renaissance gaining momentum

Australian Open Tennis Day 5 , Maria Sharapova during her victory over Venus Williams on Rod Laver Arena tonight
Photo Pat Scala The Age
Friday the 18th of January 2013

Michael Gleeson Career comeback given credibilty with last night's merciless downing of the veteran Venus.

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Djokovic to take easy way to final

Nice draw: Novak Djokovic should sail into the final.

Jake Niall Serb should end up playing David Ferrer for a place in final, according to seedings.

No middle ground as Open inevitably hits annual flat spot

Richard Hinds dinkus

Richard Hinds The middle Sunday at the Australian Open is, traditionally, flatter than Geoff Boycott's vowels. It is the day after the Great Australian Hope has been eliminated in a heavily promoted...

Live tennis commentary: 2013 Australian Open, day eight

Live: Australian Open 2013.

Scott Spits Another big day of tennis ahead at the Australian Open, beginning with Caroline Wozniacki and Svetlana Kuznestova on Centre Court and culminating in a big night on Rod Laver Arena as Serena Williams...

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Live Tennis Commentary: 2013 Australian Open - Day Five

Will Brodie A huge crowd pours into Melbourne Park as the world's best players try to negotiate the second round of 2013's first grand slam tournament.

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