Gael Monfils

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Scorching-hot Murray too classy for Sousa

Andy Murray

John Salvado The Scottish star defied the brutal heat to cruise into the third round of the Australian Open.

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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.

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Murray cruises into Open quarter-finals

Australian Open 2013 Tennis Day 8Melbourne.Andy Murray during his match against Gilles Simon on Hisense Arena today.21st January 2013Picture Wayne Taylor.

Guy Hand Third seed Andy Murray has breezed into the Australian Open quarter-finals with a comfortable straight sets win over Frenchman Gilles Simon.

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Monfils back with new ATP hopes

Doha Gael Monfils, the flying Frenchman with the flamboyant style and maverick theatrical tendencies, makes a comeback at the Qatar Open in Doha on Tuesday which could hint at whether he still has the...

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Davydenko storms into Qatar semi-final

Doha Nikolay Davydenko stormed into the Qatar Open semi-finals on Thursday with an express train performance which gave him a chance of earning a first final for 20 months.

Seeded Stosur in company of one

APIA International Sydney tennis centre Sydney Olympic Park.
Sam Stosur Australia vs Jie Zheng of China 
Photography Brendan Esposito
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Linda Pearce BERNARD TOMIC'S regression last year will leave the world's No.9 Samantha Stosur as the only seeded Australian for a second consecutive grand slam.

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Aussie Jones continues giantkilling run

Greg Jones.

Auckland Australian tennis player Greg Jones has continued his giantkilling run at the Auckland Open, knocking out sixth seed Jurgen Melzer of Austria.

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Tomic powers on to quarter-finals

Bernard Tomic.

Darren Walton, Sydney In-form Australian gains sweet revenge over German nemesis Florian Mayer.

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Australian Open men's draw

Bernard Tomic

Men's singles draw for the Australian Open tennis championships which begin in Melbourne on Monday (prefix denotes seeding):

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Ruthless Radwanska at top for Open title tilt

Agnieszka Radwanska

POLAND'S Agnieszka Radwanska claimed back-to-back WTA titles in spectacular style with a 6-0, 6-0 demolition of Slovakian Dominika Cibulkova at the Sydney International on Friday night.

Tsonga and Tomic head Sydney field

Darren Walton Sydney International tennis organisers are spruiking their strongest men's line-up in years, one headed by flamboyant Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Australian No.1 Bernard Tomic.

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Tomic needs a 'new plan'

Australian teenager Bernard Tomic attends a press conference after his 6-4, 6-0 defeat against Germany's Florian Mayer at the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament in Shanghai, on October 9, 2012. Tomic admitted on October 9 he had given only

Darren Walton Former Australian Davis Cup coach Roger Rasheed says Bernard Tomic needs a heart-to-heart with his father to nut out just what he wants from tennis.

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Take a break, Tomic urged

Bernard Tomic

Linda Pearce Amid social media wisecracks about 'Tomic the Tank Engine', came some sound advice.

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No tonic for Tomic

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Linda Pearce, Istanbul Roger Rasheed, the coach recently endorsed by fellow South Australian Darren Cahill as the ideal fit for struggling Bernard Tomic, has accepted what can only be regarded as an easier option: a job...

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Stosur struggles, turns sights to rest and revival

Shaking on it: Maria Sharapova and Sam Stosur in Istanbul.

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

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Karlovic too much for Matosevic

Bangkok Ivo Karlovic has dumped Australian Marinko Matosevic out of the Thailand Open.

Murray sets sights on No. 1

Andy Murray.

With the gorilla off his back after downing Novak Djokovic to win the US Open and his place in tennis' ''big four'' secure, Andy Murray has fixed his sights on becoming world No. 1.

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Tomic to set focus on grass

Bernard Tomic

Darren Walton, Paris Bernard Tomic is happy to leave the red dirt of Paris behind for greener pastures in England.

Knee injury forces Monfils out of Wimbledon

Organisers say 15th-ranked Gael Monfils of France has withdrawn from Wimbledon due to a knee injury.

It's Nice and easy for Tomic

Kazakhstan's Mikhail Kukushkin stands between Bernard Tomic and a rigorous pre-French Open test against Frenchman Gael Monfils in Nice.