Marion Bartoli

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Hurt Djokovic stunned by Bulgarian

World No.1 Novak Djokovic was stunned by 21-year-old Grigor Dimitrov in the second round of the Madrid Masters on Tuesday as he was beaten 7-6 (8-6) 6-7 (8-10) 6-3 in just over three hours of...

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Matosevic out, Stosur wins

Samantha Stosur

Indian Wells, California Marinko Matosevic misses out on clash with Novak Djokovic but Samantha Stosur rolls on.

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Stosur through in Dubai Open

Samantha Stosur.

Samantha Stosur has progressed through to the second round of the Dubai Open along with the other seeds in action on Tuesday, but an injured Victoria Azarenka has been forced to pull out of the...

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Serena out, Stosur advances in Dubai

Michael Casey Defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska and Australia's Samantha Stosur led a parade of top seeds into the Dubai Open quarter-finals on a Wednesday overshadowed by the abrupt withdrawal of Serena...

Live Tennis Commentary: 2013 Australian Open - Day Five

Live: Australian Open 2013.

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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Djokovic targets grand slam

Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic believes he can become only the third man in history to hold all four majors at the same time in 2013 having come so agonisingly close last year.

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China's Li into Shenzhen WTA semis

Beijing Chinese tennis star Li Na set up an all-Chinese semi-final in the Shenzhen Open on Thursday with a straight-sets victory over Serbian Bojana Jovanovski, while French player Marion Bartoli crashed out.

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Australian Open women's draw

Victoria Azarenka

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

Stosur on stand-by duty in Istanbul

Samantha Stosur.

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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Nemesis Sharapova looms for Stosur

Samantha Stosur

Tokyo Samantha Stosur faces the unenviable task of having to beat Maria Sharapova to advance to the semi-finals of the Pan Pacific Open.

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Stosur prepares for nemesis Azarenka

New York History is against her but Samantha Stosur has never been better equipped to stop the rot against world No.1 Victoria Azarenka and progress to the US Open semi-finals.

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Stosur's US Open title defence over after Azarenka defeat

Stosur

Samantha Stosur's US Open title defence is over after the Australian suffered a heartbreaking three-set loss to world No.1 Victoria Azarenka in a high-octane quarter-final at Flushing Meadows.

Sharapova seeks Australian Open revenge

Darren Walton Maria Sharapova is seeking Australian Open payback after confirming a US Open semi-final grudge match with world No.1 Victoria Azarenka.

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Federer drawn and quartered

Roger Federer of Switzerland hits a return to Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic during their men's quarter-final match at the US Open tennis tournament in New York, September 5, 2012.

The Swiss superstar was shell-shocked after falling victim to Czech Tomas Berdych.

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I was lucky, admits Azarenka after first round scare

Victoria Azarenka

Victoria Azarenka battled back from a set and 4-0 down to defeat Italy's Alberta Brianti and avoid becoming the first top seed in history to be knocked out in the French Open first round.

Early exit a blow for Kvitova's Wimbledon defence

Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova will kick off the defence of her Wimbledon title next week without a win on grass this year after losing 7-5 6-4 to Ekaterina Makarova in her opening match in...

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Tomic to play wildcard in Wimbledon opener

Bernard Tomic

Linda Pearce, London After a troubled build-up, Bernard Tomic will open his Wimbledon campaign against the young Belgian wildcard who worried Roger Federer at the French Open just three weeks ago.

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Tomic poised to show his class on grass

Darren Walton Bernard Tomic is banking on his big-match temperament and unusual style to get him through to the second week of Wimbledon for the second year running.

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Injured Tsonga wary of facing 'fighter' Hewitt

Battler: Lleyton Hewitt must overcome an injured toe.

Linda Pearce, London Lleyton Hewitt to take on Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in Wimbledon first round.

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Aust men down and out in London

Darren Walton The sad passing of Australian tennis is the talk of Wimbledon, but Lleyton Hewitt and Todd Woodbridge insist reports of its death have been greatly exaggerated.