Petra Kvitova

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John Tomic banned; Bernard remains in French Open

Linda Pearce John Tomic has been banned from Roland Garros as his son, Bernard, prepares to contest next week's French Open.

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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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Slovakia and Italy looking set to play in Fed Cup final

Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova defeats Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova during the Fed Cup World Group semi-final in Moscow.

Slovakia and Italy edge closer to a Fed Cup final showdown.

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Russia reach Fed Cup final

Paris Four-time champions Russia became the first team to come back from 2-0 down in a Fed Cup semi-final to complete a 3-2 triumph over Slovakia on Sunday.

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Stosur, Wozniacki bundled out in Stuttgart

Samantha Stosur.

John Bagratuni Samantha Stosur and Caroline Wozniacki have been bundled out on a difficult day for the seeds in the first round of the Porsche Grand Prix.

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Sharapova squeezes past Safarova at Stuttgart WTA event

Maria Sharapova

French Open champion Maria Sharapova admitted she had to dig deep to reach the quarter-finals of Stuttgart's WTA tournament in a three-hour marathon victory over claycourt specialist Lucie Safarova...

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Stosur on track for Fed Cup return

Darren Walton French Open contender Samantha Stosur is hopeful that an untimely calf injury won't undermine her 2013 claycourt campaign.

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Murray ready for Tomic in Miami

Bernard Tomic in action during his defeat of Frenchman Marc Gicquel at the Sony Open in Key Biscayne, Florida.

World No.3 Andy Murray will try to turn up the heat when he faces rising and unpredictable Australian Bernard Tomic in his Miami Masters opener.

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Tearful Serena becomes oldest world number one

Serena Williams.

Richard Eaton Serena Williams was in tears on Friday after snatching an historic victory at the Qatar Open which ensured that she would become the oldest woman to hold the WTA Tour's world number one ranking.

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Williams, Azarenka to meet in Qatar final

Richard Eaton Serena Williams celebrates her recapture of the world No.1 ranking with her best performance of the year in a 6-3 6-2 trouncing of Maria Sharapova to reach the Qatar Open final.

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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...

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Stosur ready to cash in against Czechs in Fed Cup

Stosur

Tennis Samantha Stosur is eyeing a return to form for Fed Cup clash with reigning champs.

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Czechs eye Fed Cup semi-finals after Australia slumps on first day

Samantha Stosur.

Defending champions the Czech Republic, bidding to become the first country in 18 years to capture three successive Fed Cup titles, opened a 2-0 lead over Australia in their first round clash on...

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Stosur defeat ends Australian hopes

Samantha Stosur in action against to the Czech Republic's Petra Kvitova.

Ostrava, Czech Republic Not lost, beaten. That's Sam Stosur's assessment of her unsuccessful Fed Cup campaign which put the Czech Republic into the semi-finals and left Australia to face a play-off to remain in the World...

Live tennis commentary: 2013 Australian Open - day two

Live tennis.

Scott Spits Real-time coverage of the second day of the first grand slam event of 2013 - the two-week Australian Open tournament at Melbourne Park.

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Robson upsets Kvitova

Laura Robson

Melbourne-born English teenager Laura Robson has sprung one of the upsets of the Australian Open, ousting 2011 Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova in an absorbing three-hour second-round match at...

Home supporters may turn to Robson, the one who got away

Laura Robson of Britain celebrates defeating Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic in her women's singles match at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, January 18, 2013.      REUTERS/David Gray (AUSTRALIA  - Tags: SPORT TENNIS)

Jake Niall SINCE the Australian representation in our Open has been reduced to one, and could well be zero after Saturday night, those used to waving and wearing Australian flags will have to pin their colours...

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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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Kvitova continues unbeaten Brisbane record

Brisbane Sixth seed Petra Kvitova has continued her unbeaten record at the Brisbane International by starting her Australian summer with a gritty straight-sets win at Pat Rafter Arena.