Tennis

Maria Sharapova captured her third Grand Slam title.
Melbourne, Australia  - Russian Maria Sharapova used strong serving to capture her third Grand Slam title, beating Serbian Ana Ivanovic, 7-5, 6-3 on Saturday to win the 2008 Australian Open.
The fifth-seeded Sharapova won 24 of […]

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Ana Ivanovic is on to the semis.
Melbourne, Australia  - American Venus Williams had her run toward a first Australian Open title derailed on Wednesday as she was beaten in straight sets in the quarterfinals by fourth-seeded Serbian Ana Ivanovic.
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Just a warning, this 2007 review of men’s tennis is going to be dominated by the dominator — Roger Federer.
Chapter 1: The Maestro
No, he didn’t quite sweep the Slams, but the supreme Swiss continued his stranglehold on the Wimbledon, U.S. Open, Australian Open and Masters Cup titles. The Basel native has […]

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The United States wound up with a 4-1 victory over Russia.
Portland, OR  - The new Davis Cup champion United States and last year’s winner Russia closed out their 2007 World Group final on Sunday by splitting a pair of dead […]

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The Americans boast a record 31 Davis Cup titles.
Portland, OR - The 2007 Davis Cup champion will be crowned this weekend in Portland, where the Andy Roddick-led United States will play host to defending champion Russia, which features world No. 4 star Nikolay […]

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Roger Federer outlasted Pete Sampras 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (7-5) in the second of three Asian exhibition matches.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Reigning world No. 1 Roger Federer took down former top-ranked star Pete Sampras for the second time in three days, as the Super Swiss […]

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Roger Federer handled Pete Sampras 6-4, 6-3 in Seoul.
Reigning world No. 1 Roger Federer and former top-ranked star Pete Sampras played the first of three Asian exhibition matches on Tuesday, and the super Swiss handled the 36-year-old American 6-4, 6-3 in Seoul.
Sampras uncorked a pair of […]

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