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Novak Djokovic has claimed the bronze medal in singles tennis for Serbia by defeating James Blake of the United States 6-3, 7-6 (4) Saturday. When he closed out the tiebreaker, a jubilant Djokovic ripped off his shirt and threw it to the cheering crowd, along with two rackets, and he started to thr
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Dominik Hrbaty upset sixth-seeded Dmitry Tursunov 6-1, 6-1 in the first round of the St. Petersburg Open on Monday. Hrbaty, ranked 340th, capitalized on Tursunov's weak serve and poor return to wrap up the win in less than an hour. After dropping the first game, Hrbaty reeled of six consecutive gam
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Lleyton Hewitt won in straight sets to give Australia a 2-0 lead over Thailand after Chris Guccione fended off three match points and rallied to win a five-set opening match of the Davis Cup regional playoff on Friday. Guccione saved three match points in a fourth-set tiebreaker and beat Thailand's
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The men's professional tennis tour will stage an event in Africa for the first time next year as part of a new sponsorship deal with South African Airways worth $20 million. "Several cities in South Africa have demonstrated a strong willingness to host the event and an announcement on the venue wil
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Croatia's Mario Ancic withdrew from the U.S. Open on Tuesday with a recurrence of mononucleosis, the second straight year the 25th-ranked player was forced to miss the tournament. Ancic, a former Wimbledon semifinalist, was slowed throughout the 2007 season because of mononucleosis. He pulled out o
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Svetlana Kuznetsova will lead defending champion Russia against the United States in the Fed Cup semifinals next weekend. Russia captain Shamil Tarpishchev also Wednesday named Anna Chakvetadze, Dinara Safina and Elena Vesnina for the match, which will be held April 26-27 on clay at the Luzhniki in
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Lindsay Davenport withdrew from the International Women's Open on Tuesday with a knee injury, but expects to compete at Wimbledon. Davenport, who was set to play in her first event since defaulting from her semifinal match against Maria Sharapova at Amelia Island in April, won the Eastbourne title
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A new anti-doping code allowing more flexibility in determining sanctions has been ratified by the International Tennis Federation. Changes approved Wednesday by the ITF's board of directors will allow the circumstances of a case to be taken into account to a greater extent. During a meeting at the
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Ana Ivanovic is assured of becoming the 17th woman -- and first from Serbia -- to be ranked No. 1, regardless of how she fares in the French Open final. She will move up from No. 2 when the WTA Tour's new rankings are issued Monday, replacing Maria Sharapova in the top spot. Ivanovic and two other
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Roger Federer is gaining momentum in his bid to win that elusive French Open title. The top-ranked Swiss beat Mario Ancic 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 Saturday to reach the fourth round at Roland Garros for the sixth time. It's the only Grand Slam tournament he has yet to win. Federer struggled at times in the fi
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Juan Martin del Potro, who has won four straight times on the ATP Tour, withdrew from the Pilot Pen tournament Monday, citing exhaustion. Del Potro, ranked 17th in the world and seeded third at New Haven, was coming off tournament victories in Stuttgart, Germany, Kitzbuhel, Austria, Los Angeles and
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As Kei Nishikori contemplated becoming the first Japanese man to reach the U.S. Open's fourth round in the 40-year Open era, he kept repeating two phrases: "I was tired" and "I'm very happy." Overcoming cramps that left his ankles, legs and back aching, the 126th-ranked Nishikori upset No. 4-seeded
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