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Paes-Bhupathi move into third round of Australian Open

Melbourne: India's Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi moved into the third round of the Australian Open with a 7-6 (2), 6-4 victory over Spain's Feliciano Lopez and Argentina's Juan Monaco here on Satur

Baghdatis shocks del Potro

Jan. 20: The last man to win a Grand Slam — who is not named Rafa or Roger — was eliminated from the Australian Open on Thursday. Juan Martin del Potro, winner of the 2009 U.S. Open and the emerging s

Good day for India in doubles

Jan. 20: Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi entered the second round of the men’s doubles in Australian Open after they rallied from a set down to beat Ivo Karlovic and Dusan Vemica 5-7, 6-3, 6-0 here o

Australian Open: Federer's record 57th win

Melbourne: Roger Federer beat longtime Belgian opponent Xavier Malisse 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 in a battle for old time's sake and broke the all-time record for men's match victories at the Australian Open in t

Bopanna-Qureshi in Open's third round

Melbourne: India's Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan entered the third round of men's doubles in Australian Open after a hard-fought three-set victory over the Frenchmen Jeremy Cha

Open: Paes-Bhupathi in round two

Melbourne: Indians were off to a winning start in Australian Open tennis men's doubles with Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi rallying to beat Ivo Karlovic of Croatia and Dusan Vemic of Serbia 5-7, 6-3

Mum’s the word for hurt Venus

Jan. 19: Venus Williams was in the middle of a first-set tiebreaker at the Australian Open on Wednesday when her mother yelled some encouragement from the players’ box at Rod Laver Arena.
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Sania crashes out of doubles as well

Jan. 19: Sania Mirza’s campaign in the Australian Open tennis got over Wednesday when she and her Czech partner Renata Voracova lost in the first round of the women’s doubles event here. Sania and Vor

Aussie Open bird curse strikes again

Melbourne: Britain's Andy Murray confirmed his brother Jamie killed a bird while practising for the Australian Open, mirroring a freak incident at the tournament nine years ago.

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Fedex frets, survives scrap with Simon

Jan. 19: Reigning champion Roger Federer was taken to five gripping sets by French nemesis Gilles Simon on Wednesday before scraping into the third round of the Australian Open.

The world number two

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