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Sania Mirza-Leander Paes out of Olympics after quarter-final loss

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India's tennis campaign at the London Olympic Games met with a disappointing end as Leander Paes and Sania Mirza were knocked out in the mixed doubles quarter-finals, on Saturday.

Paes and Sania lost

Paes-Vardhan bows out after valiant fight

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Leander Paes and his inexperienced partner Vishnu Vardhan fought their hearts out before losing to second seeds Michael Llodra and Jo-Wilfred Tsonga of France in a gruelling men's doubles second round

Olympics: Kerber sends Venus crashing out

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Venus Williams crashed out of the Olympics on Wednesday as German seventh seed Angelique Kerber clinched a surprise 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (7/5) victory over the five-time Wimbledon champion.

Venus was hopin

Paes-Sania enters quarter-finals of mixed doubles

Leander Paes and Sania Mirza defeated Serbian pair of Nenad Zimonjic and Ana Ivanovic in staright sets to enter the mixed doubles quarter-final of the Olympic Games, here today.

Paes-Sania beat the S

Talented Saketh promises a lot

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Saketh Myneni comes across as a man on a mission, solely intent on making it big in the world of tennis.

The 24-year old native of Vishakapatnam has been making waves on the ITF circuit in what has

Olympics: Federer keeps gold bid on track

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Roger Federer moved into the Olympic Games quarter-finals with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin on Wednesday.

After securing a record-equalling seventh Wimbledon title earlier this mont

Bhupathi-Bopanna ousted by wild card French pair

India on Tuesday suffered a major jolt in the tennis arena with Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna crashing out of the men's doubles event in the Olympic Gammes against a wild card pair at the Wimbledo

Olympics: Roger Federer, Victoria Azarenka top seeds at tennis

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Wimbledon champion Roger Federer and Australian Open winner Victoria Azarenka were named as top seeds for the Olympic tennis event on Wednesday.

World number one Federer returns to the All England Cl

Federer faces ghost of Wimbledon past

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World number one Roger Federer will begin his Olympic campaign against Alejandro Falla, the unheralded Colombian who almost humiliated the great Swiss at Wimbledon in 2010.

Federer, who won a seventh

Four-time Olympian Venus eyes Rio 2016

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Venus Williams may be about to become the first American tennis star to feature in four Olympics, but she intends to keep playing until the 2016 Rio Games when she will be 36.

Williams, the singles g

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