Tennis

Olympics-Tennis-Murray hopes too busy to watch Bolt strike twice
Reuters
LONDON, July 25 (Reuters) - Andy Murray has vivid memories of Usain Bolt's blistering 100 metres at the Beijing Olympics but the British number one hopes to miss out on watching the sprinter try and repeat that feat in London, by being too busy winning his ...
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Serena Williams is at center of US tennis story
Los Angeles Times
LONDON — So, you've never been clear how much our pro tennis players embrace the Olympics, how much they love squeezing in another long plane flight every four years for more three-hour matches. Let us take you there. Bill Dwyre. Bill Dwyre ...
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Los Angeles Times
Tennis Channel triumphs over Comcast in FCC discrimination case
Los Angeles Times
The Federal Communications Commission served up an ace for the Tennis Channel on Tuesday, ruling that media giant Comcast Corp. had discriminated against the small independent sports channel. Ending a three-year legal dispute, the finding will be a ...
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Murray hopes too busy to watch Bolt strike twice
Reuters
"For me, the memory I have from the last Olympics in Beijing was watching the 100 meters final and seeing what Usain Bolt did there was pretty amazing," he told reporters at a Team GB tennis press conference at the Wimbledon Olympic Tennis venue.
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London Olympics: Tennis stars see special meaning in 2012 Games
Washington Post
Among Olympic sports, tennis doesn't have the same cache as track and field, swimming or gymnastics. One of the nine sports contested in the first modern games in 1896, tennis was dropped after 1924. But since it was reinstated at Seoul in 1988, it has ...
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FCC Upholds Tennis Channel Complaint Against Comcast
Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission upheld an administrative law judge's ruling against Comcast Corp., saying the cable giant discriminated against the Tennis Channel by putting it in a less-advantageous tier of service compared to ...
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Advantage Tennis Channel: FCC Upholds Decision over Comcast
Multichannel News
In a 3-2 party line vote, the Federal Communications Commission has voted to uphold an agency judge's ruling that Comcast discriminated against Tennis channel, but vacates his equitable channel placement remedy. That means Comcast must provide ...
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Federer Chases Only Title to Elude Him During Career at Olympics
San Francisco Chronicle
Federer's win at Wimbledon, his first major title since the 2010 Australian Open, put him back at the top of men's tennis. Last week, he broke the record for most weeks at No. 1 on the rankings of the ATP World Tour at 287, one more than Pete Sampras.
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Olympics still special for Williams sisters
Yahoo! Sports
They may have won 21 Grand Slam singles titles between them, not counting their doubles successes together, but Venus and Serena Williams insisted Tuesday the Olympic Games were still special. Many observers have argued that sports like tennis, where ...
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Serena Williams leads US team in quest for tennis gold
USA TODAY
The sisters combined for gold medals in Olympic women's doubles in 2000 and 2008. They'll go for more here in singles and doubles. "Growing up as a tennis player, we always dreamed of winning Grand Slams and doing well at tournaments like Wimbledon ...
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