Tennis


At Olympics, Djokovic faces unseeded Roddick
San Francisco Chronicle
The Olympic rings are placed back on the net as a court is prepared for play to resume after a rain delay at the All England Lawn Tennis Club at Wimbledon, in London, at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 29, 2012. Photo: Mark Humphrey / AP ...
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San Francisco Chronicle
Champs vs finalists at Olympic tennis: Djokovic and Roddick, Serena Williams ...
Washington Post
“Ninety-five percent of the time, when a tennis player plays, it's for pretty selfish motives, and this week is not one of those,” Roddick said Monday after defeating Martin Klizan of Slovakia, 7-5, 6-4. Serena Williams beat Urszula Radwanska of Poland, 6-2, 6-3 ...
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Citi Open tennis tournament: James Blake overcomes slow start in opening ...
Washington Post
With a gray cap covering his shaved head, James Blake addressed the Citi Open crowd on Monday evening after his opening-round win. A kid with crazy hair is how Blake recalled himself when he earned his first-career ATP Tour singles win a decade ago ...
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RPT-WRAPUP 2-Olympics-Tennis-Top seeds Azarenka, Federer progress
Reuters
(repeats for additional clients, no changes to text). * Azarenka wins delayed first-round match. * Federer eases into last 16 with win over Benneteau. * Djokovic and Troicki lose to Swedish pair in doubles. * Doubles champions Venus and Serena Williams ...
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Men's Olympic Tennis: Previewing Roddick-Djokovic Clash and All Round 2 ...
Bleacher Report
After a rain out forced the Sunday's play to be cancelled, the Olympic Tenniscompetition was back in action on Monday as several more players, Roger Federer and John Isner included, booked their trips to the third round of the tournament, getting closer to ...
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Tennis: Andy Murray aiming for last-16 with victory over Jarkko Nieminen on ...
The Independent
Laura Robson and Heather Watson both recorded impressive victories over Lucie Safarova and Silvia Soler Espinosa yesterday to reach the second round. Murray has already made it through to the last 32 having beaten Stanislas Wawrinka at the weekend, ...
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Comcast begins appeals process in FCC Tennis Channel ruling
Los Angeles Times
Comcast Corp. has asked the Federal Communications Commission to stay its decision that the Philadelphia-based cable television giant discriminated against the independently owned TennisChannel. Monday's filing by Comcast Corp. is expected to be the ...
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London Olympics roundup: Top names in tennis have little trouble
Los Angeles Times
LONDON — The top names in tennis had little trouble advancing Monday at Wimbledon. Venus Williams, looking for her fourth gold medal in Olympic tennis, walked off Court 2 after beating Sara Errani of Italy, 6-3, 6-1, to a cheering crowd, and 20 minutes ...
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Venus and Serena Williams: More Olympic Gold in Their Future
Bleacher Report
Women's tennis would never be the same, even though, unseeded, Venus lost in her first attempt to win the U.S. Open. At the time, she was 17 years of age and Hingis was 16. In very short order, Venus would make the dominant Hingis' game obsolete.
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Tennis stars eye Olympic glory - London 2012 Olympics
Novak Djokovic says he will be among those targeting gold and a place in the history books when the London 2012 Tennis tournament gets under way on ...
www.london2012.com/.../tennis-stars-eye-olympic-glory.html
Federer, Serena draw opponents for Olympic tennis - Yahoo! News
From Yahoo! News: Roger Federer is back at Wimbledon a few weeks after winning his seventh title there, bidding for the one major accolade that has eluded ...
news.yahoo.com/federer-serena-draw-opponents-olympic-ten...

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