Tennis

Olympic tennis record set at Wimbledon
Yahoo! Sports
The longest set in tennis history also was played at the All England Club -
in 2010 when John Isner beat Nicolas Mahut 70-68 in the fifth set in the
first round of Wimbledon. "It's difficult to play the other guy because his
serve is perfect," Tsonga said after the ...
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Citi Open tennis tournament: Mardy Fish drops first set but rallies to
advance to ...
Washington Post
Fish dropped the first set before winning 12 of the last 15 games en route
to a 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 win over opening-round foe Bjorn Phau of Germany at the
Citi Open at Rock Creek Park's William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center. He
said he hasn't had a sip of alcohol ...
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Tennis: Tsonga downs Raonic in record Games duel
Chicago Tribune
LONDON (Reuters) - Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga dug deep to outlast
Canadian Milos Raonic 25-23 in the final set of an epic Olympic tussle on
Tuesday that echoed the famous Wimbledon 2010 marathon between John Isner
and Nicolas Mahut.
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Deja vu? Murray, Baghdatis face off again
San Francisco Chronicle
Venus Williams of the United States serves to Aleksandra Wozniak of Canada
at the All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, London at the 2012 Summer
Olympics, Tuesday, July 31, 2012. Photo: Elise Amendola / AP. Venus
Williams of the United ...
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Olympic Tennis 2012: Marathon Tsonga-Raonic Match Is Greatest in Olympic ...
Bleacher Report
It began as another typical day of tennis at the All England Club. Rain
caused all action to cease, except on Centre Court, which deployed its
retractable roof and allowed play to continue. It was Day Four of Olympic
tennis competition and the third day that rain ...
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The Djok's on Roddick
New York Daily News
WIMBLEDON — Andy Roddick turns 30 next month, and is nine years beyond
his one Grand Slam title, won at the 2003 U.S. Open. He is still a force
when his serve is on, and his forehand is firing, but the margin for error
keeps getting smaller, a fact that was ...
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Olympics-Tennis-Tsonga battles through in record-breaking match
Reuters
LONDON, July 31 (Reuters) - France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga finally overcame
Canadian Milos Raonic 6-3 3-6 25-23 in the longest three-set match in
Olympic tennis history to reach the final 16 of the men's singles on
Tuesday. Fifth seed Tsonga, who still found ...
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Tsonga makes Olympic tennis history after marathon match
CNN
6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga entered the record books on Tuesday by winning the
longest tennis match in Olympic history. The Frenchman's second-round clash
with Canada's Milos Raonic took three hours 58 minutes to complete, with
the final set ending 25-23.
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Olympic tennis match a marathon
Philadelphia Daily News
The longest set ever in Olympic history and the longest in tennis since
2010 when fellow Frenchman Nicolas Mahut fell to John Isner 70-68 in the
fifth set of first-round Wimbledon play. The Tsonga-Raonic match lasted 3
hours, 57 minutes. During that time ...
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An Emerging Olympic Tennis Star on the Eastern Horizon?
Yahoo! Sports
Of course, it almost goes without saying that size and power aren't
everything in tennis, as the career achievements of 5'9" Chinese-American
Michael Chang attest -- among them a French Open championship and a
career-high No. 2 ranking. We should also ...
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