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Nadal begins with a bang

DOHA: Rafael Nadal needed little more than three-quarters of an hour to score his first victory on the 2009 ATP World Tour, his crushing success appearing like an omen of yet further triumphs to come. The Wimbledon, French Open...

Stosur sent packing

The last Aussie hope has been eliminated from the Brisbane International after Samantha Stosur lost to Czech Lucie Safarova 6-4 6-4 on Tuesday night in the second round. Stosur lost the match in 61 minutes to Safarova who was...

Top seed Djokovic upset in Brisbane; Tsonga advances

Top-seeded world No. 3 Novak Djokovic of Serbia was beaten Tuesday by up-and-coming Latvian Ernests Gulbis in first-round action at the $484,750 Brisbane International. Last year's Australian Open runner-up Jo-Wilfried Tsonga...

Djokovic stunned by Gulbis

Novak Djokovic's preparation for the defence of his Australian Open crown suffered a setback on Tuesday when he was beaten in the first round of the Brisbane International. The world number three looked rusty as he went down...

Stosur starts with a win

Samantha Stosur has made a winning start to her 2009 campaign by beating Japanese veteran Ai Sugiyama in their first-round match at the Brisbane International. The Australian was simply too good for her ninth-seeded opponent,...

Ivanovic off to flyer

Top seed Ana Ivanovic opened her 2009 season with a straight-sets defeat of Petra Kvitova as Samantha Stosur also made a winning start by beating Japanese veteran Ai Sugiyama at the Brisbane International.

Ivanovic off to flyer

Top seed Ana Ivanovic opened her 2009 season with a straight-sets defeat of Petra Kvitova as Samantha Stosur also made a winning start by beating Japanese veteran Ai Sugiyama at the Brisbane International.

Guccione symbol of Australia's woes

TWELVE months after John Newcombe fumed that Chris Guccione should be "lethal", the under-achieving Victorian highlighted Australia's current tennis woes at the Brisbane International. The Davis Cup regular and the country's...

International tennis finally returns to Brisbane

The inaugural Brisbane International tennis tournament not only attracted world class professionals but also more than 7000 fans to the first day of competition at the new $82 million Queensland Tennis Centre. The general...

Guccione crashes out

Twelve months after John Newcombe fumed that Chris Guccione should be "lethal", the under-achieving Victorian highlighted Australia's current tennis woes at the Brisbane International. The Davis Cup regular and the country's...

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