Grand Slam

Tennis: Classic field gets better

The ASB Classic continues to attract top-line players with news French Open semifinalist Dominika Cibulkova will play.The 20-year-old Slovakian is ranked 29th in the world but was as high as 12 in July after her great run to...

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After a year of pain, happiness is the No 1 objective for Rafael Nadal

Rafael Nadal is reading Flashman, by George MacDonald Fraser, the novel of which P. G. Wodehouse wrote: “If ever there was a time when I felt that watcher-of-the-skies-when-a-new-planet stuff, it was when I first read Flashman.”

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Djokovic the man to beat

ATP World Tour Finals Venue: O2 Arena, London Date: 22-29 November Murray v Del Potro - In Houston it was cowboy hats, in Shanghai it was traditional Chinese dress, so in London it must be sharp suits, umbrellas and a red...

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ATP World Tour Finals set to become London's mini 'grand slam'

The finest male tennis players in the world (apart from the injured Andy Roddick) will be resident in the east end of London over the next week, contesting the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. City slickers: eight of the world's...

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Veteran broadcaster dies aged 94

Robertson joined the BBC in 1946 after serving in WWII The former BBC broadcaster Max Robertson, 94, has died in his home island of Guernsey. He presented the television antiques programme Going for a Song for 13 years, but he...

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Nadal feeling good before ATP finals

Rafael Nadal's first match will be against rival Robin Soderling on Monday Novak Djokovic plays Nikolay Davydenko in the first round LONDON (AP) -- All the involuntary rest because of injuries gives Rafael Nadal a good feeling...

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Del Potro to play Queen's Club for grass practice

The fifth-ranked Argentine beat Roger Federer in the U.S. Open final He's never advanced past the second round in three appearances at Wimbledon LONDON (AP) -- U.S. Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro will play at next year's...

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Kuznetsova to play in Sydney

Friday, November 20, 2009 SYDNEY: Russia’s world number three Svetlana Kuznetsova on Thursday became the fifth top 10 player to commit to January’s WTA/ATP Sydney International, organisers said. The French Open champion, 24,...

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The Spanish intuition

MOMENTARILY, Felix Mantilla lapses into his native tongue when talking about the power of clay to heal what ails Australian tennis. Mantilla started just over a year ago as Tennis Australia's first specialist claycourt coach,...

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Cash predicts Novak will be in the money

By DANNY GRIFFITHS - Friday, November 20, 2009 Pat Cash believes Novak Djokovic can build on his recent return to top form by winning the World Tour Finals at the O2 Arena in London. The former Wimbledon champion feels there is...

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