Yanina Wickmayer

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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ATP - No Agassi investigation

ATP supremo confirms no restrospective action to be taken The ATP have confirmed they will not be reinvestigating Andre Agassi's positive drugs test in 1997 and cannot impose retrospective sanctions. The former world number one...

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Molik on the rise as Kuznetsova confirms Sydney tilt

TENNIS: Alicia Molik's comeback continued to gain momentum with the former world No 8 cruising into the third round of the Pro Tour Cliffs Esperance International yesterday. Molik, who returned to the court in September...

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Wickmayer, Malisse ask court to overturn year-long suspensions

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) -- Belgian tennis players Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse have asked the Court of Arbitration for Sport to overturn their one-year bans for missing drug tests. CAS says the players want to annul...

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Anti-drug boss rejects attacks on tracking system

The boss of the World Anti-Doping Authority (Wada) has responded to criticism of the controversial Athletes Whereabouts system, saying "13,000 athletes don't seem to have a problem with it".David Howman, the New Zealand who is...

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Pennetta confirmed for ASB Classic (Newstalk ZB)

Newstalk ZB November 18, 2009, 8:33 am World number 12 Flavia Pennetta has been confirmed as the ASB tennis Classic's top seed. The Italian has won two tournaments this year and reached the quarter-finals of the US Open in...

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Novak Djokovic wins Paris Masters

Third-seeded Novak Djokovic scrambled to a 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (3) victory over local favorite Gael Monfils to win the Paris Masters for the first time in his career on Sunday. FIFA has banned Argentina coach Diego Maradona from all...

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Tennis: Wickmayer launches legal attack on WADA

BRUSSELS - Suspended Belgian tennis players Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse are launching appeals with European authorities that will question the legality of the whereabout rules of the World Anti-Doping Agency, one of...

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Nadal sets up semifinal against Djokovic in Paris

Rafael Nadal eliminated defending champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-5, 7-5 with his best tennis of the week to set up a semifinal against Novak Djokovic at the Paris Masters on Friday. Out of contention for a next round berth,...

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Tennis: Kiwi anti-doping boss criticises monitoring system

The system that caught ASB Classic-bound Belgian Yanina Wickmayer has been criticised by the boss of Drug Free Sport New Zealand.Chief executive Graeme Steel said the Athlete Whereabouts system had been a big focus of the...

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