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Ia ll go back in history to paint a background that puts todaya s Wimbledon final in perspective.

World No. 4 Andy Murray is under criticism yet again. A few weeks after the Marseille tournament took shots at the Brit for reneging on his commitment to the French tennis event, now it’s Dubai’s turn to fire similar concerns.

The NCAA is accusing Michigan of five potentially major rules violations under football coach Rich Rodriguez, who admitted making “mistakes” but will be back for a third try at putting the Wolverines back into the national title hunt.

Andre Agassi will not defend his Australian Open title after withdrawing from the tournament this morning with a wrist injury.

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A month ago the Dubai tennis event looked like it had another incredible field of players.

Flushing Meadows shook with an explosion of deafening roars on Saturday as American sensations John Isner and Melanie Oudin sent former champions Andy Roddick and Maria Sharapova spinning out of the U.S. Open.

Swedish teen Robin Soderling made an impressive ATP tournament debut today, beating Ramon Delgado of Paraguay 63, 63 in the first round of the $800,000 Stockholm Open in Sweden.

Right until the final moment, it seemed unthinkable that Jennifer Capriati’s famous fighting spirit would not prevail.

Fourth seed Nikolay Davydenko overcame an early fright to beat France’s Florent Serra 6-7 6-4 6-1 on Tuesday in an error-strewn first-round battle at the Dubai Championships.

A mixed bag of events are around the corner this week. To kick off the month of March, the men are involved in the first round of Davis Cup competition.

Swiss great Roger Federer won his fourth Australian Open and 16th Grand Slam title to deny Andy Murray’s quest for British tennis history on Sunday.

Venus Williams came from a set down to defend her Mexican Open title, while David Ferrer defeated good friend and fellow Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero to end his 14-match winning streak.

A month ago the Dubai tennis event looked like it had another incredible field of players.

ZHENG Jie’s ability has come into question after early defeats in back-to-back tournaments since reaching the semi-finals of last month’s Australian Open.

DUBAI: The cull of leading players at the Dubai Open continued in spectacular fashion as Australian Open finalist Andy Murray, Nikolay Davydenko, and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga all fell in the second round on Wednesday.

Top-seeded Venus Williams reached the final of the Mexican Open, beating Romanian Edina Gallovits 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 on Friday.

Unseeded Ernests Gulbis of Latvia and Jarkko Nieminen of Finland have advanced to one semifinal at the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships.

Andre Agassi, the world’s top-ranked tennis player, predicted today a tough Davis Cup tennis clash against Zimbabwe after his American teammates Pete Sampras and Todd Martin dropped out of the contest.

DUBAI // Janko Tipsarevic will face the No 2 seed Andy Murray in the second round of the Dubai Tennis Championships after battling to overcome the Italian Andreas Seppi at the Aviation Club yesterday.

World No. 2 Novak Djokovic fought back to beat Croatia’s Ivan Ljubicic 2-6, 6-4, 6-0 at the Dubai championships yesterday, becoming only the second seed to make it through to the last four.

Dubai, Feb 25: India’s Leander Paes and Czech Lukas Dlouhy Thursday cruised into the doubles semifinals of the Dubai Tennis Championships while Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna bowed out with their partners.

Marin Cilic, the sixth-seeded Australian Open semi-finalist, became the latest in a long line of leading players to fall by the wayside at the surprise-laden Dubai Open here on Thursday.

After the boohooing of Daud Abdullah’s Middle East Monitor and Seamus Milne about violent people being sent down, it’s Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn’s turn to stand up for rioters.

About a year ago Mardy Fish was on top of the world. He had just become the first top seed of this 18-year event to live up to his status by winning the third title of his injury-prone career.

ACAPULCO, Mexico a ‘ Top-seeded Fernando Verdaso was knocked out of the quarterfinals of the Mexican Open on Thursday by Juan Monaco, while women’s No.

CHANG Kai-chen of Chinese Taipei crushed China’s 20th-ranked and third-seeded Zheng Jie 6-2, 6-3 to reach the quarterfinals of the Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.

Fifth-seeded Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain beat No. 3 seed Gisela Dulko of Argentina 6-1, 7-6 in the quarterfinals of the Mexican Open on Thursday.

Fifth-seeded Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain beat No. 3 seed Gisela Dulko of Argentina 6-1, 7-6 in the quarterfinals of the Mexican Open on Thursday.

Defending champion Mardy Fish beat Mischa Zverev of Germany 6-2, 6-4 on Thursday to reach the quarterfinals at the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships.