Tennis Notices
Hingis to face Serena in World Team Tennis
Take a look at some of the best matches, biggest stories and most shocking upsets from 2009's tennis action. NEW YORK - Martina Hingis will face top-ranked Serena Williams and two former No. 1 players in World Team Tennis competition. The WTT ...
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Agassi apologizes for poking fun at Sampras
Andre Agassi told ESPN.com he was “out of line” and apologized for poking fun at Pete Sampras during a charity match last week. Longtime rivals Agassi and Sampras were wearing microphones during the match, and the crowd at Indian Wells Tennis ...
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Djokovic wins third-round match at Indian Wells
Celebrity tennis fans A look at some well-known fans in the world of tennis. ... INDIAN WELLS, Calif. - Novak Djokovic staved off triple match point in the third set to beat Philipp Kohlschreiber of ...
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Dallas Doesn't Want Wild Pigs to Make Kiest Park Home
It was a rumor at first, but Animal Control was out here quite a bit, and people have seen signs," said James Thomas, director of the park's tennis courts. "So the trapper saw it, and evidently he feels it's for real." Thomas said people have found ...
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Kuznetsova upset in 2nd round at Indian Wells
Take a look at some of the best matches, biggest stories and most shocking upsets from 2009's tennis action. INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) -Svetlana Kuznetsova had a succinct explanation for losing her opening match at the BNP Paribas Open. "The tennis ...
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Usain Bolt, Serena Williams win Laureus Awards
Take a look at some of the best matches, biggest stories and most shocking upsets from 2009's tennis action. ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Usain Bolt has won his second Laureus Sportsman of the Year award, and Serena Williams won the woman's ...
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Fish advances to second round at Indian Wells
Take a look at some of the best matches, biggest stories and most shocking upsets from 2009's tennis action. INDIAN WELLS, Calif. - American Mardy Fish, the BNP Paribas Open runner-up in 2008, beat Michael Berrer of Germany, 1-6, 6-1, 6-3 in a first ...
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Israeli TV ad spoofs Hamas killing
The commercials for the Mahsaney Kimat Hinam supermarket chain shows actors carrying tennis rackets, and wearing hats, glasses and wigs — the same disguises worn by the alleged killers — as they make their way through store aisles.
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Wozniacki battles past American King at Indian Wells
I just kept fighting for every point," a relieved Wozniacki said in a courtside interview at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden after booking a third round spot at the $4.5 million event. "Vania was playing really, really good and it was a tough match ...
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Suspect held over $331,000 poker heist
Former tennis star Boris Becker was among the 950 people taking part in the competition, although he had been eliminated on the previous day. The gang escaped in a black Mercedes with 242,000 euros ($331,000) in cash, but the Berliner Morgenpost ...
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