Tennis

Globe and Mail
US sweeps Swiss out of Davis Cup
ESPN
They defeated Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka, the reigning Olympic champions, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3. The Davis Cup is the premier team event in men's tennis. Each year, 16 teams compete in the World Group for international tennis supremacy.
Americans Defeat Swiss in Davis Cup: Fan's TakeYahoo! Sports
US sweeps Federer's Swiss team out of Davis CupSeattle Post Intelligencer
Sports, Davis Cup tennis: USA crush Switzerland 3-0GenevaLunch (blog)
New York Times -Albany Times Union
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Cinquew
London, 200 days to go to the 2012 Paralympic Games
Cinquew
112 Paralympic athletes will compete for six medals in Wheelchair Tennis at the Paralympic Games, and during the Olympic Games the venue will provide temporary aquatic training facilities including three Olympic-size swimming pools, a synchronised ...
London finishes new Paralympics venueESPN
Permanent Paralympic venue finishedThe Press Association

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I Love Chile News
Chile's Fernando González to retire after 12-year career
Santiago Times
At 31, tennis star says he doesn't have the energy to continue at professional level. Fernando González has announced he will retire from professional tennis, citing recurring back, knee, and hip injuries as contributing factors for his inability to ...
Fernando Gonzalez Ends Very Successful Career: Fan's PerspectiveYahoo! Sports
Tennis: Gonzalez to bow out at MiamiThe Express Tribune
Chilean tennis star Fernando Gonzalez to retire after next month's tournament ...Washington Post
Reuters UK -I Love Chile News
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News & Observer
Friends come out swinging
News & Observer
Gao Jun, background, plays Judy Hugh on Friday at the US Olympic table tennis trials in Cary. Gao won 4-2. The round-robin tournament continues today and Sunday. BY DAN FRIEDELL - Correspondent CARY -- There's a secret to setting up a 12-player, ...
A teen takeover: 5 of top 10 women's seeds at US Olympic table tennis trials ...Washington Post
Teens taking over at U.S. Table Tennis TrialsUniversal Sports (blog)

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Globe and Mail
TV producer Isaac shares yarns of tennis tournaments past
Faceoff.com
A freelancer, Isaac won the IOC Olympic Bronze Rings TV Award for Beijing Host Broadcast coverage in 2008. He was the coordinating producer for the 2010 Games in Vancouver, introducing all the ground breaking domestic Olympic coverage never before seen ...
Canada counting on Daniel NestorEdmonton Journal
Cam Cole: Vancouver Davis Cup venue a small place for a big momentNational Post (blog)
Support for tennis strong in VancouverVictoria Times Colonist
TennisGrandstand (blog)
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AFP
Tennis star Sharapova looks forward to Olympics
AFP
"She's someone that's been playing really good tennis in the last six months and she had a good run at the US Open," said the 24-year-old Russian. "She's starting to really break through. Being a leftie obviously gives her an edge as there aren't many ...
Serene Sharapova looks forward to OlympicsHindustan Times
Tennis Capsules: Bartoli, Vinci reach Open GDF Suez quartersBrownsville Herald
Sports BriefsRichmond Times Dispatch

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The Express Tribune
Fernando Gonzalez Ends Very Successful Career: Fan's Perspective
Yahoo! Sports
Contributor Network 3 hours, 24 minutes ago Professional tennis player Fernando Gonzalez announced yesterday he will be retiring from tennis after the Masters event in Miami in March. The former top-5 player from Chile has been hampered by injuries in ...
Tennis: Gonzalez to bow out at MiamiThe Express Tribune
Chilean tennis star Fernando Gonzalez to retire after next month's tournament ...Washington Post
Tennis-Chile's Gonzalez to bow out at Miami next monthYahoo! Eurosport UK
ESPN.co.uk -Sacramento Bee
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San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
Just in time for Valentine's, the most famous sports couples
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
Tennis star Maria Sharapova has been dating former Lakers guard Sasha Vujacic since 2009. The couple is now engaged. ((Clive Rose/Getty Images) / (Golovanov-Kivrin/AFP/Getty Images)) Two-time Olympic gold medalist soccer player Heather Mitts married ...

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The Guardian
London finishes new Paralympics venue
Fox News
The venue, located in the northern end of London's Olympic Park, will host the wheelchair tennis event, where 112 players will compete for six titles. The venue seats 10500. "Wheelchair tennis has proved to be one of our most popular tickets," said ...
Permanent Paralympic venue finishedThe Press Association

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Doping overshadows Spain's efforts to host 2020 Olympics
Monsters and Critics.com
The programme targeted especially tennis player Rafael Nadal. And on Thursday, CAS sanctioned former German cyclist Jan Ullrich with a ban of two years in a doping case linked with Spanish doctor Eufemiano Fuentes. That revived the ghost of Operation ...

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digibet.info
Tennis: Nadal slams French TV puppet show's drugs charge
Channel News Asia
MADRID: Tennis great Rafael Nadal has attacked a televised French satirical puppet show that implied he and other Spanish sports stars are drug cheats, saying it had crossed the line. The sketches on Canal Plus France's show "Les Guignols," or "The ...
IOC member Pound says Madrid Olympic bid not helped over dopingMonsters and Critics.com
Doping overshadows Spain′s efforts to host 2020 Olympicsdigibet.info

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Tennistalk.com
Roger Federer rules out Martina Hingis Olympic mixed doubles
Live Tennis Guide
2 Roger Federer's dream to play Olympic Games at Wimbledon once in a life time, but he won't be pairing-up along with former tennis great Martina Hingis, who won the nine doubles Grand Slams. Federer said it's an amazing milestone for tennis players at ...
Federer, Hingis give up on Olympic mixed teamTennistalk.com
Daily Tennis News Briefs 10Feb12Bob Larson Tennis News
Hingis snubbed me for Olympic doubles - FedererESPN.co.uk

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BBC Sport
Djokovic and Nadal Are Spectators-in-Chief as Davis Cup Begins
New York Times
Djokovic used winning the Davis Cup for Serbia in 2010 as a launching pad to “cosmic tennis,” the catchy term employed by his coach, Marian Vajda. But Djokovic is leaving the 2012 Cup to others for now, and while he was in London on Monday to accept ...
Hit the brakesFOXSports.com
Federer to face Isner in Davis Cup singlesAlbany Times Union
Federer faces Isner in second match of Davis CupCBSSports.com
ESPN (blog) -Courier Mail
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The Sun
Can Novak Djokovic Win the Golden Slam in 2012? Fan's Take
Yahoo! Sports
... 2012 could be even better if he can acquire a Golden Slam (all four Grand Slam titles plus Olympic Gold in one calendar year). If he can do that, he'd be the first male tennis player ever to accomplish it (Steffi Graf did it back in 1988).
Tennis-Why not win both Roland Garros and Olympic gold, asks DjokovicReuters
Novak Djokovic Determined To Win 'Golden Slam' In 2012SI.com
Djokovic targets French, Olympic titlesTVNZ
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'Let's Move' marks second birthday
UPI.com
Tennis greats Billie Jean King (L), James Blake, Serena Williams, second right, and Katrina Adams, right, meet First Lady Michelle Obama during the Let's Move! tennis clinic held during the US Open at the National Tennis Center on September 9, ...

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AFP
Djokovic Passes on Davis Cup Participation Because of “Packed Agenda”
10sBalls
Novak Djokovic of Serbia holds a soft toy wombat, an Australian native animal, given to him by a fan, as he leaves with his Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament champions trophy in background, from a photo shoot outside the Royal Exhibition ...
Djokovic not sure if he'll play Davis CupSydney Morning Herald
Djokovic sounds doubtful for any 2012 Davis Cup playTennistalk.com
Djokovic not sure to play Davis Cup for SerbiaPakistanToday.com.pk

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USA TODAY
Spanish government may follow tennis federation, sue French TV show over ...
Washington Post
That's a day after the Spanish tennis federation announced plans to sue Canal Plus for a video skit that used its logo and made fun of Rafael Nadal and other athletes. Jose Ignacio Wert, the minister for Education, Culture and Sport, called Canal Plus ...
Novak Djokovic Wins Big; Questionable Rafael Nadal Skit — The Friday FiveTennisGrandstand (blog)

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USA TODAY
Tennis-Chile's Gonzalez to bow out at Miami next month
Yahoo! Eurosport UK
Chile's Fernando Gonzalez, the former world number five and triple Olympic medallist, has announced that he will retire from playing after the Miami tournament in March. The 31-year-old, who reached the Australia Open final in 2007, has struggled with ...
Chilean tennis star Fernando Gonzalez to retireSacramento Bee
Chilean tennis star Fernando Gonzalez to retire after next month's tournament ...Washington Post
Chile's Gonzalez, 31, says he'll retire next monthCBSSports.com

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Federer rules out Hingis Olympic mixed doubles
Times of India
"It's a big, big milestone for tennis at the Olympics for all players of my generation. "It will be a very, very big and special atmosphere there, I'm really looking forward to it and I hope I can make a big result there." However, he has ruled out the ...

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Live Tennis Guide
Mahesh Bhupathi, Rohan Bopanna pair-up for 2012 London Olympics
Live Tennis Guide
6 doubles tennis champion Mahesh Bhupathi will be pairing with Rohan Bopanna in 2012 summer Olympics, schedule to begin from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London. The 37-year-old Mahesh Bhupathi insist he is going to work along with new doubles partner ...
Up to AITA to pick Olympic team: BhupathiThe Hindu
In Olympic year, Bhupathi won't mind wimbledonHindustan Times
Bhupathi sends signal of not teaming up with PaesIBNLive.com
Times of India
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