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Sania Mirza bows out of Wimbledon's women's doubles event
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], July 11 (ANI): Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Belgian partner Kirsten Flipkens crashed out of the Wimbledon's women's doubles event after suffering a straight-sets defeat against Switzerland's Martina Hingis and Chan Yung-jan of Taiwan in the Round of 16 Ma
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Djokovic powers into third round of Wimbledon
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], July 6 (ANI): World number two Novak Djokovic on Thursday eased through to the third round of Wimbledon after registering a straight-sets win over Adam Pavlasek of the Czech Republic.
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Murray eases into Wimbledon second round
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], July 3 (ANI): World number one Andy Murray began his title defense on a successful note as he defeated Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan in straight sets in the opening round of Wimbledon on Monday.
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Light-driven tiny 'motors' is straight out of sci-fi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jul 1 (ANI): Taking a leaf out of sci-fi movies, a team of researchers has added another exciting thing to the list of fanciful devices that allow light to interact forcefully with matter.
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Federer crushes Zverev to clinch ninth Halle title
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Halle [Germany], June 25 (ANI): Swiss maestro Roger Federer on Sunday came out with a ruthless performance against Alexander Zverev in straight sets to win the men's singles title of the Gerry Weber Open.
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Srikanth downs Olympic champion Chen Long to win Australian Open
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Sydney [Australia], June 25 (ANI): Ace Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth produced yet another flawless and spectacular performance as he outplayed China's Chen Long in straight sets to lift his maiden Australian Open Super Series title on Sunday.
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Bopanna-Dodig crash out of Aegon Championships
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], June 24 (ANI): Indian tennis star Rohan Bopanna and his Croatian partner Ivan Dodig got knocked out of the ongoing Aegon Championships after suffering a straight-sets defeat against the French duo of Julien Benneteau and Edouard Roger-Vasseli in semi-finals last evening.
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Srikanth stuns Praneeth to enter Australian Open semis
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Sydney [Australia], June 23 (ANI): Ace Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth continued his rich vein of form as he got the better of fellow countryman B.Sai Praneeth in straight games to romp into the semi-finals of the Australian Open Super Series here on Friday.
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Sindhu, Nehwal reach Australian Open quarters
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Sydney [Australia], June 22 (ANI): Rio-Olympic silver-medallist PV Sindhu produced a spectacular performance as she fended off Chen Xiaoxin of China in straight games to cement her place in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open Super Series here on Thursday.
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Shocking! Murray suffers first-round exit at Aegon Championships
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [U.K], June 21 (ANI): World number one Andy Murray's troubled season continued as he slumped to a shocking straight-sets defeat at the hands of Australia's Jordan Thompson in the opening round of the Aegon Championships here last evening.
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Srikanth defeats Sakai to win Indonesia Open title
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], June 18 (ANI): Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth came out with a spectacular performance as he defeated unseeded Kazumasa Sakai of Japan in straight games to win the men's singles title of the Indonesia Super Series Premier badminton tournament here on Sunday.
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Srikanth, Prannoy enter Indonesia Open semis
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], June 16 (ANI): Ace Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth produced a rich vein of form as he swept aside Tzu Wei Wang of Chinese Taipei in straight games to book his place in the semi-finals of the Indonesia Super Series Premier here on Friday.
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