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1 hr ago | Detroit Free Press

Cass Tech continues to dominate in girls tennis

To put the Detroit Cass Tech girls tennis team's dominance in perspective, its streak of 18 straight Detroit Public School League titles started when senior captains and No.

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Related Topix: Michigan High School Sports, High School Sports, Sports, Summer Olympic, Olympics, Summer Olympics

Wed May 22, 2013

Sporting Life

Classic matches

This is possibly the most bizarre tennis match I've ever seen. Rewind to the pre-Nadal era and Coria was widely regarded as the top dog on clay - now all he had to do was prove it at Roland Garros.

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Related Topix: Sports, Summer Olympic, Olympics, Summer Olympics, Rafael Nadal, More Sports, Roland Garros, Tennis, Tennis Players, Australian Open

The Star Online

Squash group on final push for Olympic bid

PETALING JAYA: It is a just a week away before squash knows its Olympic fate with the bid for the 2020 Games rapidly gaining momentum.

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Related Topix: Sports, Olympics, Summer Olympic, Olympic Softball, Olympic Baseball, Kim Clijsters, Roger Federer, Summer Olympics

Channelnewsasia.com

Tennis: Nadal targets super eight in Paris

Rafael Nadal can become the first man to win the same Grand Slam title eight times at the French Open with few willing to risk talking down the rejuvenated Spaniard's chances.

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Related Topix: Sports, Summer Olympic, Olympics, Summer Olympics, Rafael Nadal, Tennis Players, More Sports, Novak Djokovic, Grigor Dimitrov, Roger Federer, Tomas Berdych, Tennis

The Washington Post

Tsonga to return to Citi Open

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 28, headlines a Citi Open men's field that includes the entire U.S. Davis Cup squad.

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Related Topix: Sports, Summer Olympic, Olympics, Summer Olympics, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Tennis Players, More Sports, Tennis, US Open, John Isner, Sam Querrey

Russia Beyond the Headlines

Maria Sharapova looks to get over the 'Serena hurdle'

The international tennis sensation talks to Kommersant about the on-going WTA season, her playing career and her forays into business.

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Related Topix: Sports, Summer Olympic, Maria Sharapova, Olympics, Summer Olympics, Tennis Players, More Sports, Tennis, Serena Williams, Olympic Fencing, Na Li, Australian Open

Eastern Daily Press

Alfie Hewett has high hopes of delight in Turkey

Alfie Hewett partnering Marc McCarroll in an exhibition doubles match during Great Britain's Davis Cup tie last month.

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Related Topix: Sports, Summer Olympic, Olympics, Summer Olympics

Streaking The Lawn

Mitchell Frank: The Clutch Cavalier

For the University of Virginia, Tuesday was a day for the record books as the Men's Tennis team finally nabbed the elusive NCAA Championship trophy after being so close for so many seasons.

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Related Topix: Sports, Virginia Cavaliers Women's Basketball, NCAA Sports, NCAA Women's Basketball, University of Virginia NCAA, Summer Olympic, Olympics, Somdev Devvarman, Summer Olympics

Tennis Bloggers

Never Count Out Venus Williams

Venus Williams is one of the most decorated tennis athletes of all time and is the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time From Compton, Calif., to the top of the world, Venus Williams is and will always be a champion.

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Related Topix: Venus Williams, Sports, Summer Olympic, Olympics, Summer Olympics, Tennis Players, More Sports, Tennis

Tue May 21, 2013

The Day

Waterford boys' tennis goes 4-for-4 in ECC singles

Waterford High School advanced all four of its singles players into the quarterfinals Monday, getting a pair of upsets along the way, as the Eastern Connecticut Conference boys' tennis tournament began.

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Related Topix: Connecticut High School Sports, High School Sports, Sports, Summer Olympic, Olympics, Summer Olympics

Salisbury Journal

Murray pulls out of French Open

British number one Andy Murray has withdrawn from next week's French Open after failing to recover from a back injury he sustained at the Rome Masters.

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Related Topix: Sports, More Sports, French Open, Tennis, Tennis Players, Andy Murray, US Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon, Marcel Granollers, Summer Olympic, Olympics, Summer Olympics

BroadwayWorld.com

Maria Sharapova Debuts Custom Nike Tennis Wear for Paris

Designed to showcase her characteristic on-court style, the Nike Premier Maria Dress and personally-customized Nike Zoom Vapor 9 Tour iD shoes will deliver comfort, ventilation and confidence as Sharapova steps onto the clay in one of the world's toughest tournaments.

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Related Topix: Sports, Maria Sharapova, Olympics, Summer Olympics, Summer Olympic

The Telegraph

Fit-again Rafa is

London: Roger Federer gave injured Andy Murray food for thought after suggesting Rafael Nadal had come back stronger thanks to taking some time away from tennis.

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Related Topix: Sports, Summer Olympic, Roger Federer, Olympics, Summer Olympics, Tennis Players, More Sports, Andy Murray, Tennis, Rafael Nadal

The Japan Times

Obama welcomes president of 'Myanmar' with cautionary reminder

Tokyo Skytree will celebrate its first anniversary Wednesday but has not yet completed its prime mission of reliably broadcasting to households in the capital and its suburbs.

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Related Topix: Sports, Summer Olympic, Olympics, Summer Olympics

Fox News

David Beckham announces retirement, who will take his place as sexiest athlete?

The 38-year-old British soccer star David Beckham announced he would not be returning for another season of playing for the Paris St.

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Related Topix: Sports, Summer Olympic, Maria Sharapova, Olympics, Summer Olympics, Swimming, Entertainment

Mon May 20, 2013

Palo Alto Weekly

Hardebeck, Stanford will play for the NCAA tennis title

It was, without adding much hyperbole, one of the greatest comebacks in Stanford and NCAA women's tennis tournament history.

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The Age

Angry young man disappoints

Todd Woodbridge has called ''disappointing'' the defection of former Australian Open junior champion Brydan Klein to Britain, his mother's birthplace, while insisting that the combustible 23-year-old must take responsibility for the poor behaviour that led to Tennis Australia cutting off the last of its funding assistance in 2010.

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Related Topix: Sports, More Sports, Australian Open, Tennis, Brydan Klein, Bernard Tomic, Summer Olympic, Olympics, Summer Olympics, Wimbledon

CNN

Should tennis be worried about the 'kissing disease'?

Roger Federer played at the Australian Open in 2008 not knowing he had mono. At the height of his powers, he surprisingly needed 4.5 hours to beat Janko Tipsarevic in the third round.

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Related Topix: Summer Olympic, Mario Ancic (2008 Beijing Olympics), Sports, Roger Federer, Olympics, Heather Watson, Summer Olympics, Rafael Nadal, Christina McHale (2012 London Olympics), Andy Roddick

Sun May 19, 2013

BleacherReport

Why Venus Williams Needs to Retire from Singles Competition

Venus and Serena Williams have never been held to the same standards as other athletes in their sport.

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Related Topix: Venus Williams, Sports, Summer Olympic, Olympics, Summer Olympics, Serena Williams, Tennis Players, More Sports, Tennis, US Open, Andy Roddick

Star-Telegram.com

Nadal beats Federer, Serena wins at Italian Open

In the 30th meeting between the tennis greats, Nadal controlled the final from the start and won 6-1, 6-3 Sunday for his seventh Italian Open title.

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Related Topix: Serena Williams, Sports, Su-Wei Hsieh, Summer Olympic, Shuai Peng, Olympics, Peng Shuai (2008 Beijing Olympics), Summer Olympics, Mike Bryan, Mahesh Bhupathi

Olympic Medal Count

    Total
1 United States 46 29 29 104
2 China 38 27 23 88
3 Great Britain 29 17 19 65
4 Russian Federation 24 26 32 82
5 South Korea 13 8 7 28
6 Germany 11 19 14 44
7 France 11 11 12 34
8 Italy 8 9 11 28
9 Hungary 8 4 5 17
10 Australia 7 16 12 35