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Saturday, June 25th, 2011

Rafael Nadal reached the last 16 with victory over Gilles Muller. Muller, a wildcard entry, gave the defending champion a tougher challenge than expected and came close to winning the first two sets on tie-breaks. But Nadal kept his composure on the key points to ultimately win 7-6 (8-6) 7-6 (7-5) 6-0 . Muller [...]
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Monday, June 20th, 2011

Venus Williams made an impressive start to her Wimbledon campaign by sweeping aside Akgul Amanmuradova 6-3, 6-1 in their first-round match on Court Two. Five-time champion Venus Williams moved to the second round of Wimbledon by beating Akgul Amanmuradova in straight sets. The American, who last week made her comeback to professional tennis at [...]
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Saturday, June 4th, 2011

The only real marker as one searches for a winner of the women’s singles at the French Open is the match Francesca Schiavone and Li Na played here last year in the third round. The Italian won 6-4, 6-2. But don’t get carried away by that. The Australian Open runner-up celebrated by falling flat [...]
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Friday, June 3rd, 2011

Five-times champion Rafa Nadal sparked off his 25th birthday celebrations on Friday by blowing Andy Murray off court with a 6-4 7-5 6-4 win to reach the French Open final. The Spaniard, bidding to equal Bjorn Borg’s record of 6 titles at Roland Garros, outplayed the British 4th seed in a 3-hour-17-minute display of [...]
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Sunday, May 29th, 2011

Roger Federer slamdunked compatriot Stanislas Wawrinka with a 6-3 6-2 7-5 victory on Sunday which powered the third seed into the French Open quarter-finals. Watched by top French NBA player Tony Parker on a sunny center court, Federer produced a series of delightful shots including a sublime sliced backhand passing winner down the line. [...]