Israel's Elrich, Ram win first Grand Slam doubles crown
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Jonathan Elrich and Andy Ram won Israel's first Grand Slam doubles tennis title with victory over Wimbledon champions Arnaud Clement and Michael Llodra at the Australian Open on Saturday.
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Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi and Harel Levy each recorded upset wins and the star of the next generation of Israeli tennis stars, Shahar Pe er, qualified for her second WTA Tour event in as many weeks on an action-packed Monday.
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Sport: Maria Sharapova won her all-Russian battle with Elena Dementieva while Justine Henin, Serena Williams and Jelena Jankovic also reached the quarter-finals
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India&#39;s Sania Mirza and Israel&#39;s Shahar Peer made a winning start to their renewed but controversial partnership Friday as they negotiated the first round of the ladies&#39; doubles at Wimbledon.
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Sport: Australian Open: Serbian world No3 wins first grand slam with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 victory over France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
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Roger Federer won the U.S. Open over Lleyton Hewitt and became the first player since Mats Wilander in 1988 to win three Grand Slam titles in one year.
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Third seed Andy Roddick started his Wimbledon campaign with a comfortable 6-1 7-5 7-6 first-round victory over fellow American Justin Gimelstob on Monday.
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NEW YORK: Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor defeated Leander Paes and David Rikl 6-3, 6-3 to capture the menâs doubles title at the 17.
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Andre Agassi edged Tommy Haas in two tiebreaks Saturday and reached the final of the Stockholm Open for the first time.
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DELRAY BEACH, Florida  - Japanese teenager Kei Nishikori reached his first ATP final after a thrilling 4-6 6-2 7-6 victory over third-seeded Sam Querrey at the Delray Beach International on Saturday.
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Israeli Harel Levy defeated Yen-Hsun Lu of Chinese Taipei 7-6 (7-1), 7-6 (7-1) on Monday in the first round of the $860,000 ATP/WTA Tour&#39;s Japan Open.
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DELRAY BEACH, Florida  - Teenager Kei Nishikori became the first Japanese to reach an ATP final in nearly 16 years after a 4-6 6-2 7-6 victory over American Sam Querrey at the Delray Beach International on Saturday.
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Rod Kanehl, who hit the first grand slam in the history of the New York Mets, has died. He was 70.
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Kei Nishikori became the first Japanese man to win an ATP title in 16 years by upsetting top-seeded James Blake 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 in the International Tennis Championships final on Sunday.
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Roger Federer and Anastasia Myskina have been named 2004 world champions by the International Tennis Federation. Switzerland&#39;s Federer won 11 titles including Wimbledon and the Australian and US Opens and the Masters Cup.
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Qualifier Kei Nishikori became the first Japanese man to win an ATP title in 16 years by upsetting top-seeded James Blake 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 in the International Tennis Championships final on Sunday.
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ATHENS -- In a historic 5,000-meter race, Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco, who won gold at 1,500 meters last week, outkicked Ken enisa Bekele of Ethiopia in the final straightaway to record the first such double victory since the great Paavo Nurmi of Finland, El Guerrouj's hero, accomplished the feat 80 years ago at the 1924 Paris Olympics.