Tennis: Australia Celebrates While Russians Falter
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Lleyton Hewitt won an epic battle  with Spanish teen-ager Rafael Nadal Monday and Alicia Molik  upset former world number one Venus Williams to raise hopes of  a home champion at the Australian Open.
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Russian fifth seed Maria Sharapova won the Australian Open final against fourth seed Ana Ivanovic of Serbia 7-5, 6-3 Saturday, claiming her third Grand Slam title.
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Maria Sharapova beats Svetlana Kuznetsova to reach the Australian Open semi-finals.
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Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova  fought back from a sloppy start to wear down fellow Russian  Svetlana Kuznetsova 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 Tuesday to reach the  Australian Open semi-finals for the first time.
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As the year drew to a close, Myskina inspired Russia to their first Fed Cup title against France in Moscow. Federer&#39;s emergence to fill the vacuum left by the retirement of Pete Sampras stamped an indelible mark on the year.
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Rafael Nadal and Jelena Jankovic earned their first appearances in the Australian Open semi-finals on Tuesday but it ended in misery for defending women's champion Serena Williams.
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Sania Mirza says she will take a lot of positives out of her loss to Venus Williams at the Australian Open on Saturday, and likes to think she has done her country proud.
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Tennis Andy Roddick helped make history yesterday, yet he was in no mood to celebrate. After nearly five hours of punishing, draining tennis in Moscow, the United States was knocked out of the Davis Cup in the semifinals when Roddick lost, 17-15, to Russia's Dmitry Tursunov in a fifth-set marathon. ``You feel like you let your teammates down and your ...
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ATHENS -- They wanted each other. They got each other. One more time. The United States women's basketball team survived a grind-a-thon against Russia yesterday and will go for the gold today against Australia. It's a rematch of the gold medal game from the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, which the US won, 76-54, in a game also remembered for Aussie ...
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Russia&#39;s Maria Sharapova reacts after winning a point against Russia&#39;s Elena Dementieva during their semi final match at the Swisscom Challenge Tennis Tournament in Zurich-Kloten, Switzerland, Saturday, Oct 23, 2004.
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Russian fifth seed Maria Sharapova beat fourth seed Ana Ivanovic of Serbia 7-5 6-3 to win the Australian Open women's singles title on Saturday.
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Russia take a 2-1 lead in the Davis Cup final against Argentina by winning Saturday's doubles match.
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MOSCOW: Anastasia Myskina kept Russia&#39;s Fed Cup hopes alive by beating Moscow-born Tatiana Golovin 6-4, 7-6 in the second singles of the competition final against holders France yesterday, levelling the score at 1-1.
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Roger Federer strolled into the  fourth round of the Australian Open Friday when his opponent  retired hurt while rival Marat Safin survived an injury scare  of his own to lead a procession of Russians into the fourth  round.
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The Russian invasion and the Rebel Without a Cause outfit seem to be getting most of the headlines in women&#39;s tennis these days, which is just fine by the world&#39;s top-ranked player.
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The prizefighters of tennis punched their way out of trouble at the Australian Open on Monday but British hope Andy Murray was felled by a fierce right hand at Melbourne Park.
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MELBOURNE, Australia  - Stricken by nerves and  self-doubt, Marat Safin's belief returned in the nick of time  on Sunday as the Russian beat Lleyton Hewitt, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4,  6-4, to win the centenary Australian Open.