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Stephens falls in rain-marred Fed Cup World Group playoffs
DELRAY BEACH — Sloane Stephens' breakthrough victory against Serena Williams in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open signaled the arrival of a tough, talented player and anointed Stephens as a front-and-center face of the next generation of...Tags: Johanna Larsson, Sloane Stephens, Tennis, Sofia Arvidsson, Serena Williams
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Masters to feature youngest player ever
AP Golf WriterAUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Guan Tianlang is in good company this week at Augusta National. He played a practice round Monday with two-time Masters champion Ben Crenshaw, then headed out in the afternoon with Tiger Woods. He has a game lined up...Tags: LPGA Tour, HSBC Champions, Canadian Open (golf), Nick Faldo, Masters Tournament
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Inbee Park is steady as she goes, leads LPGA Kraft Nabisco by 3
Inbee Park seemed unflappable Saturday. The breeze picked up, but Park's shots stayed in the middle of the fairway. The 24-year-old South Korean played alongside her closest competitor, Lizette Salas, and increased her lead even as the pro-Salas...
Tags: LPGA Tour, Lorena Ochoa, LPGA, Golf, Oscar De La Hoya
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Stacy Lewis is No. 1 at LPGA's first major
The fact that an American golfer is ranked No. 1 in the world is not a surprise. The fact that a second golfer is ranked No. 1 — a woman — is very much a surprise. Of course, everyone knows Tiger Woods; the other is Stacy Lewis, and she...
Tags: LPGA Tour, LPGA, Golf, Tiger Woods, Sports
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Lydia Ko and playing partner Michelle Wie at one under after nine
RANCHO MIRAGE -- Lydia Ko, a 15-year-old from New Zealand who won a tournament on the LPGA Tour last year, is paired Thursday and Friday with 23-year-old Michelle Wie, who once contended at the Kraft Nabisco Championship, the tour's first major, when...Tags: LPGA Tour, Golf, Sports
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Tennis great Rod Laver loses his partner in life
The biggest grand slam of Rod Laver's life had nothing to do with major tennis tournaments. He met Mary Shelby Peterson at the Jack Kramer Tennis Club. Then, in 1966, at a church in San Rafael, he changed that to Mary Shelby Laver. Game, set, match....
Tags: Breast Cancer, Australia, Heart Attack, Tennis, Bjorn Borg
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Caroline Wozniacki is headed to final
Caroline Wozniacki made it back to the BNP Paribas Open women's final at Indian Wells on Friday night, fighting her way through a 2-hour 28-minute marathon that was mostly distinguishable by moonballs and service breaks. Eighth-seeded Wozniacki of...
Tags: Caroline Wozniacki, Maria Kirilenko, Maria Sharapova, Juan Martin Del Potro, Denmark
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Novak Djokovic struggles at first, but beats Grigor Dimitrov at BNP Paribas Open
For a while Tuesday, the No. 1 men's tennis player in the world, Novak Djokovic, didn't play up to his rating and the No. 31 player, Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria, played well above his. But, as so often happens in big tournaments such as the BNP...
Tags: Marion Bartoli, Sam Querrey, Serena Williams, Mardy Fish, Los Angeles Times Columnists
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BNP Paribas Showdown 2013 Monday on ESPN2
Channel Guide MagazineBNP Paribas Showdown 2013 March 4 on ESPN2 is a tennis exhibition featuring Rafael Nadal vs. Juan Martin Del Potro and Serena Williams vs. Victoria Azarenka at New York City's Madison Square Garden. The BNP Paribas Showdown celebrates World Tennis Day... -
Serena Williams withdraws from Dubai event with sore back, ankle
Two days after becoming the oldest top-ranked women's tennis player, 31-year-old Serena Williams became the latest entrant to drop out of the Dubai Championships. Williams withdrew Wednesday 45 minutes before her scheduled match with 11th-ranked...
Tags: Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Agnieszka Radwanska, Qatar, Victoria Azarenka, Caroline Wozniacki
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Sampras joins No. 1 Djokovic, Bryan brothers in L.A. exhibition
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic along with Mardy Fish of Los Angeles and Bob and Mike Bryan, who won the Australian Open doubles title last month, are the headliners of the Los Angeles Tennis Challenge on March 4 at Pauley Pavilion. Also in the field is 34-...
Tags: Tommy Haas, Jose Canseco, Tennis, Novak Djokovic, Mardy Fish
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Serena Williams falls to Victoria Azarenka in Qatar Open final
With her march back to the No. 1 ranking complete, Serena Williams promptly lost in the finals of the Qatar Open to the woman she will replace atop the world rankings. It's odd how sports and rankings work that way. Victoria Azarenka of Belarus...Tags: Wimbledon Championships, U.S. Open (tennis), Victoria Azarenka, Qatar, NASCAR
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