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Vasek-Pospisil

16 Jan 2020 17:16 Sportsnet.ca Tennis News

Even though Vasek Pospisil missed the first six months of the 2019 season to recover from back surgery, the Canadian tennis veteran still feels it was one of the best years of his career.

Denis-Shapovalov

16 Jan 2020 15:46 Sportsnet.ca Tennis News

Top Canadian Denis Shapovalov will begin play at the Australian Open against an unfamiliar opponent.

Felix-Auger-Aliassime

16 Jan 2020 14:59 Sportsnet.ca Tennis News

Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime is off to the semifinals of the Adelaide International.

Serbia Meets Japan: Novak Djokovic’s New Seiko Astron GPS Solar Limited Edition

16 Jan 2020 14:00 Watchtime.com

Japan's Seiko partnered with Serbian tennis champ Novak Djokovic in 2014, two years after the watchmaker's heralded introduction of its technically groundbreaking Astron Solar GPS watch. Seiko has released...

Smoke clears in Melbourne, organisers defend playing qualifiers

16 Jan 2020 13:30 Business Report

MELBOURNE - The Melbourne skies were largely clear of bushfire smoke on Thursday as Australian Open organisers defended their decision to continue playing qualifiers during two days when a thick haze enveloped the city.

Coco-Gauff-Venus-Williams

16 Jan 2020 13:20 Sportsnet.ca Tennis News

Gauff, 15, is the youngest woman in the Australian Open; Venus is the oldest. They will meet again in the first round of a Grand Slam tournament after Thursday’s draw at Melbourne Park put them in a tough quarter that also includes Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka.

Medvedev and Nadal eye semifinal blockbuster as pair learn fate in Australian Open draw

16 Jan 2020 10:41 RT

Russia’s Daniil Medvedev could meet Spanish world number one Rafael Nadal at the semifinal stage of the Australian Open after the two tennis stars were placed in the same half of the draw.
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Bermuda Win Play-off Match in Dominican Republic (Tennis)

16 Jan 2020 10:19 IslandStats.com: Soccer

Bermuda Youngsters continued competing in the 2020 World Junior Tennis Boys North/Central America & Caribbean Pre-Qualifying in the Dominican Republic. The Bermuda Under 14 Boy’s Team took on Antig

Sania Mirza advances to women's doubles semifinals of Hobart International

16 Jan 2020 04:33 Business Standard

Sania Mirza and her Ukrainian partner Nadia Kichenok on Thursday advanced to the women's doubles semi-finals of the Hobart International.The duo defeated USA's pair of Vania King and Christina McHale 6-2...

Sania enters women's doubles semifinals of Hobart International

16 Jan 2020 04:00 Business Standard

Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza continued her winning run as she entered the women's doubles semifinals of the Hobart International here on Thursday. Partnering Nadiia Kichenok of Ukraine, Sania defeated the American duo of Vania King and Christina McHale 6-2 4-6 10-4 in the quarterfinals.

Minaur

16 Jan 2020 03:56 Sportsnet.ca Tennis News

Alex de Minaur withdrew on Thursday from the Australian Open due to an abdominal strain.

Fernandez

16 Jan 2020 03:48 Sportsnet.ca Tennis News

Canada’s Leylah Annie Fernandez toppled Romania’s Patricia Maria Tig 6-2, 6-3 on Thursday in a first-round qualifier at the Australian Open that originally began a day earlier.

[Men's Tennis] Tigers drop season opener to Eastern Illinois

15 Jan 2020 23:00 Olivet Nazarene (Illinois) Tigers

PARK FOREST, Illinois -- The Olivet Nazarene University men's tennis team wasted little time in hitting the courts to open the spring schedule. The Tigers began the season by hosting Division 1 Eastern Illinois University on Wednesday afternoon in Park Forest, Illinois.

Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal branded ‘selfish’ – despite donating £132,000 to Australian wild fire relief

15 Jan 2020 22:30 TheSun.co.uk

ROGER FEDERER and Rafa Nadal were branded “selfish” — despite donating £132,000 to the Australian bushfire appeal. Players again slammed the “dangerous” air pollution levels in Melbourne yesterday, while Victoria’s health chief urged Australian Open organisers to revamp their air quality policy.