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Osaka, Medvedev looking to avoid joining illustrious list of French Open flops
AFP, Published on 27/05/2021
» PARIS: Roland Garros has been a happy hunting ground for many of the greatest Grand Slam champions, but rising stars Naomi Osaka and Daniil Medvedev are hoping to avoid joining the list of tennis' big names who could never conquer the Parisian clay.
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Hunger games?: Tennis foot soldiers struggle in time of virus
AFP, Published on 29/03/2020
» PARIS - With careers spent scratching around dusty outposts, sometimes with "just $100" in their pockets, tennis' unheralded army of foot soldiers claim they are struggling to afford food after being made unemployed overnight by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Sharapova ends a career that was stuff of Hollywood
AFP, Published on 26/02/2020
» PARIS: From the shadow of Chernobyl's nuclear wasteland to international super-stardom and from penniless arrival in the United States, without a word of English, to estimated earnings of at least US$300 million.
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Nadal in the pink as Sharapova hits all-time low at Australian Open
AFP, Published on 21/01/2020
» MELBOURNE - Top seed Rafael Nadal turned on the style as he launched his bid for a record-equalling 20th Major title at the Australian Open on Tuesday, but falling star Maria Sharapova hit a career low.
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'Serena Williams struggles to 800th victory
AFP, Published on 28/05/2019
» PARIS: Serena Williams admitted the 'mother, champion, queen, goddess' logo which adorned her Roland Garros outfit on Monday was "a lot to carry, but so is being Serena".
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Barty muscles past Sharapova to set up Kvitova quarter-final
AFP, Published on 20/01/2019
» MELBOURNE - Hometown hero Ashleigh Barty muscled past Maria Sharapova Sunday to make the Australian Open quarter-finals where she will meet Petra Kvitova who matched her best Slam performance since a terrifying knife attack derailed her career.
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VDOs search for " Russia's Maria Sharapova "
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Sharapova stuns Wozniacki as ice men Nadal and Federer plough on
AFP, Published on 18/01/2019
» MELBOURNE - Maria Sharapova stunned defending champion Caroline Wozniacki to sweep into the Australian Open last 16 Friday and join ice men Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, who clinically disposed of their opponents.
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Federer, Nadal stay on track as Sharapova sets up Wozniacki showdown
AFP, Published on 16/01/2019
» MELBOURNE - Roger Federer ground out a tough three-set win to make the Australian Open third round for an incredible 20th straight year Wednesday, with long-time rival Rafael Nadal also safely through in his drive towards an 18th Grand Slam title.
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Nadal flies into Open round two as Sharapova sends warning
AFP, Published on 14/01/2019
» MELBOURNE - A ruthless Rafael Nadal showed no mercy in a clinical first round thumping at the Australian Open Monday as fellow veteran Maria Sharapova issued her own warning with a "double bagel" demolition.
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Sharapova crashes at US Open to Suarez Navarro
AFP, Published on 04/09/2018
» NEW YORK: Maria Sharapova was knocked out of the US Open in the fourth round on Monday, losing 6-4, 6-3 to Spanish birthday girl Carla Suarez Navarro who inflicted the Russian's first ever night-time loss at the tournament.
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