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  • Robson beats Venus, faces Serena next in Rome

    May 13, 2013 10:53 AM

    ROME - Laura Robson overcame strong winds to beat Venus Williams 6-3, 6-2 at the Italian Open on Monday and set up a second-round match with top-ranked Serena Williams. Both players struggled with the wind at the Foro Italico, with Robson hitting eight double-faults and Venus six, although Venus' errors... more »
  • LSU-Alexandria OK'd to offer more sports

    April 18, 2013 9:37 AM

    BATON ROUGE - LSU-Alexandria will introduce five additional sports programs by the 2014-15 academic year. The additional sports will be financed through a student athletic fee, booster support, and other donor gifts. Students voted in mid-March to expand athletic programs and to increase student athletic fees. That vote... more »
  • French Open prize money up for 2013

    April 15, 2013 10:12 AM

    PARIS - Prize money at the French Open will rise for both singles champions and players who lose in some of the early rounds. Roland Garros organizers said Monday that the overall total for the tournament will go from $24.6 million to $28.7 million, with the winners receiving $1.96 million... more »
  • Murray to face Djokovic in Australian Open

    January 25, 2013 10:54 AM

    MELBOURNE, Australia - Andy Murray has joined Novak Djokovic in the men's championship match at the Australian Open. Murray, who won last fall's U.S. Open, advanced with a 6-4, 6-7, 6-3, 6-7, 6-2 win over Roger Federer. In their previous three meetings in a Grand Slam event, Federer came... more »
  • Stomach bug knocks Nadal from Australian Open

    December 28, 2012 9:49 AM

    MADRID - Rafael Nadal says he will not play the Australian Open because of a stomach virus, further delaying his comeback after being sidelined since June. The Spaniard also will skip the preceding Qatar Open. The Australian Open, the year's first Grand Slam tournament, begins Jan. 14. The same virus... more »
  • Serena withdraws from match after surgery

    December 19, 2012 10:41 AM

    BANGKOK - Serena Williams has had surgery on her big toes, and has withdrawn from an exhibition match against top-ranked Victoria Azarenka in Thailand this month. A medical certificate from Florida podiatrist Jeffrey Rockefeller says Williams "was treated for a chronic foot disorder which involved minor procedures on both of... more »
  • Tennis federation mulls anti-doping step

    November 13, 2012 10:55 AM

    PARIS - The International Tennis Federation might copy blood-testing measures used by cycling to weed out drug cheats. ITF anti-doping manager Stuart Miller told The Associated Press in a telephone interview that the federation is working toward more blood and out-of-competition drug testing on players. Roger Federer and Andy Murray... more »
  • Murray outlasts Djokovic in five sets for first Grand Slam

    September 11, 2012 10:52 AM

    NEW YORK - Andy Murray has won the U.S. Open in five grueling sets to become the first British man since 1936 to capture a Grand Slam title. Murray beat defending champion Novak Djokovic 7-6 (10), 7-5, 2-6, 3-6, 6-2 on Monday in his fifth try in the final... more »
  • Djokovic takes on Federer

    July 5, 2012 10:31 AM

    LONDON - There's a marquee match-up on tap in the men's semifinals at Wimbledon. Defending champ Novak Djokovic will take on six-time winner Roger Federer for a spot in the title match. Djokovic advances with a 6-4, 6-1, 6-4 victory over 31st-ranked Florian Mayer, while Federer rolled over Mikhail... more »
  • Djokovic to face Federer in men's semis Friday

    July 5, 2012 7:46 AM

    LONDON -There's a marquee match-up on tap in the men's semifinals at Wimbledon. Defending champ Novak Djokovic will take on six-time winner Roger Federer for a spot in the title match. Djokovic advances with a 6-4, 6-1, 6-4 victory over 31st-ranked Florian Mayer, while Federer rolled over Mikhail... more »
  • Williams sisters earn 2 doubles wins at Wimbledon

    July 4, 2012 4:20 PM

    WIMBLEDON, England - Serena Williams had to earn two doubles victories with older sister Venus at Wimbledon on Wednesday, a day before her singles semifinal against Victoria Azarenka. The Williams sisters were finally able to complete their second-round match against Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova that started on Saturday but... more »
  • Sharapova and Williams win

    June 28, 2012 10:59 AM

    WIMBLEDON, England - Women's top-seed Maria Sharapova has advanced at Wimbledon. The reigning French Open champion defeated Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova, 7-6, 6-7, 6-0. The world No. 1 has won 15 of her last 16 Grand Slam matches. Sixth-seed Serena Williams, a four-time winner at Wimbledon, was also a winner today.... more »
  • Parents set up memorial for son at new Perkins Road Park

    October 13, 2010 6:25 PM

    Perkins Road Park will reopen this weekend after years of renovations and additions, and people may be surprised at what’s there. The Velodrome was built in 1985. Since then, a BMX bike track and tennis courts were added. Saturday, BREC will unveil an updated BMX track, a new... more »
  • Isner, Mahut playing record match at Wimbledon

    June 23, 2010 1:28 PM

    John Isner of Tampa, Fla., and Nicolas Mahut of France are playing what already is the longest match on record in tennis history. Their first-round match at Wimbledon has lasted more than 7½ hours - breaking the record of 6 hours, 33 minutes set in a 2004 French Open... more »
  • Federer dodges upset in first round at Wimbledon

    June 21, 2010 12:33 PM

    For Roger Federer, Wimbledon nearly ended at the beginning. The six-time champion overcame a two-set deficit to avert a monumental first-round upset, beating Alejandro Falla 5-7, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (1), 6-0. Federer has reached the tournament final each of the past seven years, but Monday he barely survived... more »
  • Tennessee grabs SEC tennis tourney title with 3 shut outs

    April 26, 2010 1:53 PM

    Tennessee is the first Southeastern Conference tennis team to shut out each of its three opponents en route to a conference tournament championship. The Volunteers captured the SEC men's title on Sunday by beating Florida 4-0 in the championship match held in Lexington, Ky. They also defeated LSU 4-0... more »
  • Celebrity Tennis fundraiser awards grants

    April 19, 2010 2:31 PM

    A tennis exhibition that featured Sir Elton John and Billie Jean King is granting $184,000 to Baton Rouge-area nonprofits that work to reduce HIV/AIDS and to care for people with the illness. The funds were raised in December at the 17 th Annual Smash Hits, a tennis display... more »
  • Serena Williams fined for outburst

    November 30, 2009 9:12 AM

    Serena Williams has been fined $82,500 for her tirade during the U.S. Open in September. Williams lashed out at an official, using profanity and finger-pointing, after a foot-fault call at the end of her semifinal loss. She could be suspended from the tournament if she has another major offense,... more »

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