MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — As thousands of fans queued to get into the Australian Grand Prix, seemingly unperturbed by the coronavirus pandemic, the Formula One teams and drivers were packing up to leave.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — As thousands of fans queued to get into the Australian Grand Prix for the first Formula One weekend of the season, the teams and drivers were packing up to leave.
MELBOURNE, Australia - Agnieszka Radwanska extended the best winning streak of the year to 11 matches as she rolled into the third round of the Australian Open with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Romania's Irina-Camelia Begu on Wednesday.
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MELBOURNE, Australia - Victoria Azarenka reached her first Grand Slam final and staked a claim for the No. 1 ranking, beating defending champion Kim Clijsters 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 in the Australian Open semifinals Thursday.
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MELBOURNE, Australia - Defending champion Kim Clijsters beat top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki 6-3, 7-6 (4) to reach the AustralianOpen semifinals on Tuesday.
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MELBOURNE, Australia - Serena Williams lost at the Australian Open for the first time since 2008, struggling with her serve and hitting too many unforced errors in a 6-2, 6-3 loss to Ekaterina Makarova on Monday.
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MELBOURNE, Australia - Serena Williams was only two points from her 500th career match win when she tumbled to the court in the second round of the Australian Open.
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MELBOURNE, Australia - Defending champion Kim Clijsters cruised into the third round of the Australian Open and then showed just how much support she has at Rod Laver Arena by getting the crowd to sing 'Happy Birthday' to her younger sister.
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MELBOURNE, Australia - Novak Djokovic gave his old friend Andy Murray a sympathetic hug and a few consoling words, then got on with the real celebrations.
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MELBOURNE, Australia - Kim Clijsters moved into an Australian Open semifinal showdown with second-ranked Vera Zvonareva, beating Agnieszka Radwanska 6-3, 7-6 (4) on Wednesday as air force planes flew overhead as part of celebrations for the national holiday.
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MELBOURNE, Australia - Andy Murray moved into the Australian Open quarterfinals without dropping a set, beating No. 11 Jurgen Melzer 6-3, 6-1, 6-1 on Monday in an impressive victory that will heighten expectations about him breaking a long British drought.
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MELBOURNE, Australia - Rafael Nadal extended his Grand Slam winning streak to 23 matches Thursday, beating American qualifier Ryan Sweeting 6-2, 6-1, 6-1 in the second round of the Australian Open.
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MELBOURNE, Australia - Rafael Nadal's quest to complete his "Rafa Slam" at the Australian Open started with a first-round victory that lasted only 11 games and certainly helped him conserve plenty of energy.
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MELBOURNE, Australia - Roger Federer started his Australian Open title defense with a 6-1, 6-1, 6-3 victory over Lukas Lacko on Monday, showing some of the sublime shot-making skills that make him the most obvious hurdle to Rafael Nadal's pursuit of a "Rafa Slam."
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