Before heading back to the U.S. Open, Melanie Oudin was hoping to get in a few more matches, where she was a fan favorite last year during a surprising run to the quarterfinals.
At the Pilot Pen on Monday, the 18-year-old Oudin disappointed the sparse crowd, losing in the opening round of the tune-up tournament, 6-2, [...]
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Several top players have seen their hopes of claiming the championship cut short, as the second week of the French Open begins. On the men’s and women’s sides of the Roland Garros draws, there has been a few upsets.
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have cruised to the quarterfinals without dropping a single set, on the [...]
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Yousuf Raja of Pakistan WAPDA and Shabnam Bilal of Habb Bank Limited won the men’s and women’s singles finals of the 47th National Table Tennis Championship at the WAPDA Sports Comples on Saturday April 17, 2010.
Yousuf defeated his teammate Sajjad Faisal 4-2 and the score-line was 11-8,3-11, 11-9, 11-8, 5-11, and 11-4. Shabnam beat [...]
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Tennis has had a problem with gambling it would appear. It is the number 3 most gambled on sport in Europe. Should tennis hire fake gamblers to approach players about gambling and keep conversations on a wire? Also, could they require players to report all transgressions. I think this system would [...]
