The red clay of Roland Garros isn’t impressed with raw power. It rewards stamina, agility and the resolve to hit ball after ball until an opponent either wilts or short-circuits in sheer frustration. None of these qualities has made Serena Williams the most dominant player in women’s tennis over the last decade. But on the eve of the 2012 French Open , the 30-year-old Williams looks the favorite to win her 14th Grand Slam title on a surface that has never played to her strengths. Read full article > >

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2012 French Open: Rededicated Serena Williams appears a favorite to win at Roland Garros

MELBOURNE, Australia — Novak Djokovic wore down Rafael Nadal in the longest Grand Slam singles final ever, winning 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7 (5), 7-5 after 5 hours, 53 minutes to claim his third Australian Open title. Read full article > >

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Australian Open: Djokovic outlasts Nadal in longest Grand Slam singles final ever

Beating Nadal in longest Grand Slam final ever.

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Djokovic Wins Epic Australian Open

Wins her first grand slam title.

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Azarenka Routs Sharapova in Final

Victoria Azarenka beats Maria Sharapova 6-3 6-0 in the Australian Open final to win her maiden Grand Slam title and become the new world number one.

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Britain’s Andy Murray appoints eight-time Grand Slam champion Ivan Lendl as his new full-time coach.

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PHOENIX — Counted out by most everyone else, the Arizona Diamondbacks are in position to complete another comeback. And this one could be the greatest of the bunch. Ryan Roberts hit a grand slam, Chris Young had the first two-homer game in Arizona’s postseason history and Diamondbacks beat the Milwaukee Brewers 10-6 Wednesday night to force Game 5 in the NL division series. Read full article > >

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Roberts hits slam, Young homers twice as Diamondbacks force Game 5 with 10-6 win over Brewers

Australia’s Sam Stosur wins her first Grand Slam title with a stunning win over favourite Serena Williams in a controversial US Open final.

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Stosur stuns Williams in US final

Britain’s Andy Murray says he faces an ‘incredible task’ to win his first Grand Slam title at the US Open after having his fourth-round match postponed for two days running.

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NEW YORK — The U.S. Open will begin Monday with tweaks to the day’s original schedule, including a two-hour delay for the start of play at Arthur Ashe Stadium. The U.S. Tennis Association said Sunday that the site of the year’s last Grand Slam tournament had “minimal damage” from Tropical Storm Irene. The gates at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center will open to the public at 10 a.m. (EDT) Monday, and matches will start as planned at 11 a.m. on nine of the tournament’s 13 courts, including Louis Armstrong Stadium. Read full article > >

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US Open tournament to start Monday with tweaked schedule after Irene’s ‘minimal damage’

When New York lifts the curtain on the 2011 U.S. Open , a brilliant rivalry among an uncommonly gifted generation of men’s tennis players will take center stage. The chief protagonists: Roger Federer , at 30, fighting time and more physical foes in pursuit of a 17th major title; Rafael Nadal , whose victory last year completed a career Grand Slam; and Novak Djokovic , on track, with a 57-2 record, for the best season in the history of the men’s game. Only one name matters on the women’s side: Serena Williams , the three-time champion who returns to Flushing Meadows, N.Y., for the first time since her profane outburst led to her default from the 2009 tournament’s semifinals. Seeded a lowly 28th , Williams is the clear favorite nonetheless, having stormed back from a near year-long hiatus forced by injury and illness to dominate the hard-court season. Read full article > >

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U.S. Open 2011: Rivalries, comebacks and Hurricane Irene

Rafael Nadal is still No. 1. The Spaniard defeated Roger Federer in the French Open on Sunday to tie Bjorn Borg’s record of six French Open titles. He has now won 10 Grand Slam tournaments. Nadal started out slowly, but went on to win five games in a…

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Nadal Defeats Federer

Li Na powers past Francesca Schiavone in straight sets to secure the French Open crown and China’s first Grand Slam singles title.

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China’s Li wins French Open title

Ireland destroy England’s Grand Slam hopes but the visitors win the Six Nations after France beat Wales in Paris in the 2011 tournament’s final match.

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Ireland 24-8 England

Manager Martin Johnson says England will have to “wear the scar” of defeat after their Grand Slam dreams are ended by a comprehensive 24-8 loss to Ireland in Dublin.

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England ‘scarred’ by Slam defeat