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Donald wins to regain top ranking

Sunday, May 27th, 2012

Luke Donald regains his world number one status from Rory McIlroy with victory in the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth.

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Donald edges clear at Wentworth

Saturday, May 26th, 2012

Luke Donald is on course to regain his world number one status as he leads the BMW Championship by two shots going into the final round.

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Brit Golding wins US boys’ title

Sunday, September 11th, 2011

Britain’s Oliver Golding wins the US Open boys’ singles title with victory over junior world number one Jiri Vesely.

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Donald sets up Kaymer semi-final

Saturday, May 21st, 2011

World number one Luke Donald sets up a semi-final with world number three Martin Kaymer and Ian Poulter fights back to beat Francesco Molinari in the World Match Play Championship.

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Murray to be fit for French Open

Thursday, May 19th, 2011

Britain’s Andy Murray pulls out of Paris exhibition match with a minor injury but the world number four is expected to be fit for the French Open.

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Murray suffers shock Miami defeat

Friday, March 25th, 2011

Andy Murray is defeated by a qualifier in a second consecutive tournament, with a straight-sets loss in the Miami Open to world number 118 Alex Bogomolov Jr.

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Donald wins WGC Match Play final

Sunday, February 27th, 2011

England’s Luke Donald defeats new world number one Martin Kaymer 3&2 to win the WGC Match Play in Arizona.

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Clijsters regains number one spot

Friday, February 11th, 2011

Australian Open champion Kim Clijsters regains her world number one ranking after beating Jelena Dokic in the quarter-finals of the Paris Open.

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Injured Henin ends playing career

Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

Former world number one Justine Henin is forced to retire from tennis for the second time because of a recurring elbow injury.

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Sampras’s tennis trophies stolen

Wednesday, December 8th, 2010

Former world number one men’s tennis player Pete Sampras has most of his tournament trophies stolen.

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O’Sullivan dumped out by Bingham

Monday, December 6th, 2010

Three-time world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan loses to world number 23 Stuart Bingham 9-6 in the first round of the UK Championship.

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Late surge leaves Westwood second

Friday, November 5th, 2010

New world number one Lee Westwood finishes his second round strongly at the HSBC Champions challenge to sit one shot behind leader Francesco Molinari.

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Westwood one off lead in Shanghai

Thursday, November 4th, 2010

New world number one Lee Westwood is one shot off the lead at the HSBC Champions challenge in Shanghai and two ahead of the man he dethroned, Tiger Woods.

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Westwood handed Mickelson pairing

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010

New world number one Lee Westwood is paired with Phil Mickelson and YE Yang for the opening round of the WGC-HSBC Champions event in Shanghai.

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Westwood to End Woods’s No. 1 Reign

Sunday, October 31st, 2010

Lee Westwood is to take over as world number one when the new rankings are published Monday after Ryder Cup team mate Martin Kaymer finished down the field at the Andalucia Masters.

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