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Rafael Nadal Reportedly to Miss Time With Leg Injury

By Hal SpivackFeb 1st 2011 – 4:02PM

World No. 1 Rafael Nadal will need approximately 10 days to recover from the leg injury he suffered during his quarterfinal loss to compatriot David Ferrer at the Australian Open. Nadal's website reported that his MRI and ultrasound discovered an "adductor longus rupture of the right leg." Although the report on his...

Novak Djokovic Dominates Andy Murray to Win 2011 Australian Open Title

By Hal SpivackJan 30th 2011 – 7:02AM

Novak Djokovic of Serbia thrashed Andy Murray 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 to win his second career Australian Open singles title on Sunday and second Grand Slam title overall. The third-seeded Djokovic dominated the fifth-seeded Murray in every aspect of the final match. Djokovic won his first Australian Open title in 2008. The...

Kim Clijsters Defeats Li Na to Win Australian Open

Jan 29th 2011 – 8:20AM
Rob Griffith, AP

Rob Griffith, AP

(Jan. 29) -- Kim Clijsters rallied to win the Australian Open women's singles title 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 against Li Na of China on Saturday. Clijsters, the 2004 Australian Open runner-up and three-time U.S. Open champion, defeated Li for her fourth career Grand Slam title. It is the 27-year-old Belgian's second major in a row and...

Kim Clijsters Defeats Li Na to Win Australian Open

By Hal SpivackJan 29th 2011 – 6:21AM

Kim Clijsters rallied to win the Australian Open women's singles title 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 against Li Na of China on Saturday. Clijsters, the 2004 Australian Open runner-up and three-time U.S. Open champion, defeated Li for her fourth career Grand Slam title. It is the 27-year-old Belgian's second major in a row and her third...

Kim Clijsters Cruises Past Vera Zvonareva, to Play Li Na in Final

By Hal SpivackJan 27th 2011 – 2:36AM

Kim Clijsters defeated Vera Zvonareva in straight sets 6-3, 6-3 at the Australian Open on Thursday to advance into her second consecutive Grand Slam final. The third-seeded Clijsters dominated play from the outset and won the match in just 73 minutes. The second-seeded Zvonareva put forth a respectable effort with no...

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The Australian Open is a major tennis tournament held annually over the last fortnight of January in Melbourne, Australia.

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