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• 5th-seeded Benneteau loses at Portugal Open

  Pablo Carreno-Busta of Spain upset fifth-seeded Julien Benneteau in the first round of the Portugal Open on Tuesday, beating the Frenchman 6-3, 6-4. 

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  Gay athletes have come out while active or retired

  Even before Jason Collins, plenty of other athletes around the world have come out as gay, either while still active or in retirement. From Martina ... 

• 6th-seeded Paire advances at Portugal Open

  Sixth-seeded Benoit Paire of France beat Igor Sijsling of the Netherlands 7-6 (5), 6-3 Monday in the opening round of the Portugal Open. The top three ... 

• Davydenko knocked out in 1st round of BMW Open

  Ivan Dodig of Croatia upset two-time champion Nikolay Davydenko 6-4, 6-4 in the first round of the BMW Open on Monday. Dmitry Tursunov of Russia ... 

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  Nadal to play at Federer's hometown Swiss Indoors

  Rafael Nadal is scheduled to play at Roger Federer's hometown tournament for the first time in nine years. Organizers of the Swiss Indoors announced ... 

• Nadal beats Almagro to win 8th Barcelona Open

  Rafael Nadal won the Barcelona Open for the eighth time Sunday after seeing off Nicolas Almagro 6-4, 6-3 in the final. Almagro played aggressively ... 

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  Sharapova beats Li in Porsche GP final

  Maria Sharapova beat Li Na 6-4, 6-3 on Sunday to defend her WTA Porsche Grand Prix title in a final that brought together the last two French Open ... 

• Rosol beats Garcia-Lopez to win Bucharest final

  Lukas Rosol of the Czech Republic beat Spain's Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-3, 6-2 to win the BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy for his first ATP title on Sunday. 

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  Nadal beats Raonic to reach Barcelona Open final

  Seven-time winner Rafael Nadal beat Milos Raonic 6-4, 6-0 to reach the Barcelona Open final on Saturday. After the semifinal was delayed for rain, ... 

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  Sharapova, Li in Porsche GP final

  Defending champion Maria Sharapova will face Li Na in the final of the Porsche Grand Prix in a matchup of the last two French Open winners. 

• Rosol, Garcia-Lopez reach Bucharest final

  Lukas Rosol of the Czech Republic ousted three-time champion Gilles Simon 6-2, 6-3 on Saturday to reach his first career final at the BRD Tiriac ... 

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  Sharapova edges Ivanovic to reach Porsche GP semi

  Top-seeded Maria Sharapova got through another tough test in outlasting Ana Ivanovic 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 on Friday to advance to the semifinals of the ... 

• Gilles Simon reaches semifinals in Bucharest

  Three-time champion Gilles Simon reached the semifinals of the BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy on Friday, while top-seeded Janko Tipsarevic was eliminated. 

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  Nadal wins 2 matches to reach Barcelona semifinals

  Seven-time winner Rafael Nadal won back-to-back matches to advance to the semifinals of the Barcelona Open on Friday. After rain forced several ... 

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  Sharapova needs more than 3 hours to win

  Top-seeded Maria Sharapova needed three sets and more than three hours Thursday in her clay-court debut of the year to overcome Lucie Safarova of the ... 

• Top seed Tipsarevic into Bucharest quarters

  Top-seeded Janko Tipsarevic marched into the BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy quarterfinals with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Santiago Giraldo of Colombia on Thursday 

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  Almagro, Monaco to meet in Barcelona Open quarters

  Nicolas Almagro and Juan Monaco both won third-round matches at the Barcelona Open on Thursday before rain forced the rest of the matches to be ... 

• Wozniacki loses in 1st round of Porsche GP

  Jelena Jankovic beat Samantha Stosur 6-4, 6-4 to advance to the second round of the Porsche Grand Prix on Wednesday. But another former No. 1 in the ... 

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  Nadal eases past Berlocq to advance at Barcelona

  Defending champion Rafael Nadal eased his way to the third round of the Barcelona Open with a 6-4, 6-2 win against Carlos Berlocq of Argentina on ... 

• Ivanovic beats Petkovic in 1st round in Stuttgart

  Serbia's Ana Ivanovic defeated Andrea Petkovic of Germany 6-3, 6-2 Tuesday in the first round of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix. Ivanovic needed just ... 

• Berlocq advances to face Nadal in Barcelona Open

  Carlos Berlocq of Argentina set up a second-round match against defending champion Rafael Nadal at the Barcelona Open by defeating Daniel ... 

• Wimbledon announces 40 percent hike in prize money

  This year's singles champions at Wimbledon will each receive 1.6 million pounds ($2.4 million) after the All England Club increased overall prize ... 

• Viktor Troicki advances to 2nd round in Bucharest

  Viktor Troicki advanced to the second round of the Nastase Tiriac Trophy by beating Marinko Matosevic of Australia 7-6 (5), 6-3 on Monday. 

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  Nadal returns to Barcelona after Monte Carlo loss

  After his eight-year winning run in Monte Carlo was ended by Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal is quickly refocusing on winning an eighth title at the ... 

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  Italy beats Czechs to reach Fed Cup final

  Roberta Vinci put Italy into the Fed Cup final, beating Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-3 Monday to clinch a 3-1 win in a series ...