Sweet revenge for Murray as old guard hold firm
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Dressed in black and oozing menace, Andy Murray extracted sweet revenge by felling Wimbledon nemesis Grigor Dimitrov in a late-night thriller as the old guard stood firm to march into the Australian Open quarter-finals on Sunday.
Irrepressible Vonn adds 64th jewel to crown
ST MORITZ, Switzerland (Reuters) – Lindsey Vonn added a 64th jewel to her World Cup crown when she won a Super-G in St Moritz on Sunday, her last race before the world championships at home in Beaver Creek next week.
Berdych crimps Australia’s day at Melbourne Park
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Tomas Berdych ruined local hopes of a massive Australia Day celebration on Monday when he hammered Bernard Tomic to advance to his fifth successive quarter-final at the season-opening grand slam on Sunday.
Today is a day to be happy, says encouraged Nadal
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Rafa Nadal savoured the best win of his campaign at Melbourne Park in felling South African Kevin Anderson 7-5 6-1 6-4 to storm into the Australian Open quarter-finals on Sunday but was reticent to talk up his chances of a 15th gr…
Student Bouchard ready to be tested by Sharapova
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Eugenie Bouchard will spend Monday ‘cramming’ for one of the toughest exams of her fledgling career when she faces second seed Maria Sharapova in the Australian Open quarter-finals.
Makarova marches into Australian Open quarter-finals
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Feisty Russian counter-puncher Ekaterina Makarova continued her love affair with Melbourne Park on Sunday by booking a place in the quarter-finals for a third time in four years with a 6-3 6-2 thrashing of Germany’s Julia Goerges….
Bouchard beats Begu to reach quarter-finals
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Eugenie Bouchard advanced to the Australian Open quarter-finals on Sunday after a seesaw 6-1 5-7 6-2 victory over Romania’s Irina Begu in their fourth round clash on Rod Laver Arena.
Rusty short game costs Mickelson a chance to go low
(Reuters) – Phil Mickelson has been a little rusty with his usually renowned short game in his first PGA Tour event in four months and he squandered the chance to shoot a low score at the Humana Challenge with some untidy play on Saturday.
Pacesetting Kuchar slips back with messy finish
(Reuters) – Overnight leader Matt Kuchar surprisingly dropped three shots in his last four holes to finish the third round of the $5.7 million Humana Challenge one stroke off the pace at La Quinta on Saturday.
World Cup of Hockey set for Toronto in 2016
(Reuters) – The World Cup of Hockey will return, after a 12-year absence, in 2016 when eight teams will compete for the trophy in Toronto, the National Hockey League (NHL) announced on Saturday.
