Rafael Nadal will have to beat a third straight Frenchman to reach the Australian Open fourth round…
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Justine Henin has now won her last 31 matches. In case you are wondering, the longest win streak on the WTA is 74 by Martina Navratilova in 1984. Henin will now face qualifier Su-Wei Hsieh of Chinese Taipei…
Mardy Fish [...]

Roger Federer has lost just six games in two matches at the Australian Open. That’s the fewest the Swiss has ever lost through the second round at a Slam, and the fewest anyone’s ever lost en route to the third round at the Australian Open…
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Roger Federer has won 16 straight matches at the Australian Open…
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Justine Henin has won her last 30 tour matches since losing to Marion Bartoli at Wimbledon…
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Serena Williams has now won 25 of her last 26 matches at the Australian Open…
How the hell does the tallest doubles team pairing ever, 6-foot-10 Ivo Karlovic and 6-foot-9 John Isner, lose to two Argentines in doubles?…
Think Amelia Mauresmo doesn’t [...]

Roger Federer has won his last 15 matches at the Australian Open, and 15 straight Grand Slam matches…
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Former world No. 2 Ivan Ljubicic has reached the second week at a Grand Slam just twice in 34 majors…
Lindsay Davenport’s only career win over Maria Sharapova was a double bagel. Sharapova has beaten the American four times, [...]

Justine Henin has won 29 straight matches dating back to her semifinal loss to Marion Bartoli…
Serena Williams has won 24 of her last 25 matches in Melbourne…
Andy Roddick was broken twice by former doubles specialist Lukas Dlouhy…
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During the broadcast, ESPN’s Mary Joe Fernandez called Nicole Vaidisova’s application for a marriage license a “prank” on boyfriend [...]

It may be time for a re-think from Tennis Australia, which oversees the lowest event on the four-Slam totem pole behind the French, Wimbledon and the US Open.

And certainly this writer continues to be one of those “technical” critics. But I say, celebrate these guys. They love the game.

Entering next week’s Davis Cup final against Russia, American Andy Roddick has launched an attack on the ATP’s handling of Nikolay Davydenko coming under suspicion for “not trying” in tournament matches, and Roddick being fined by the ATP for missing a Masters Series tournament.
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“So I have a little bit of a problem that has been [...]

World No 1 Roger Federer gave out no early Christmas gifts in Seoul Tuesday in a 6-4, 6-3 win over Pete Sampras in the first of the three-series exhibition meeting tour in Asia.
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Sampras broke for a 4-2 lead in the first set before Federer won the next four games to close out the first set. [...]

Tuesday of this week will be the first airing of three exhibition clashes between all-time Grand Slam title winner (14) Pete Sampras, and all-time great-in-waiting (12 Grand Slam titles and growing) Roger Federer.
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Tennis Channel will have live coverage (and prime-time replays) of the Asian exhibition tour, with the first match in Seoul airing Tuesday, Nov. [...]