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Rebecca Marino

Marino surges into semi-finals

Vancouver's Rebecca Marino moved into the semi-finals of the Cellular South Cup WTA event in Memphis. The 20-year-old, seeded sixth and the only remaining seed in the quarters, defeated Coco Vandeweghe of the U.S., 6-1, 7-6. She will face Russian Evgeniya Rodina in the semis. Marino, who is ranked a career-high 80th, has already picked up 130 points and could move into the top 70 when the new list comes out next week.


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Milos Raonic of Canada.

Raonic sails into quarter-finals

Rising Canadian tennis star Milos Raonic shows no signs of slowing down.


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Canadian Milos Raonic of Thornhill defeated world no. 9 Fernando Verdasco of Spain for the second time in four days on Wednesday in the opening round of the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships in Memphis, Tenn.

Raonic fastest rising tennis star

Milos Raonic beat No. 2 seed Fernando Verdasco 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (5) on Wednesday night in the first round of the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships, his second victory over Verdasco in four days.


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A medic takes the body temperature of Russian Anna Chakvetadze after collapsing during her WTA Dubai Open tennis match against Caroline Wozniacki from Denmark in the Gulf emirate of Dubai on February 16, 2011. Chakvetadze retired from the match.

Wozniacki wins after fainting drama

Caroline Wozniacki moved to within two wins of regaining the world No. 1 spot from Kim Clijsters - but only reached the last 16 of the Dubai Open after her opponent, Anna Chakvetadze, suddenly and dramatically fainted.


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Caroline Wozniacki takes a penalty the Laureus Football Challenge presented by IWC Schaffhausen as part of the 2011 Laureus World Sports Awards at the Emirates Palace on February 7, 2011 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Wozniacki has chance to reclaim No. 1 ranking from Clijsters in Dubai

Caroline Wozniacki's rivalry with Kim Clijsters will see the young Dane take back the world No. 1 ranking from the U.S. Open champion if she can manage a good run at the Dubai Open starting on Monday. Wozniacki lost an exciting three-set final to Clijsters at the year-end WTA Championships in Doha, and then had to relinquish the top spot to Clijsters when the Belgian reached the semifinals of the Paris Open Friday. But Wozniacki's consistency and Clijsters' decision to take a break from competition next week has brought the possibility of the top ranking changing hands again next week. Eight of the world's top 10 and 14 of its top 20 are taking part in Dubai in a US$2-million event that is reputed also to pay generous appearance fees to some leading players. Wozniacki lost in the second round last year to Shahar Peer, the Israeli who spent much of the tournament isolated under heavy guard after becoming the first female Israeli athlete ever to compete in the United Arab Emirates.


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Robin  Soderling of Sweden celebrates during the final tennis match of the World Indoor Tournament against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France in Rotterdam February 13, 2011.

Soderling retains Rotterdam title

French Open finalist Robin Soderling retained his ATP Rotterdam title with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 defeat of France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga here on Sunday.


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Tony Gallagher

Break out the brooms, rare sweep of Dallas

The Vancouver Canucks were no doubt thankful for the victory t Rogers Arena Saturday.

 
Ed Willes

Tense time on bubble

Raffi Torres says it was kind of funny the first time it happened.

 
 

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