Wimbledon targets US to fund $200m expansion
The Wimbledon tennis tournament is targeting the US market for its guaranteed Centre Court seats to help pay for a $168 million expansion of its grounds.
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College sport: Parents take aim at tennis 'rip-off'
Tennis Northern have come under fire after withdrawing their teams from this month's national junior teams event and some parents and clubs in the region are upset.
College Sport: St Kents opts out of A1 tennis comp
Auckland's top tennis school has taken the unprecedented action of withdrawing its top boys and girls teams from the secondary school competition.
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Tennis: Federer wins first round in fine style at Dubai Open
Grand Slam record-holder Roger Federer has begun the second phase of what he hopes will be a revival of his fortunes by racing into the second round of the Dubai Open.
Tennis clubs face early end to play
Club tennis players will have to down rackets at 6pm if a little-known clause in Auckland Council's draft Unitary Plan makes it through to the final document.
Tennis: Sampras certain Nadal will surpass him, body willing
Pete Sampras suspects it's inevitable Spaniard Rafael Nadal will match the American's Grand Slam tally and catch Swiss leader Roger Federer too.
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Tennis: Federer's grunt grumbles
Roger Federer went on the offensive midway through Friday night's Australian Open semifinal - but only when he was sitting down.
Tennis: Finals upset? Yes Stan can
Cold, hard statistics insist Stanislas Wawrinka cannot win the Australian Open over world No1 Rafael Nadal at Melbourne Park tonight.
Third time is lucky for Li
Li Na had a date with the Australian Open title. She had let it slip in heartbreakingly in 2011, 2012 and 2013 but 2014 was her year, winning 7-6, 6-0 against Dominika Cibulkova last night.
Tennis: Don't cut Cibulkova short in grand slams
Considering that she is only 1.6m tall, it might seem inappropriate to suggest Dominika Cibulkova has grown with every match en route to the Oz Open final, but the Slovakian has ended the tournament with her stature in the game enhanced.
Final chapter of the Federer-Nadal rivalry?
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Tennis: Quarter-final matches top server with best returner
The Australian Open's most successful server meets the man Roger Federer rates as the best returner in the game for a place in the last four.
Tennis: Kiwi dips out of doubles in round 3
New Zealand's remaining representative at the Australian Open was knocked out of the men's doubles yesterday afternoon.