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United States of America
02 August 201215:55
Azarenka sets up Serena meeting
Victoria Azarenka had to battle to book her place in the last four of the women's Singles as she edged past seventh seed Angelique Kerber from Germany on Court One at Wimbledon.
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  AZARENKA Victoria
  WOZNIACKI Caroline
  KERBER Angelique
Great Britain
02 August 201213:32
Big guns win in style
Andy Murray produced a dazzling display as he defeated Nicolas Almagro to move within one win of an Olympic medal in the men's Singles Tennis competition, while Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer also booked a spot in the last four.
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  MURRAY Andy
  ALMAGRO Nicolas
  FEDERER Roger
  DJOKOVIC Novak
Russian Federation
01 August 201222:07
Sharapova comeback defeats Lisicki
Maria Sharapova gained revenge for her Wimbledon fourth-round exit as she defeated Germany's Sabine Lisicki in a tight tussle to reach the quarter-finals of the women's Tennis Singles.
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  SHARAPOVA Maria
  LISICKI Sabine
  WILLIAMS Serena
  CLIJSTERS Kim
  IVANOVIC Ana
  WILLIAMS Venus
  KERBER Angelique
  ZVONAREVA Vera
  WOZNIACKI Caroline
  AZARENKA Victoria
  PETROVA Nadia
  KIRILENKO Maria
  PENNETTA Flavia
  GOERGES Julia
Switzerland
01 August 201221:58
Federer on Singles march
Roger Federer saw one Olympic title slip away at Wimbledon today but remained on track for another as he moved into the quarter-finals of the men's Singles with victory over Denis Istomin.
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  FEDERER Roger
  WAWRINKA Stanislas
  ISNER John
  DJOKOVIC Novak
  HEWITT Lleyton
  ISTOMIN Denis
  ERLICH Jonathan
  RAM Andy
  TIPSAREVIC Janko
  TSONGA Jo-Wilfried
  RAONIC Milos
  LOPEZ Feliciano
  NISHIKORI Kei
  FERRER David
  DEL POTRO Juan Martin
  SIMON Gilles
  ALMAGRO Nicolas
  DARCIS Steve
  MURRAY Andy
Brazil
01 August 201218:54
Marathon Doubles match breaks record
More Olympic Tennis records have been broken in the men's Doubles clash between Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares and Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek at Wimbledon.
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United States of America
01 August 201214:40
Williams closer to matching Graf feat
Wimbledon champion Serena Williams cemented her status as the favourite for Olympic Singles gold with a 6-1 6-0 victory over Russia's Vera Zvonareva that put her in the quarter-finals.
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United States of America
31 July 201222:23
Kerber sets up Venus showdown
Germany's Angelique Kerber overcame Hungarian Timea Babos 6-1 6-1 to set up a third-round clash with five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams.
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  KERBER Angelique
  WOZNIAK Aleksandra
  BABOS Timea
  AZARENKA Victoria
  MARTINEZ SANCHEZ Maria Jose
  LISICKI Sabine
  SHVEDOVA Yaroslava
  SHARAPOVA Maria
  KIRILENKO Maria
  ROBSON Laura
  WATSON Heather
  GOERGES Julia
  RADWANSKA Agnieszka
  LEPCHENKO Varvara
Canada
31 July 201222:05
Big guns on the march
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga played his way into the history books today as he defeated Canada's Milos Raonic in the longest three-set Tennis match in Olympic history, while Novak Djokovic also booked his place in the next round.
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  RAONIC Milos
  DJOKOVIC Novak
  BERDYCH Tomas
  STEPANEK Radek
  MELO Marcelo
  SOARES Bruno
  LOPEZ Feliciano
  RODDICK Andy
  HEWITT Lleyton
  FERRER David
  NISHIKORI Kei
  BAGHDATIS Marcos
  TSONGA Jo-Wilfried
  MONACO Juan
  CILIC Marin
  KAVCIC Blaz
  DAVYDENKO Nikolay
  GASQUET Richard
France
31 July 201219:41
Tsonga joy after longest match
Fifth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won the longest three-set match in Olympic Tennis history against Canada's Milos Raonic in three minutes short of four hours.
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Serbia
31 July 201216:51
Djokovic on medal trail
Novak Djokovic gave a notice of medal-winning intent with a stunning display to beat three-time Wimbledon finalist Andy Roddick 6-2 6-1 in the second round of the men's Singles.
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  RODDICK Andy
  BAGHDATIS Marcos
  GASQUET Richard