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Record 7 'injured' players pull out of 'dangerous, slippery' Wimbledon in...

Tweet London, June 27 (ANI): A record seven big names in tennis were reportedly forced to pull out of Wimbledon in just one day due to injury, the most in the tournament's history, with some taking...

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Hsieh beaten in singles, Wang prepares for Haas

The All England Club’s medical rooms were overflowing as the third day of Wimbledon resembled a casualty ward with Rafael Nadal’s conqueror Steve Darcis one of five players to withdraw injured before...

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Wednesday's Wimbledon roundup: Federer, Sharapova fall on shocking day

Stephen Wilson Associated Press Comments Sergiy Stakhovsky scores match point against Roger Federer on Wednesday. (Mike Hewitt / Getty Images) London — It was already one of the most tumultuous days...

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Darcis and Azarenka lead Wimbledon injury exodus

LONDON (Reuters) - The All England Club's medical rooms were overflowing as the third day of Wimbledon resembled a casualty ward with Rafa Nadal's conqueror Steve Darcis one of five players to...

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Federer suffers his worst Grand Slam loss in decade

LONDON — Defending champion Roger Federer crashed out of Wimbledon on Wednesday when he lost to Ukraine’s world No116 Sergiy Stakhovsky in his worst Grand Slam defeat for a decade. The shock 6-7 (5/7)...

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Day three at Wimbledon dominated by injuries

Injuries knocked five players out of Wimbledon today - including second-seeded Victoria Azarenka, the man who stunned Rafael Nadal in the first round, and the American who won the longest match in...

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Wimbledon's day three dominated by injuries

Injuries knocked five players out of Wimbledon today - including second-seeded Victoria Azarenka, the man who stunned Rafael Nadal in the first round, and the American who won the longest match in...

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>Azarenka, Isner and Darcis pull out of Wimbledon

LONDON (AP) — Injuries knocked five players out of Wimbledon on Wednesday — with second-seeded Victoria Azarenka joining the man who stunned Rafael Nadal in the first round and the American who won...

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Azarenka, Isner and Darcis pull out of Wimbledon

LONDON — Injuries knocked five players out of Wimbledon on Wednesday — with second-seeded Victoria Azarenka joining the man who stunned Rafael Nadal in the first round and the American who won the...

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Azarenka, Isner and Darcis out of Wimbledon

LONDON — Injuries knocked three key players out of Wimbledon on Wednesday — second-seeded Victoria Azarenka, the man who stunned Rafael Nadal in the first round and the American man who won the...

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A slippery Wednesday at Wimbledon: Injury-driven pullouts and retirements...

LONDON: The theme song for a day billed 'walkover' Wednesday may well have been Paul Simon's 'Slip sliding away'. An assembly line of players, including the women's no. 2 seed Victoria Azarenka of...

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>Sharapova loses to qualifier; 7 out with injuries

LONDON (AP) — On a chaotic day at Wimbledon when injuries forced seven players to quit, Maria Sharapova managed to play and finish her match. The end result was the same: Sharapova is out of the...

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Wimbledon’s final week: TV schedule of coverage

WASHINGTON, June 30, 2013 — It was the best of weeks, it was the worst of weeks, depending on whom you were rooting for at Wimbledon. No one expected the granddaddy of Grand Slams to be so wonderfully...

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Roger Federer's fall punctuates madness at Wimbledon

UTTER mayhem. A blood-bath. Tennis carnage on a scale never seen before. Call it what you will, but spectators on day three of Wimbledon were left reeling from the first match to the last. First it...

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Sharapova loses to qualifier; 7 out with injuries

LONDON — On a chaotic day at Wimbledon when injuries forced seven players to quit, Maria Sharapova managed to play and finish her match. The end result was the same: Sharapova is out of the...

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Federer stunned in second round by Stakhovsky

LONDON - It was already one of the most tumultuous days in Grand Slam tennis history, with seven players forced out by injuries, two of the top three seeded women eliminated and six former No....

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Wimbledon 2013: Maria Sharapova latest to crash out as top seeds blame...

Maria Sharapova today branded the Wimbledon court ‘dangerous’ as she crashed out of the tournament on another day of shocks. The Russian third seed lost 6-3 6-4 to Portugal's Michelle Larcher de Brito...

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Federer, Sharapova crash out on black Wednesday at Wimbledon

LONDON: Seven-time winner Roger Federer and 2004 champion Maria Sharapova suffered humiliating Wimbledon defeats on an injury-cursed black Wednesday which turned the All England Club upside down....

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Injury curse strikes Wimbledon with players falling foul of slippery courts

WIMBLEDON has been rocked by the most tumultuous purge in its long history as injuries and upsets accounted for a host of elite players, including defending champion Roger Federer, as the tournament's...

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Wimbledon day three dominated by injuries

Injuries knocked five players out of Wimbledon today - with second-seeded Victoria Azarenka joining a casualty list that included the man who stunned Rafael Nadal in the first round and the American...

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