Safin Gets Help From Melbourne Rain Again to Fix Roddick Clash

Bloomberg - Safin, winner of the season-opening tennis Grand Slam in 2005, was two points away from defeat to 202nd-ranked Israeli Safin returned to take the match into a tiebreaker, which he won 7-4, before racing through the decider 6-0.
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Security tight at Australian Open
News.com.au - I wouldn't say (we were) underdone, but we had sufficient police resources for a normal Australian Open tennis match. "This was something out of the ordinary. I can assure you, though, that we will not have that problem again." Tennis Australia chief
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PREVIEW-Open-Exhausted Sharapova hoping for quick pick-up
Reuters UK - Tennis Fourth seed Kim Clijsters continues her farewell tour with the opening match on Rod Laver Arena against Japan's Akiko
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Federer reaches third round with straight-sets win
CBS Sportsline - MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -Roger Federer made sure he did not repeat his lapses from his opening match in Wednesday's second Get them the bike they want - Shop Now! Everyone loves to play! Click for Games Great selection of tennis racquets - Get
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Tennis: Roddick survives nervous opener
Herald Tribune - MELBOURNE: For nearly two sets in his first official match of the year, Andy Roddick looked like he might be in for another nasty surprise at the Australian Open. The first Grand Slam event of the season is a place of decidedly mixed memories for the
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Federer continues to stymie Bjorkman
Boston Globe - Other sports > Tennis relied on drops and some improvised shotmaking to work Federer around, but it rarely worked consistently in the match that
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