Jankovic packs personality and a punch

FOXSports.com - The delightful yet slightly nutty Jelena Jankovic is gaining imitators, but will imitate no one herself. She is, as she says, a unique species, a tennis player who prides herself in having a hard-to-match personality. "It's important to be yourself
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Gamblers approach female tennis players
MSNBC - The issue of possible corruption was raised in men’s tennis after an online betting site in August voided all wagers on a match in Poland between Nikolay Davydenko and 87th-ranked Martin Vassallo Arguello because of irregular betting patterns
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Players given warnings over match-fixing
Daily Telegraph - Signs have been placed around the players' area at Melbourne Park to remind them about the dangers posed by illegal gambling and throwing matches. "Tennis Australia has a zero tolerance policy on illegal gambling, match-fixing and the communication
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Crowd trouble overshadows tennis fiesta at Australian Open
DAWN Group - It was upsetting, I’ve never seen anything like it in my life at a tennis match,” said Stephen Butterick, a BBC Radio producer. “The Chileans outnumbered them by about 8-1 but the Greek guys were in one corner of the court, chanting, making
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WRAPUP 2-Open-Normal service resumes after tennis ruckus
ESPN.com - MELBOURNE, Jan 16 - Police defended their use of pepper spray on rowdy tennis fans and the sport's big guns kept on blasting vigorously defended their use of pepper spray on Tuesday, saying officers had feared for their own safety during the match
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Tennis News Wire
ESPN.com - Tuesday, January 15, 2008 Open-Fans sprayed and evicted at Melbourne Park - Reuters (8:58 AM ET) Match held up, police eject fans at Australian Open - AP (8:53 AM ET) Open-Fans sprayed and evicted at Melbourne Park - Reuters (8:13 AM ET) WRAPUP 2
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WTA chief says life bans for match-fixers
International Herald Tribune - MELBOURNE : Any female tennis player found guilty of match-fixing will be given a lifetime ban from the sport, the head of women's tennis told Reuters on Tuesday. Larry Scott, the chairman and CEO of the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, confirmed that
Source: www.iht.com

Greek fans sprayed as Australian Open tennis match erupts
News.com.au - A YOUNG girl has been indecently assaulted at the Australian Open, as three fans faced lengthy bans and police faced a backlash over the use of capsicum spray. Victorian Premier John Brumby has pledged an inquiry into capsicum spray use at the
Source: www.news.com.au

Sharapova too strong for tennis mum Davenport
Hindustan Times - Fifth seed Maria Sharapova overwhelmed Lindsay Davenport 6-1, 6-3 in the Australian Open second round on Wednesday to bring the US tennis mum's Grand Slam comeback to a juddering halt. A match expected to be a hard-fought slugfest between two of the
Source: www.hindustantimes.com

Police Defend Use of Pepper Spray at Australian Open (Update1)
Bloomberg - Jan. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Police defended the use of pepper spray on unruly fans at one of the Australian Open tennis show courts yesterday, a measure that left some bystanders in distress and halted play. Last night's match between Chile's Fernando
Source: www.bloomberg.com


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