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Naomi Osaka pulls out of Berlin tournament, organisers confirm
Osaka has not said when she plans to play next, casting doubt on her participation at Wimbledon, which starts on June 28, and the Tokyo Olympics.
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Williams to play in Parma after early Rome exit
The 39-year-old Serena Williams will continue to warm up on clay at the Emilia-Romagna Open which starts on Sunday before the French Open in Paris on 30 May.
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Returning Serena hints she could miss Olympics
The 39-year-old, still ranked eighth in the world, has been absent from the courts since her semifinal defeat by eventual champion Naomi Osaka at the Australian Open in Melbourne in February.
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Halep knocked out of Madrid Open by Mertens
Simona Halep sailed through the first two rounds on the Spanish clay without dropping a set, but she ended up second best in a match which yielded 15 breaks of serve.
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Pliskova fights back to set up clash with Barty in Stuttgart
Pliskova, the sixth seed, recovered from losing the first set in a tie-break by firing down 21 aces, 10 of which came in the last set alone, for a 6-7 (7/9), 6-4, 6-3 second-round win.
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I deserve No.1 ranking says Barty after Miami win
Barty - who had already been assured of holding on to her No.1 ranking before Saturday's final - has faced sniping from some players over her continued presence at top spot.
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Muguruza reaches Dubai last four after edging Sabalenka
The Spaniard, a runner-up in Doha last week, bounced back from a set down to eliminate the third-seeded Sabalenka 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 and set up a showdown with Belgium’s Elise Mertens.
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Osaka climbs to second after Australian Open triumph
The Japanese star beat Jennifer Brady of the US in straight sets in the final to lift the trophy in Melbourne for the second time in three years.
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Barty time as Serena sets up showdown with world number one
Williams and Barty ground out tough wins at the Yarra Valley Classic, but a teary-eyed Australian Open champion Kenin lost a repeat of last year's final against Garbine Muguruza in straight sets.
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Halep withdraws from Palermo, organisers 'profoundly disappointed'
Palermo will be the first professional tennis event across the WTA and men’s ATP Tours after a five-month break.
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US Open to go ahead without fans, says New York Governor Cuomo
The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam event to have been played so far this year. The French Open has been moved to September and is due to start one week after the scheduled U.S. Open men’s final, while Wimbledon has been cancelled.
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'Homebody' Osaka making the most of isolation, remains focused on Olympics
Osaka, a two-time Grand Slam winner who also became the first Japanese player to reach world number one, had been preparing for another action-packed summer including her Olympics debut on home soil at Tokyo 2020.
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Season should resume next March at Indian Wells, says Jabeur
Professional tennis has been suspended since March due to the coronavirus outbreak when Indian Wells became the first major tournament to be cancelled.
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Halep says foot injury improving as tennis remains on hold
The Romanian star had barely wrapped up a victory at the WTA tournament in Dubai in February when she pulled out of the following tournament in Doha with the injury, which an MRI showed to be tendinitis and inflammation.
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Wimbledon chief fears 'no more tennis this year'
Tennis has been in lockdown since early last month and is not scheduled to return until July 13 at the earliest following the cancellation of Wimbledon for the first time since World War II on Wednesday.
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Top players donate, lower tier counts cost of coronavirus shutdown
Novak Djokovic last week pledged one million euros (895,305.69 pounds) to help buy medical equipment in his native Serbia, while Rafa Nadal has called on fellow Spanish athletes to help raise 11 million euros to fight the pandemic.
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ATP and WTA seasons suspended until 7 June: organisers
The announcement temporarily shuts down the men's and women's clay court season a day after the French Open was pushed back to September.
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Serena Williams, Wozniacki march into Auckland semis
Serena Williams wore down a tenacious Laura Siegemund to make the WTA Auckland Classic semi-finals on Friday.
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'Very special' - Sharapova handed Aussie Open wildcard
The 32-year-old, who won the tournament in 2008, has slipped down the rankings to 147, outside automatic qualification, and was bounced out of the Brisbane International this week in the first round.
