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  Nadal to miss Asian sojourn

  Agence France-Presse . Barcelona | Updated at 12:05am on September 20, 2018

  World number one Rafael Nadal has announced his withdrawal from upcoming tournaments in Beijing and Shanghai due to the right knee injury that forced him...

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  Osaka blames US Open tears on ‘notorious’ nerves

  Agence France-Presse . Tokyo | Updated at 12:05am on September 18, 2018

  Naomi Osaka has put her US Open tears down to shredded nerves and her natural awkwardness, rather than the tantrum thrown by Serena Williams that...

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  Osaka has ‘no regrets’ over chaotic final

  Agence France-Presse . Yokohama | Updated at 12:05am on September 14, 2018

  Japan’s Naomi Osaka has refused to criticise Serena Williams after her historic US Open victory was overshadowed by the American’s furious row with the chair...

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  Australian paper reprints ‘racist’ Serena cartoon

  Agence France-Presse . Melbourne | Updated at 12:05am on September 13, 2018

  An Australian newspaper defiantly republished a controversial cartoon of tennis star Serena Williams on its front-page Wednesday, slapping aside ‘politically correct’ accusations that the drawing...

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  Cartoonist under fire for Serena sketch

  Agence France-Presse . Sydney | Updated at 12:05am on September 12, 2018

  An Australian cartoonist faced withering criticism on Tuesday for portraying tennis superstar Serena Williams using -- what Harry Potter author JK Rowling described as --...

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  Thrilled Djokovic matches Sampras’ Slam record

  Agence France-Presse . New York | Updated at 12:05am on September 11, 2018

  Novak Djokovic was thrilled to match Pete Sampras with a 14th Grand Slam title at the US Open on Sunday, but he said it’s Roger...

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  Djokovic wins US Open, equals Sampras tally

  Agence France-Presse. New York | Updated at 01:09pm on September 10, 2018

  Novak Djokovic clinched his third US Open title on Sunday with a 6-3, 7-6 (7/4), 6-3 triumph over Juan Martin del Potro, taking him level...

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  Serena meltdown: who’s saying what

  | Updated at 12:05am on September 10, 2018

  ‘Thank you @serenawilliams total class at the speech and you truly are the goat.’ Osaka’s coach Sascha Bajin, a former hitting partner of Williams, on...

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  Osaka lifts US Open after Serena meltdown

  Agence France-Presse . New York | Updated at 12:05am on September 10, 2018

  Naomi Osaka became the first Japanese to win a Grand Slam singles title on Saturday as her idol Serena Williams angrily imploded, calling the chair...

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  Japan celebrates Osaka's ground-breaking triumph

  Reuters . Tokyo | Updated at 12:38pm on September 09, 2018

  Japan celebrated Naomi Osaka's victory over Serena Williams in the US Open final, with fans putting her stunning success down to a steely focus and...