September 4th, 2010 
nrmodh 
Wearing a sheer and short black dress with sparkles designed to resemble fireworks, third-seeded Venus Williams overpowered Mandy Minella, 6-2, 6-1.
A standout in the players’ box wearing a red form-fitting dress was Serena Williams, who would have been the top-seeded player in this tournament except she is recovering from surgery to repair foot damage caused by broken glass she stepped on at a restaurant in Germany last month.
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September 4th, 2010 nrmodh 
Maestro Nadal, the world’s top-ranked player and the top-seeded man at the U.S. Open, who accepted a standing ovation at the end of his 6-2, 7-6 (5), 7-5 second-round victory Friday night at the U.S. Open.
Denis Istomin left skid marks on Arthur Ashe Stadium Court, stark evidence of how hard he was trying. Istomin, a 23-year-old from Uzbekistan who is coached by his mother, drew applause from his opponent, Rafael Nadal three times after smacking extraordinary winners.
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September 4th, 2010 nrmodh 
Our look at the highest-paid tennis players typifies this kind of equality in the game. Half of the top 10 are men, and half are women. Leading the pack is Roger Federer who is light years ahead of anyone else thanks to his longtime dominance on the court and 10 lucrative sponsorship deals with the likes of Nike, Wilson, Gillette and Mercedes-Benz.
The world’s No. 2 ranked player earned $43 million by our count over the past 12 months.
Several of these athletes showed up on our lists of the highest-paid athletes and female athletes this summer.
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Tags: business, player, Roger Fedrer, serena williams, Sports, tennis 
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Sania Mirza bowed out of the US Open after losing to Russian teenager Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 2-6, 4-6 in the second round of the US Open. (more…)
August 22nd, 2010 nrmodh 
ICC has announced the schedule of warm-up matches before the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 to be held at India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
The 13 warm-up matches will be held from February 12 to 18 at Bangalore, Chennai, Chittagong, Colombo, Dhaka, Nagpur and Pallekele . The schedule of the matches are as follows.
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August 21st, 2010 nrmodh 
The IPL governing council, which met here on Friday, failed to resolve the vexed issue of the format for its fourth edition next year. “No decision was taken,” interim IPL chairman Chirayu Amin told reporters after the council meeting at the Wankhede stadium.
The format for the 2011 season of the T20 league has been under review following the addition of two more franchises, Pune and Kochi, to the fold earlier this year.
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