Tennis: Brand Har-Tru

Stanislas Wawrinka, who won his first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open, says he deserved the crown after his final-round win over Rafael Nadal, who was contending with a back injury. The Swiss will move up to a career-high No. 3 ranking when they are released on Monday. To win a Slam, to be No. 3, both for me is a big surprise, he said. But I think more to win a Slam. Because in the ranking you can be No. 3 without winning a Slam. But now its both happening, so its a big surprise. I...

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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP)--Lukasz Kubot and Robert Lindstedt won the Australian Open mens double title in their first Grand Slam as a team with a 6-3, 6-3 win Saturday over Eric Butorac and Raven Klaasen. Kubot and Lindstedt dominated from the start, fending off the only breakpoint they faced and wrapping up the final in just an hour and five minutes. Butorac and Klaasen -- who had an upset win over top-ranked Bob and Mike Bryan in the third round -- upped their tempo in the second set t...

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Melbourne, Australia (AP)--Daniel Nestor of Canada and Kristina Mladenovic of France combined to win the Australian Open mixed doubles title with a 6-3, 6-2 win Sunday over sixth-seeded Sania Mirza of India and Horia Tecau of Romania. Nestor and Mladenovic, who won the Wimbledon mixed doubles title last year, fended off all five break points they faced and broke the Mirza-Tecau combination four times in the 58-minute match. Kiki, shes the best mixed doubles player. She really helps me ou...

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Im not sure what Stanislas Wawrinka expected as he faced the prospect of becoming just the second man outside of the games Big Four to win a major title over the past 36 opportunities. Whatever it was could not have been what happened on the floor of Rod Laver Arena tonight, as Wawrinka won the most bizarre Grand Slam final in recent memory, overcoming an injured but unyielding Rafael Nadal over four sometimes brilliant, sometimes ghastly sets lasting two hours and 24 minutes. The final sc...

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MELBOURNE, Australia -- Stan Wawrinka added a win over Rafael Nadal to his list of firsts in a stunning run to his maiden Grand Slam title, extending his rivals injury-cursed run at the Australian Open with a 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 upset in Sundays final. The 28-year-old Wawrinka had never taken a set off Nadal in 12 previous meetings, but attacked from the start against the 13-time major winner and regained his nerve after dropping the third set against the injured Spaniard. Nadal appeared ...

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BANGKOK -- Serena Williams has had surgery on her big toes and withdrew from an exhibition match against top-ranked Victoria Azarenka in Thailand this month. A medical certificate from Florida podiatrist Jeffrey Rockefeller says Williams "was treated for a chronic foot disorder which involved minor procedures on both of her great toes." He said she needs to minimize activity to fully recover. Williams, the WTA player of the year after winning Wimbledon, the U.S. Open and Lon...

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MELBOURNE, Australia -- Early-round losers at the Australian Open will receive a significant pay raise as part of what tournament organizers say is the biggest purse in tennis history. Responding to player demands for a bigger slice of the prize money, Tennis Australia moved to avert a potential boycott of the opening Grand Slam of the year. The 2013 singles champions at Melbourne Park in January each will collect 2.43 million in Australian dollars ($2.55 million) from a record total pur...

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