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Nadal into Round of 16 at Australian Open [Jan 23, 2012] Rafael Nadal of Spain serves to Lukas Lacko of Slovakia during their third round match at the Australian Open tennis championship, in Melbourne, Australia, Friday, Jan. 20, 2012. [via YahooNews] More >>

Nadal in cruise control for third round win [Jan 22, 2012] MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Rafa Nadal sent the last qualifier spinning out of the Australian Open on Friday with a comfortable 6-2 6-4 6-2 win over Slovakian Lukas Lacko. Nadal could not have asked for smoother passage into the fourth round, wrapping up victory in an hour and 55 minutes in overcast conditions on Rod Laver Arena and conserving valuable energy for the wars of attrition to come in later ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Tennis: Nadal cruises through [Jan 21, 2012] World No.2 Rafael Nadal has made short work of Slovakian qualifier Lukas Lacko to book his place in the last 16 of the Australian Open. [via YahooNews] More >>

Nadal cruises through [Jan 21, 2012] World No.2 Rafael Nadal has made short work of Slovakian qualifier Lukas Lacko to book his place in the last 16 of the Australian Open. [via YahooNews] More >>

Defending champion Clijsters into 4th round [Jan 20, 2012] Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova receives treatment from a trainer during their third round match against Belgium's Kim Clijsters at the Australian Open tennis championship, in Melbourne, Australia, Friday, Jan. 20, 2012. [via YahooNews] More >>

Nadal approaches best form at Aus Open [Jan 20, 2012] Nadal has advanced to the fourth round of the Australian Open swiftly defeating Slovakia's Lukas Lacko. [via YahooNews] More >>

Nadal passes third round Aus Open test [Jan 20, 2012] Rafael Nadal is into the fourth round of the Australian Open with a victory over Slovakia's Lukas Lacko. [via YahooNews] More >>

Nadal in cruise control for third round win [Jan 20, 2012] MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Rafa Nadal sent the last qualifier spinning out of the Australian Open on Friday with a comfortable 6-2 6-4 6-2 win over Slovakian Lukas Lacko. Nadal could not have asked for smoother passage into the fourth round, wrapping up victory in an hour and 55 minutes in overcast conditions on Rod Laver Arena and conserving valuable energy for the wars of attrition to come in later ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Nadal into Round of 16 at Australian Open [Jan 20, 2012] Rafael Nadal of Spain serves to Lukas Lacko of Slovakia during their third round match at the Australian Open tennis championship, in Melbourne, Australia, Friday, Jan. 20, 2012. [via YahooNews] More >>

Australian Open - Men: Nadal breezes through [Jan 20, 2012] Rafael Nadal sent the last qualifier spinning out of the Australian Open with a comfortable 6-2 6-4 6-2 win over Slovakian Lukas Lacko. [via YahooNews] More >>

Nadal passes third round Aus Open test [Jan 20, 2012] Rafael Nadal is into the fourth round of the Australian Open with a victory over Slovakia's Lukas Lacko. [via YahooNews] More >>

Tennis-Nadal in cruise control for third round win [Jan 20, 2012] Rafa Nadal sent the last qualifier spinning out of the Australian Open on Friday with a comfortable 6-2 6-4 6-2 win over Slovakian Lukas Lacko. [via YahooNews] More >>

Nadal in cruise control for third round win [Jan 20, 2012] MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Rafa Nadal sent the last qualifier spinning out of the Australian Open Friday with a comfortable 6-2 6-4 6-2 win over Slovakian Lukas Lacko. Nadal could not have asked for smoother passage into the fourth round, wrapping up victory in an hour and 55 minutes in overcast conditions at Rod Laver Arena and conserving valuable energy for the wars of attrition to come in later ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Young slumps to 2nd-round exit in Melbourne [Jan 18, 2012] Slovakia's Lukas Lacko, left, is congratulated by Donald Young of the US after winning their second round match at the Australian Open tennis championship, in Melbourne, Australia, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. [via YahooNews] More >>

Australian Open Results [Jan 18, 2012] MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Results Wednesday at the $26.83 million Australian Open on outdoor hardcourts at Melbourne Park (number in parentheses denotes seeding): Singles Men Second Round Tomas Berdych (7), Czech Republic, def. Olivier Rochus , Belgium, 6-1, 6-0, 7-6 (4). Yen-hsun Lu , Taiwan, def. Florent Serra , France, 7-5, 6-2, 6-2. Philipp Kohlschreiber , Germany, def. Pere Riba , Spain ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Tennis-Australian Open women's singles draw [Jan 13, 2012] Australian Open womens' first round singles draw (prefix denotes seeding): 1-Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) v Anastasia Rodionova (Australia) Ashleigh Barty (Australia) v Anna Tatishvili (Georgia) Pauline Parmentier (France) v Alla Kudryavtseva (Russia) Alize Cornet (France) v 31-Monica Niculescu (Romania) 24-Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic) v Christian McHale (U.S.) Qualifier v Marina Erakovic ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Australian Open women's singles draw [Jan 13, 2012] Australian Open womens' first round singles draw (prefix denotes seeding): 1-Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) v Anastasia Rodionova (Australia) Ashleigh Barty (Australia) v Anna Tatishvili (Georgia) Pauline Parmentier (France) v Alla Kudryavtseva (Russia) Alize Cornet (France) v 31-Monica Niculescu (Romania) 24-Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic) v Christian McHale (U.S.) Qualifier v Marina Erakovic ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Women's field at Open takes a hit [May 28, 2011] Wozniacki's early exit came a day after No. 2 Kim Clijsters was eliminated by 114th-ranked Arantxa Rus, marking the first time that the top two seeded women failed to make the round of 16 at any Grand Slam tournament in the Open era, which began in 1968. Since we're No. 1 and 2, it means that we must be doing something right. Two-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic, who is on a 41-match ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Czech Republic beats Slovakia 3-0 in Fed Cup [Feb 12, 2011] BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) ? The Czech Republic has reached its third consecutive Fed Cup semifinals after Australian Open quarterfinalist Petra Kvitova secured the decisive win in the first reverse singles match for an unbeatable 3-0 lead over Slovakia on Sunday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Czechs beat Slovakia in Fed Cup [Feb 07, 2011] The Czech Republic reached its third consecutive Fed Cup semifinal after Australian Open quarterfinalist Petra Kvitova secured the decisive win in the first reverse singles match for a 3-2 victory over Slovakia on Sunday. [via YahooNews] More >>