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Hewitt summoned to appear in South African court

Former Grand Slam doubles champion Bob Hewitt has been served a summons to appear in a South African court to face allegations he sexually abused young girls he coached decades ago, prosecutors told The Associated Press on Thursday. 36 minutes ago

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Serena Williams sorry after rape case comments

Serena Williams says she's reaching out to the family of the victim in the Steubenville rape case after the tennis star was quoted in a Rolling Stone article saying "she shouldn't have put herself in that position."

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Nadal seeded fifth at Wimbledon

Even though he's he hottest player in men's tennis, reigning French Open champion and two-time Wimbledon titlist Rafael Nadal received only the No. 5 seed at Wimbledon 2013, which will commence Monday at the All England Club.
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Raonic ousted in Eastbourne

Top seed Milos Raonic suffered a second-round upset Wednesday at the $625,000 Aegon International, a final grass-court Wimbledon tune-up.
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Li, Wozniacki reach quarters; Kvitova ousted in Eastbourne

Australian Open runner-up Li Na and former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki landed in the quarterfinals, while former Wimbledon titlist Petra Kvitova came up a second-round loser Wednesday at the $690,000 Aegon International tennis event, a final grass-court Wimbledon tune-up.
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Vinci ousted by hot Halep in Den Bosch

Den Bosch, Netherlands (Sports Network) - Stan Wawrinka and Jeremy Chardy, the only two seeds left standing in Den Bosch, were a pair of second- round winners Wednesday at the $545,000 Topshelf Open, a final grass- court Wimbledon tune-up.
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Kuznetsova pulls out of Wimbledon

Two-time Grand Slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova decided to pull out of Wimbledon on Wednesday, citing an abdominal strain.
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Kuznetsova out of Wimbledon with abdominal strain

Two-time Grand Slam winner Svetlana Kuznetsova has pulled out of Wimbledon because of an abdominal strain.
TENNIS

Nadal seeded No. 5 for Wimbledon

If Rafael Nadal is going to win Wimbledon for a third time, he'll have to do it the hard way.
TENNIS

Serena Williams sorry after rape case comments

Serena Williams says she's reaching out to the family of the victim in the Steubenville rape case after the tennis star was quoted in a Rolling Stone article saying "she shouldn't have put herself in that position."
TENNIS

Wawrinka downs Lorenzi in 2 sets to advance

Second-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka beat Paolo Lorenzi 6-3, 7-6 (8) Wednesday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Topshelf Open on the grass courts of Rosmalen.