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Ageless Date on brink of tennis history

OSAKA, Japan - Four-time former champion Kimiko Date Krumm edged past Shahar Peer on Saturday to set up a final encounter against Thailand’s Tamarine Tanasugarn in the Japan Women’s Open tennis tournament.

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Nadal crashes out of Masters

SHANGHAI — World number one Rafael Nadal was on Thursday dumped out of the $3.24 million Shanghai Masters in the third round by Austrian 13th seed Jurgen Melzer.

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Djokovic and Murray march on in Shanghai

SHANGHAI - World number two Novak Djokovic hammered home his intent of winning back-to-back titles with a 6-1 6-1 victory over France’s Richard Gasquet to reach the last eight of the Shanghai Masters on Thursday.

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