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<title><![CDATA[Australian Open - Victoria Azarenka shows resiliency in Aussie title]]></title>
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Victoria Azarenka took a thrashing from the media and from fans. But in the end, she blocked out all the negativity to win the Australian Open.]]></description>
<pubDate>January 26, 2013 00:30:26 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Australian Open - Victoria Azarenka win comes with controversy]]></title>
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We're still not quite sure why Victoria Azarenka left the court for so long in a controversial win over Sloane Stephens. We just know, it smells like gamesmanship.]]></description>
<pubDate>January 23, 2013 21:11:45 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Australian Open - Teen Sloane Stephens stuns Serena Williams to reach first Slam semifinal]]></title>
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Sloane Stevens, two months shy of her 20th birthday, appeared as stunned as anyone in the moments after upsetting third-seeded Serena Williams, who hadn't lost a match since late August.]]></description>
<pubDate>January 21, 2013 23:31:50 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Australian Open - Sloane Stephens outlasts Bojana Jovanovski, makes quarterfinals]]></title>
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After getting off to a fast start, it took American Sloane Stephens three sets to finally put away Serbia's Bojana Jovanovski 6-1, 3-6, 7-5.]]></description>
<pubDate>January 20, 2013 02:13:39 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Australian Open - Maria Sharapova makes quick work of Kirsten Flipkens, makes quarterfinals]]></title>
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Maria Sharapova appears even more dominant than she did five years ago in her march to the 2008 Australian Open title. The No. 2 seed has lost only five games through four rounds.]]></description>
<pubDate>January 19, 2013 00:12:51 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[espnW -- Venus Williams no match for Maria Sharapova at the Australian Open]]></title>
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You could feel how badly the fans wanted a competitive match. But in the end, Maria Sharapova had too much game for Venus Williams.]]></description>
<pubDate>January 17, 2013 23:28:39 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[espnW -- Injured ankle is no problem as Serena Williams marches on]]></title>
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Serena Williams showed no ill effects of the ankle injury she had suffered two days earlier. In fact, she appeared increasingly mobile as the match progressed, despite the stifling heat.]]></description>
<pubDate>January 16, 2013 00:54:37 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[espnW -- Age doesn't slow Kimiko Date-Krumm]]></title>
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In many ways, Kimiko Date-Krumm acts like the 42-year-old mom she is. Of course, you wouldn't know that based on her tennis play.]]></description>
<pubDate>January 14, 2013 20:44:46 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[espnW -- Serena Williams, Victoria Azarenka roll after brief scares in Aussie Open]]></title>
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Top-seeded Victoria Azarenka stumbled briefly, but recovered and rolled against Monica Niculescu. Time will tell if Serena Williams recovers fully from a rolled ankle suffered in her 6-0, 6-0 win.]]></description>
<pubDate>January 13, 2013 23:42:07 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ford: A milestone return for Venus Williams]]></title>
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In dispatching Galina Voskoboeva in an hour at the Australian Open, Venus Williams displayed the form she had before she had to live with Sjogren's syndrome, Bonnie D. Ford writes.]]></description>
<pubDate>January 13, 2013 17:08:46 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[espnW -- What can we expect from Serena Williams in 2013?]]></title>
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There have been some years in which Serena Williams was a walking question mark coming into the Australian Open. This isn't one of them. Bonnie D. Ford talks to the experts on what to expect from the star in 2013.]]></description>
<pubDate>January 08, 2013 17:04:59 PST</pubDate>
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