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Nadal wins 8th straight Monte Carlo title
… Grand Slams. Winning it once is an achievement but this run of success at any event is unprecedented in the Open era. Ilie Nastase , who was here this week, won three straight titles between 1971-73 but otherwise one needs to go way back in the …
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King, original 9 reunite to honor women's tennis
… than 10 times what the women earned. She received $600 for winning the 1970 Italian Open, while men's champion Ilie Nastase earned $3,500. The WTA tour was formed in 1973, and now players travel to countries around the world and benefit …
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King, original 9 reunite to honor women's tennis - News | FOX Sports on MSN
… than 10 times what the women earned. She received $600 for winning the 1970 Italian Open, while men's champion Ilie Nastase earned $3,500. The WTA tour was formed in 1973, and now players travel to countries around the world and benefit …
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Federer and Nadal ready to renew their epic tussle;Great rivals' last-four tie will be their first
… reached in the Open era only by Jimmy Connors, Lendl, Guillermo Vilas, McEnroe, Andre Agassi, Stefan Edberg and Ilie Nastase . He is through to his 30th Grand Slam semi-final, one behind the record held by Connors, and his ninth consecutive …
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Djokovic wins top honour at Laureus
… Tony Hawk, Mike Horn, Miguel Indurain, Kip Keino, Franz Klammer, Edwin Moses, Nawal Al Moutawakel, Robby Naish, Ilie Nastase , Martina Navratilova, Alexey Nemov, Gary Player, Morne du Plessis, Hugo Porta, Steve Redgrave, Monica Seles …
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Roger, More: Why Federer won't quit yet
… Wilander, winner of seven Grand Slams "Maybe Roger Federer will rescue tennis. He plays like we did in the past."? Ilie Nastase , first ever World No. 1 when rankings were introduced in 1973 "I never played anyone playing that fast. He doesn't …
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Roger Federer: ATP World Tour win one of my greatest accomplishments;The 30-year-old tennis player
… tournament's roll of honour but he also gained the distinction of being the oldest player to win the season-ender since Ilie Nastase in 1975. Despite not winning one of the year's majors for the first time since 2002, Federer ended 2011 on a 17-match …
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Pleasantly getting to know Djokovic and Kvitova;WIMBLEDON
… about the tennis boom of the 1970s, in a crazy way, was the tempestuous strife between Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Ilie Nastase and other volatile players. That's the one drawback of the Hawk-Eye replay system, and it's significant. There's …
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Federer hits huge six as Tsonga is bowled over;TENNIS: ATP WORLD TOUR FINALS
… 16-time Grand Slam champion, Federer gained the distinction of being the oldest player to win the season-ender since Ilie Nastase in 1975. Despite not claiming a Grand Slam title in a year for the first time since 2002, he ended the season on a …
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RIVALRY
… book to exploring their relationships with other key players of the 1960s and 1970s. So if the Romanian tennis player Ilie Nastase 's on-court behaviour forced tennis' governing bodies to issue a code of conduct for players, we now know that …