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                    [Title] => Venus, US Open champ Stephens crash out
                    [Summary] => 

In her first match at the Australian Open since a Williams sister was guaranteed to win the title, Venus Williams lost in the first round to Belinda Bencic and ensured it cannot happen in 2018.

[DatePublished] => 2018-01-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/articles/spo2_2018-01-15_15-37-32149_thumbnail.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1546788 [Title] => Serena brings down Maria, moves to semis [Summary] =>

Serena Williams attacked Maria Sharapova’s strength and it helped extend her complete domination of their rivalry, earning the six-time Australian Open champion a place in the semifinals.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-26 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/sports/20160127/Maria-Sharapova-3.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1545871 [Title] => Williams, Sharapova to meet in Australian Open quarterfinals [Summary] =>

Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova have confirmed their quarterfinal date at the Australian Open, each advancing in straight sets on Sunday to ensure a rematch in Melbourne Park between last year's finalists.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-23 22:14:08 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/sports/20150129/williams-sharapova.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1545447 [Title] => Sharapova pulls off 600th career victory [Summary] =>

Maria Sharapova played two nearly flawless sets on either side of the one where she struggled against Lauren Davis in a slight hiccup at the Australian Open.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-22 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/sports/20160123/sharapova.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1545214 [Title] => Nishikori, Goffin reach Aussie Open 4th round [Summary] =>

Kei Nishikori had some trouble with his wrist, taking a medical timeout and losing the next set before recovering to reach the fourth round at the Australian Open with a 7-5, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 win Friday over No. 26-seeded Guillermo Garcia-Lopez.

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Maria Sharapova steadied herself and overcame a feisty opponent to beat American Lauren Davis 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-0 to reach the fourth round.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-21 22:11:24 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/sports/20160122/ps-masha.jpg ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1545199 [Title] => Bencic beats Bondarenka to reach 4th round [Summary] =>

Belinda Bencic has become the first player to advance to the fourth round at Melbourne Park with a 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 win over Kateryna Bondarenko in the opening match Friday on Rod Laver Arena.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-21 19:22:34 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/sports/20160122/ps-belinda-bencic.jpg ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1544986 [Title] => With Rio approaching, jockeying begins for doubles teams [Summary] =>

When Roger Federer and Martina Hingis decided to team up to play mixed doubles at the 2016 Olympics, a Swiss newspaper boasted the country would bring a "Dream Team" to Rio de Janeiro that could sweep all the tennis medals.

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Serena Williams has had so much success for such a long time that even in a second-round match she can set a record at the season's first Grand Slam event.

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Novak Djokovic opened his Australian Open title defense with a straight-sets win, then went to the defense of his sport as reports of match-fixing overshadowed the first day of the season-opening Grand Slam.

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