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Wheelchair-tennis player extends win streak to 345 matches (GMA News)

BEIJING - Esther Vergeer knows more about dominating tennis streaks than Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer or the Williams sisters-combined. Vergeer hasn"t lost in 345 matches of wheelchair tennis, a string that dates back five-and-a-half years.

CHATTER: Barte, Fink in national tennis rankings (Los Angeles Daily News)

Stanford's Hilary Barte and USC's Amanda Fink, a pair of former Daily News All-Area Player of the Year honorees, were both recently recognized in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association preseason national rankings.

Andy Murray reaches U.S. Open final, and tennis' elite level (Los Angeles Times)

Scotsman's four-set win over No. 1 Rafael Nadal marks his arrival at the sport's highest echelon. He'll face four-time champion Roger Federer on Monday. NEW YORK -- The common phrase "big three" in men's tennis might need to undergo some heavy editing because of the ascent of a 21-year-old Scot with a glistening game and an apparent inability to purchase a razor.

Table tennis contender Partyka into Paralympic semifinals (People's Daily)

Polish Natalia Partyka took another two group stage wins on Monday's table tennis tournament and booked her semifinal berth at the Beijing Paralympic Games. Partyka is the only table tennis player in this tournament that participated in the Beijing Olympic Games in August. She played both singles and doubles, 3 matches each, in only 3 team games in the group stage. Unlike the Olympics, the table ...

Serena returns to top of tennis (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

Serena Williams flung her racket aside and jumped for joy, looking like someone who had just won her first Grand Slam title. Nope. It sure had been a while, though. Displaying the talent and tenacity that helped her dominate tennis earlier in the decade, Williams outlasted Jelena Jankovic 6-4, 7-5 last night in a thrill-a-minute match chock full of marvelous strokes and momentum swings to win ...