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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Rafael Nadal opened the 2011 men's tennis calendar Saturday with a straight-sets victory over Roger Federer in an exhibition match in Abu Dhabi.
Nadal prevailed 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-3) and retained his title at the invitational World Tennis Championships.
Federer had the top-ranked Nadal down 3-0 at the first tie-break; however Nadal was able to battle back with the help of some timely unforced errors on Federer's part, the BBC reported.
"I never lost my serve but I still lost the tournament, it's kind of tough," said Federer.
The match was the fourth time in the past five week that Federer and Nadal have squared off.
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PARIS, June 1 (UPI) --
Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova, the world's top two ranked women's tennis players, picked up wins Friday at the French Open.
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NEW YORK, June 1 (UPI) --
U.S. author Lauren Weisberger is working on a sequel to her 2003 blockbuster novel, "The Devil Wears Prada," EW.com reported.
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MIAMI, June 1 (UPI) --
U.S. weather forecasters say the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is expected to be about average, despite the rare late-May landfall of Beryl.
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HOLMES BEACH, Fla., June 1 (UPI) --
Employees at a Florida grocery store restrained a Cuban sandwich thief by sitting on him until authorities arrived, police say.
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