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Sports News // 1 decade ago

Thomas Johansson retires from tennis

Thomas Johansson, who counts the 2002 Australian Open among his tournament titles, announced his retirement Friday from competitive tennis.

Sports News // 1 decade ago

Israel, Sweden tied, 1-1, at Davis Cup

Israel and Sweden split their Davis Cup matches Friday at Malmo, Sweden on a day that was marred by demonstrators outside their Baltic Hall venue.

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Olympic Medal: M Tennis Doubles

Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland won the Olympic gold medal Saturday in men's tennis doubles.

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Top-seeded Stepanek moves on at Nottingham

No. 1-seeded Radek Stepanek and three other seeded players recorded straight-set wins in the first round of The Slazenger Open tennis tournament in England.

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Berdych opens Weber title defense with win

Third-seeded Tomas Berdych opened defense of his Gerry Weber Open title with a first-round win Monday in the grass-court tournament in Germany.

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Soderling, Ancic post French Open upsets

Robin Soderling and Mario Ancic ousted seeded players Tuesday in first-round play of the men's draw of the French Open.

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Sweden beats Russia for World Team title

Sweden beat Russia 2-1 in the best-of-three final Saturday to win the $2.34 million ATP World Team Championship.

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Russia to meet Sweden in World Team final

Dmitry Tursunov took part in two Russian victories Friday, lifting the Russian team into the finals of the ATP World Team Championship against Sweden.

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Sweden makes team tennis title series

Singles victories by Robin Soderling and Thomas Johansson boosted the Swedish team into the finals of the $2.34 million ATP World Team Championship in Germany.

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Americans, Argentines split at World Team

James Blake won and Wayne Odesnik lost Tuesday when the United States split singles with Argentina at the $2.34 million World Team Championship.

Quotes

If he plays like that, he's going to win every match
Ancic, Dupuis advance to Milan final Feb 14, 2004

I think Tim came up with some believable shots in the beginning. I don't think he made one unforced error. I didn't serve very well
Novak pulls off upset Mar 01, 2002

I never thought I was going to be a Grand Slam winner, but the way I had been playing these two weeks has just been great
Johansson over Safin for Australian title Jan 27, 2002

These two weeks have been the best two weeks of my life and today was just a dream come true
Johansson over Safin for Australian title Jan 27, 2002

Infobox last updated on: 25 August 2008.

Thomas Johansson (born 24 March, 1975, in Linköping, Sweden) is a professional tennis player. He's a former Australian Open singles champion and Olympic silver medalist in doubles.

Johansson began to play tennis at age five with his father, Krister. In 1989, became European 14s singles champion and won doubles title (w/Magnus Norman). Even when he injured his right elbow while playing Orange Bowl 16s in 1991, he reached the final, losing to Spain's Gonzalo Corrales. He finished No. 10 in 1993 world junior rankings.

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