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Stosur wins Wimbledon mixed doubles title with Bob Bryan
Australia’s Samantha Stosur won the Wimbledon mixed doubles title with American partner Bob Bryan today.
The pair upset top-seeded duo Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia and Bryan’s twin brother, Mike, 7-5 6-4 in a match lasting just over an hour and ending in near darkness because of rain delays.
Stosur said the conditions were the darkest she had [...]
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