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Thu 01 Jan 2010Isner halts Sorensen's dream run Down Under
TENNIS:DROP A small stone and watch the ripples. This week was a watershed for Irish tennis and the Sorensen household, one in which the news of Roger Federer’s flirtation with a first round exit from the Australian Open was supplanted by the success of Ireland’s Davis Cup player, Louk Sorensen.
Sorensen was the stone dropped into the first Grand Slam of the year that finally stopped rippling in the early hours of yesterday morning after five matches, three of them in the qualifiers and two in the main draw.
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