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MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Kei Nishikori of Japan successfully defended his title at the U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships, beating Ivo Karlovic of Croatia 6-4, 7-6 (0) on Sunday. Nishikori won his fourth career title along with the $103,100 winners check and 250 points on the ATP Tour by making this event at The Racquet Club his first successful title defence. He became the first back-to-back winner since Tommy Haas won in 2006 and 2007. Karlovic came in having not been broken even once this week and looking for his sixth career title. The big-serving Karlovic and his 20 aces couldnt counter Nishikoris precision . Now, Sarah Burkes legacy will live on in Canadas Sports Hall of Fame. Burke, who tragically died at age 29 from a training accident in 2012, headlined the 2014 class named for induction Wednesday. . Her return engagement begins tonight as TSN presents Day 1 coverage of the 2015 event from Melbourne. Watch Eugenie Bouchards opening round match at the Australian Open live tonight on TSN5 at 3am et/Midnight pt. . TSN Hockey Insider Bob McKenzie tweeted on Monday that Hemsky will be going to market as an unrestricted free agent on July 1. .ca has you covered for whos in, whos out and what to expect from all 30 teams. . That little deal worked out in a big way for the Mavericks. Nowitzki had 21 points Tuesday night to pass Oscar Robertson for 10th on the NBAs career scoring list, leading the Mavs to a 95-83 victory over the Utah Jazz.REGINA - Hugh Charles latest stay in Saskatchewan was a short one. The Roughriders released Charles on Wednesday after the international running back made his season debut in Saskatchewans 26-13 loss to B.C. in Regina last week. Charles had 86 yards on 13 carries in the game but also committed a key fumble that led to the Lions winning field goal. He was signed by the Roughriders after being released by Edmonton before the start of the regular season. Charles began hhis career in Saskatchewan, and heading into this campaign he had 2,084 rushing yards on 388 attempts over seven seasons and 15 touchdowns with the Roughriders and Eskimos.dddddddddddd He also had 995 receiving yards and six touchdowns. The Roughriders have been linked recently to international running back Will Ford, who was released by Winnipeg earlier this week. Saskatchewan also released linebacker Adrian Moten and defensive lineman Richard Sumlin. ' ' '
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