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Maldives holidays are truly a once in a lifetime experience: no other place on earth offers a feeling of serenity so intense. Nearly anything is possible on each private resort island. The goal of the Maldives Islands is to mix the beauty of nature with the fun and relaxation of a true resort vacation. Author's Resource Box
Travel writer Robert Scheer writes about Maldives holidays for Maldives Islands Info.
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MELBOURNE, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- China's Peng Shuai and her Czech partner Andrea Hlavackova upended the top-seeded French pair Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic 7-6 (7-4), 6-2 here on Wednesday, powering into Australian Open women's doubles final.
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Peng, the 2013 Wimbledon doubles winner, who went through a back surgery in the year of 2015, said many times that she really wanted to "enjoy tennis" now.
Hlavackova was as excited as Peng.
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The 12th-seeded pair kicked off the season with a title in Shenzhen Open. They will face Bethanie Mattek-Sands of the United States and Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic in the final after the latter knocked out a Japanese pair in the other semifinal.
The fourth game of the CBA finals will be played on Friday as originally scheduled, the Chinese national basketball governing body said Thursday, even after a fight broke out between players and fans which threatened to postpone the finals.
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Sichuan fans were waiting for the home team late Wednesday at the gate of Jinjiang Hotel where the two teams stayed on game day. But the Liaoning team returned to the hotel ahead of Sichuan after the game.