She held off Great Britain's Christine Ohuruogu, the defending champion, to win in 49.55 seconds.
The defending champion Cardinals (27-5) harassed Villanova into 25 turnovers that led to 27 points.
The defending champion saves it with a smash that wrong-foots Murray, who winces afterwards.
The final road game of this stretch being a road contest against the defending champion Miami Heat.
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The defending champion, who is president of the ATP Player Council, said a strike makes no sense.
"It's definitely good to be back, " said Venus, seeded second behind her sister Serena, the defending champion.
Also riding will be Scotland's David Millar along with Australian Mathew Hayman, who is the defending champion.
Indiana now advances to the Eastern Conference Finals, where they'll be underdogs against the defending champion Miami Heat.
Djokovic's defeat opened the door for Nadal and the defending champion continued his mastery over fellow Spaniard David Ferrer.
The defending champion came through 5-7 4-6 6-4 7-6 (7-1) 6-0 in an astonishing opening match on Centre Court.
Roger Federer, who lost to Murray in the Rogers Cup final in Canada, is the defending champion in Cincinnati.
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The defending champion took control early on only to be docked a point in the fifth round for holding.
Unfortunately, the deal created another new big three: Odom, Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Kidd on the defending champion Mavericks.
"I really want to be here - that is really what I want the most, " said the defending champion.
She's the defending champion at the Olympics for the 200 meters, and therefore right now there's Olympic fever in Jamaica.
But the gut feeling is that he is priming his game for the Masters, where he is the defending champion.
Meanwhile, the defending champion Cardinals lost their biggest slugger, but opted not to radically shake-up the rest of their roster.
And every one of the 156 players - apart from the defending champion - will get the same understated introduction.
Djokovic, the defending champion, walked on Centre Court and pulled a mini golf club out of his bag a gag that elicited laughter.
Hawkins admitted he did have his chances to beat the defending champion.
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With its 3-1 record in the Six Nations, the defending champion could retain the title with a victory by at least eight points.
Henman's Hill, sometimes dubbed Rusedski Ridge, became Hewitt Hill on Monday as the defending champion walked out to open play on Centre Court.
The defending champion left it late to finish second in her semi-final in a season's best 50.35 seconds behind favourite Sanya Richards (50.21).
Dubai organizers expect the rest of the world's top-10 players to play, including Australian Open winner Serena Williams and her sister Venus, the defending champion.
Australia's Stuart Appleby, the defending champion, had a tough morning on his way to a three-over-par 73 that will now be wiped from the records.
Anschutz Entertainment Group, owner of the defending champion Los Angeles Kings, is not only paying fans up to 5% interest on their season ticket accounts.
The defending champion double-faulted on set point in the first set and trailed 3-0 in the second set tiebreaker before he took charge of the match.
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And the 22-year-old's semi-final against the defending champion was also kept away from the 5, 000-capacity Centre Court, with only around 1, 200 people able to watch on Court Two.
Tsonga tested Federer in the tournament's opening match on Sunday before losing in three sets to the defending champion, who is seeking to win a record sixth title.
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