Category: Tennis

Tennis Chiefs Announce Review Of Anti-Corruption Unit

Melbourne, Jan 27 (IANS) Tennis chiefs on Wednesday announced an independent review of the sport's anti-corruption unit following a recent…

9 years ago

‘Sharapova Must Play for Russia if She Wants to Go to Olympics’

Moscow, Jan 27 (IANS) Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova must play for the national team next week at the Federation…

9 years ago

Serena Sidesteps Sharapova to Enter Australian Open Semis

Melbourne, Jan 26 (IANS) Top seed Serena Williams withstood a tense first set and a late match charge to take…

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Djokovic Survives Five-Set Thriller at Australian Open

Melbourne, Jan 24 (IANS) Five-time Australian Open winner Novak Djokovic managed to shake off a dogged five-set challenge from 14th…

9 years ago

Serena Williams, Sharapova to Renew Hostilities

Melbourne, Jan 24 (IANS) Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova will add another chapter to their fierce rivalry after both won…

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Sharapova Secures 600th Career Win

Melbourne, Jan 22 (IANS) World No.5 Maria Sharapova rebounded in emphatic fashion, taking out unseeded American Lauren Davis 6-1, 6-7(5),…

9 years ago

Federer Overcomes Dimitrov to Claim 300th Grand Slam Win

Melbourne, Jan 22 (IANS) Seventeen-time major winner Roger Federer became the first man to claim a 300th Grand Slam match…

9 years ago

Shuttlers Used Pbl to Prepare for Olympics: Gopichand

New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) Although some have questioned the timing of the tournament, chief national coach Pullela Gopichand believes…

9 years ago

Djokovic Denies Match-Fixing Allegations

Melbourne, Jan 21 (IANS) Tennis World No.1 Novak Djokovic has dismissed media allegations that he deliberately threw a match as…

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Kokkinakis Says He Was Asked to Fix Tennis Matches

Melbourne, Jan 19 (IANS) Young Australian tennis player Thanasi Kokkinakis on Tuesday said he was offered money via social media…

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St. Petersburg Open Organisers Deny Involvement in Fixing Offer to Djokovic

St. Petersburg (Russia), Jan 19 (IANS) The organisers of the 2007 St. Petersburg Open tennis tournament had nothing to do…

9 years ago

Murray Calls on ATP to Educate Young Players About Graft

Melbourne, Jan 19 (IANS) World No.2 Andy Murray has called on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) to ramp up…

9 years ago

Nadal Stunned by Verdasco in Five Set Thriller

Melbourne, Jan 19 (IANS) Fernando Verdasco stunned World No.5 Rafael Nadal 7-6(6), 4-6, 3-6, 7-6(4), 6-2 in the first round…

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Venus Williams Suffers Shock Upset

Melbourne, Jan 19 (IANS) Eighth seed Venus Williams has provided Australian Open fans with the shock of the tournament so…

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Arnaud Clement Admits Being Approached to Forfeit Tennis Match

Paris, Jan 19 (IANS) Retired French tennis player Arnaud Clement has admitted that he was approached with a large sum…

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Unaware Of Match-Fixing in Tennis: Sharapova

Melbourne, Jan 18 (IANS) Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova said on Monday she hoped match-fixing does not exist in the…

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New Match-Fixing Scandal Embroils Tennis As Australian Open Begins

Melbourne, Jan 18 (IANS) An exhaustive investigation into tennis match-fixing by two prominent media organisations has revealed evidence that 16…

9 years ago

Hingis Joins Sania As World No.1

Melbourne, Jan 16 (IANS) More than 15 years after she reigned supreme at the top of the women's doubles rankings,…

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‘Badminton Will Bring India at Least 2 Medals at Rio’

New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) Badminton Association of India (BAI) president Akhilesh Das Gupta said here on Saturday that the…

9 years ago

Sania Wins Sydney International, Bopanna in Final

  Sydney, Jan 15 (IANS) At one stage almost set to lose the final, Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis came…

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