Sydney, Jan 13 (IANS) Top seeds Sania Mirza and her doubles partner Czech Republic’s Barbora Strycova lost to Hungary’s Timea Babos and Russia’s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the final of the Apia International tennis tournament here…
Kolkata, Jan 13 (IANS) Budding talents from 13 countries will slug it out at the International Tennis Federation’s (ITF) junior championships, starting at the Dakshin Kalikata Sansad (DKS) sports complex from next Monday, the organisers…
Madrid, Jan 13 (IANS) A study prepared by the London School of Marketing has revealed that Swiss tennis superstar Roger Federer was the world’s most marketable sports person in 2016. According to the study, published…
Sydney, Jan 13 (IANS) British tennis player Daniel Evans defeated Dominic Thiem of Austria in the quarterfinals of the Sydney Open here. Evans outplayed the Austrian 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 on Thursday, reports Efe. The 26-year-old…
Melbourne, Jan 12 (IANS) India’s Yuki Bhambri defeated Serbian Pedja Krstin 6-3, 6-4 in the second round of the Australian Open singles qualifiers here on Thursday. He is now one win away from the main…
Moscow, Jan 12 (IANS) Former World No.3 tennis player Nadia Petrova, who has been away from the court since March 2014, announced her retirement from professional tennis on Thursday. During her 19-year-long career the Russian…
Melbourne, Jan 11 (IANS) Indian tennis player Yuki Bhambri defeated seventh seed Stefan Kozlov of America to advance into the second round of the Australian Open qualifiers here on Wednesday. The 53-ranked Bhambri outplayed Kozlov…
Auckland, Jan 11 (IANS) Spanish David Ferrer bowed out of the ASB Classic tennis tournament after going down to Dutchman Robin Haase in the second round here on Wednesday. Hasse defeated Ferrer 2-6, 6-4, 7-…
Sydney, Jan 10 (IANS) German tennis star Angelique Kerber was eliminated in the Sydney International on Tuesday after losing to Russian Daria Kasatkina 6-7 (5), 2-6. Slovak world No.6 Dominika Cibulkova fell to Canada’s Eugenie…
Moscow, Jan 10 (IANS) Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova is set to make her comeback, following a doping suspension, on April 26 at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, the tournament organisers announced on…
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) Rio Olympic gold medal-winning shuttler Carolina Marin believes her compatriot Rafael Nadal can shake off his recent injury troubles and return to the pinnacle of tennis. Former World No.1 Nadal…
By S. Rajesh Chennai, Jan 10 (IANS) Next Gen Star Daniil Medvedev of Russia belongs to the new breed of tennis players. Like many of his peers, the 20-year-old, who has now moved to France…
Dubai, Jan 9 (IANS) Dubai Duty Free (DDF), the title sponsor of the annual DDF Tennis Championships, announced here on Monday that world No.1 Andy Murray will participate while seven-time Dubai champion Roger Federer will…
Madrid, Jan 9 (IANS) Scotman Andy Murray continued to stay at the top position in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles rankings released on Monday. The 29-year-old led the rankings for the first time…
Madrid, Jan 9 (IANS) German Angelique Kerber continued to lead the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) singles rankings, released on Monday, with 8,875 points. Kerber took the top spot on September 12, 2016, from the United…
Chennai, Jan 8 (IANS) Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut defeated Russian Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 6-4 to win the singles crown while India’s Rohan Bopanna and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan beat compatriots Purav Raja and Divij Sharan 6-3, 6-4…
Chennai, Jan 8 (IANS) Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut defeated Russian Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 6-4 to lift the Chennai Open tennis title on Sunday. The World No.14 needed an one hour and 13 minutes to beat…
Chennai, Jan 8 (IANS) Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut defeated Russian Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 6-4 to lift the Chennai Open tennis title on Sunday. The World No.14 needed an one hour and 13 minutes to beat…
Brisbane, Jan 8 (IANS) Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov snapped a two-and-half-year title drought, defeating third seed Kei Nishikori 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 in the final of the Brisbane International tennis tournament here on Sunday. Dimitrov’s title run…
By S. Rajesh While doubles always has been a major strength of the Indian tennis, the wait for a homebred talent to make it to the latter stages of the singles event at the Chennai…