Moscow, Oct 24 (IANS) Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova, currently suspended on doping-related charges, will return to the singles rankings following her performance at three tournaments next year, a senior official with the Russian Tennis…
Moscow, Oct 24 (IANS) Suspended Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova was removed from the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) singles rankings, according to a report on the organisation’s website on Monday. Last week, Sharapova, 29, was…
London, Oct 24 (IANS) Germany’s Angelique Kerber and India’s Sania Mirza continued to lead the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) singles and doubles rankings, respectively, according to the latest list released on Monday. In the singles…
Stockholm, Oct 24 (IANS) Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro defeated American Jack Sock 7-5, 6-1 in the summit clash to clinch the Stockholm Open tennis tournament at the Kungliga Tennishallen here. The 2009 US Open…
Singapore, Oct 23 (IANS) Romanian Simona Halep won her first match at the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Finals against American Madison Keys here on Sunday . Halep, ranked fourth in the world, needed only 69…
Moscow, Oct 22 (IANS) Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova successfully defended her title in the Kremlin Cup defeating Australian Daria Gavrilova in the final on Saturday, thus achieving the last available ticket to the Women’s Tennis Association…
Bucharest, Oct 21 (IANS) The Romanian Tennis Federation (FRT) on Friday appointed Ilie Nastase as captain of the country’s women’s team playing in the Fed Cup. The FRT said that this appointment is part of…
Manacor (Spain), Oct 20 (IANS) Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal has opened an academy bearing his name in his hometown on the Mediterranean island of Mallorca, with his friend and long-time rival Roger Federer as…
Moscow, Oct 18 (IANS) Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova has no plans of arriving in Moscow to watch the Kremlin Cup tennis tournament, Russian Tennis Federation (RTF) president Shamil Tarpishchev has said. “No, she is…
Madrid, Oct 17 (IANS) Germany’s Angelique Kerber retained the top spot with 8.310 points in the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) rankings released on Monday. Serena Williams, who had announced that she has withdrawn from WTA…
Madrid, Oct 17 (IANS) Star tennis player Serena Williams will miss the upcoming WTA Finals in Singapore from October 23 as she is still recovering from a shoulder injury that she picked up last summer….
Madrid, Oct 17 (IANS) The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) has decided to impose additional sanctions on Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios for his intentional defeat against Germany’s Mischa Zverev at the Shanghai Masters. According…
Madrid, Oct 17 (IANS) Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic retained the top spot with 12.900 points in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) rankings released on Monday. Djokovic lost 640 points after he was defeated…
Linz (Austria), Oct 17 (IANS) Slovak tennis player Dominika Cibulkova defeated Switzerland’s Viktorija Golubic in the summit clash to clinch the Linz Open title here. Cibulkova managed to win against Golubic 6-3, 7-5 in one…
Shanghai (China), Oct 16 (IANS) Ace tennis player Andy Murray defeated Spain’s Roberto Bautista in the summit clash to clinch the Shanghai ATP Masters here on Sunday. Murray outplayed the Spanish player 7-6 (7-1), 6-1…
Shanghai, Oct 15 (IANS) Briton Andy Murray on Saturday secured his place in the Shanghai Masters final where he is due to play against Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut here. Murray, who has won the Shanghai…
Shanghai, Oct 15 (IANS) Spanish tennis player Roberto Bautista Agut defeated world number one Serbian Novak Djokovic to storm into the final of the Shanghai Masters here on Saturday. The world No.19 defeated the defending…
Tashkent, Oct 14 (IANS) India’s Leander Paes and his German partner Andre Begemann went down 4-6, 2-6 to local hero Denis Istomin and Mikhail Elgin of Russia in the men’s doubles final of the ninth…
Shanghai, Oct 14 (IANS) Defending champion Novak Djokovic on Friday defeated World No.110 German Mischa Zverev 3-6, 7-6, 6-3 , to reach the semi-finals of the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament here. The top seeded Serb…
Shanghai (China) Oct 14 (IANS) Spanish tennis player Roberto Bautista on Friday qualified for the semi-finals of the Shanghai Masters after beating ninth-seeded Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3, 6-4. Tsonga, who reached the final of this…