Shanghai, Oct 13 (IANS) English tennis star Andy Murray on Thursday qualified for the quarter-finals of the Shanghai Masters after an easy win against France’s Lucas Pouille here. Murray defeated Pouille 6-1, 6-3 to continue…
Shanghai, Oct 13 (IANS) The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) announced on Thursday that Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios has been fined $16,500 for his intentional defeat a day earlier at the Shanghai Masters. ATP…
Shanghai, Oct 13 (IANS) Spanish tennis player Roberto Bautista on Thursday eliminated Serbian Viktor Troicki from the third round of the Shanghai Masters here. This is Bautista’s best result at the Shanghai Masters in three…
Shanghai, Oct 13 (IANS) Fifth-seeded Milos Raonic of Canada crashed out of the third round of Shanghai Masters tennis tournament going down to Jack Sock of the US. Raonic, despite dominating at the start of…
Shanghai, Oct 13 (IANS) Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal, who was unexpectedly eliminated from the Shanghai Masters after going down to Serbia’s Viktor Troicki, admitted that he is not in his best physical shape. At…
Shanghai, Oct 13 (IANS) Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic advanced to the quarterfinals of the Shanghai Rolex Masters beating Canadian Vasek Pospisil here on Thursday. Djokovic defeated his Canadian rival 6-4, 6-4 in one hour…
Tashkent, Oct 12 (IANS) Indian tennis ace Leander Paes and his German partner Andre Begemann notched up a close 4-6,6-4,10-8 win over Oleksandr Nedovyesov of Kazakhstan and Denys Molchanov of Ukraine to enter the semi-finals…
Shanghai, Oct 12 (IANS) Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal, seeded fourth, crashed out of the Shanghai Masters going down 3-6, 6-7(3-7) to Serbia’s Viktor Troicki in the second round here on Wednesday. Nadal, who was…
Shanghai, Oct 11 (IANS) Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic advanced in the Shanghai Masters with an easy 6-3, 6-3 win against Italy’s Fabio Fognini here on Tuesday. Djokovic resorted to his powerful serve to eliminate…
Shanghai (China), Oct 11 (IANS) Spanish tennis player David Ferrer was beaten by compatriot Feliciano Lopez in the first round of Shanghai Rolex Masters here on Tuesday. The intense clash ended with a victory for…
Shanghai, Oct 10 (IANS) French tennis player Jo-Wilfried Tsonga debuted on Monday at the Shanghai Masters with a comfortable win over Germany’s Florian Mayer. Tsonga managed to defeat Mayer 6-3, 6-2 in 71 minutes, reports…
Hong Kong, Oct 10 (IANS) US tennis player Venus Williams kicked off her Hong Kong Open campaign in style by beating Japanese Risa Ozaki on Monday in the first round of the tournament. Williams, second-seeded,…
Melbourne, Oct 10 (IANS) The 2017 Australian Open will be more accessible for tennis fans in Asia and the Pacific than ever before, tournament directors said on Monday. For the first time, Tennis Australia (TA)…
Beijing, Oct 9 (IANS) Britain’s Andy Murray won his first China Open tennis title, and the 40th of his career, in a 6-4, 7-6(2) showdown with Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov here on Sunday. The No.1 seed…
Beijing, Oct 9 (IANS) Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska rolled to a 6-4, 6-2 win on Sunday over Britain’s Johanna Konta in the China Open tennis tournament final, taking her second title at the event. The 27-year-old…
Beijing, Oct 8 (IANS) Three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray swept Spain’s David Ferrer 6-2, 6-3 to make his first appearance in the China Open final here on Saturday. It is the ninth final of…
Beijing, Oct 7 (IANS) Britain’s Andy Murray on Friday beat compatriot Kyle Edmund to advance to the semi-finals of the China Open tennis tournament here. The World No.2 beat Edmund 7-6 (11-9), 6-2, to the…
Madrid, Oct 7 (IANS) The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has denied that it tried to ban Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova for four years. After the ruling of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS),…
Tokyo, Oct 6 (IANS) French tennis player Gael Monfils on Thursday reached the quarter-finals of the Japan Open after beating his compatriot Gilles Simon here. Monfils, who ended his four-game losing streak against Simon, defeated…
Beijing, Oct 6 (IANS) China’s top player Zhang Shuai advanced to the quarter-finals of the China Open with a convincing 6-0, 6-4 victory over fourth seed Simona Halep from Romania here on Thursday. Zhang thus…