Tennis

Beijing, Oct 6 (IANS) Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina defeated top seeded German Angelique Kerber in the third round of the China Open tennis tournament here on Thursday. The 21-year-old Svitolina upset the No.1 ranked player 6-3,…

Moscow, Oct 6 (IANS) French Open organisers don’t rule out handing Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova a wild card to participate in the Grand Slam event next year. “The list of wild cards is decided…

Beijing, Oct 5 (IANS) Top seed Britain’s Andy Murray on Wednesday qualified for the quarter-finals of the China Open tennis tournament here. Murray prevailed over Russia’s Andrey Kuznetsov 6-2, 6-1 to advance, reports Efe. In…

Beijing, Oct 5 (IANS) Spain’s Rafael Nadal and Pablo Carreno on Wednesday qualified for the men’s doubles semifinals of the China Open tennis tournament, after eliminating Chinese Gong Mao Xin and Zhang Ze 7-5, 6-3….

Moscow, Oct 5 (IANS) The absence of Maria Sharapova at major tournaments has a negative impact on the world of tennis, Russian Olympic Champion Elena Vesnina has said. The Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport…

Moscow, Oct 5 (IANS) The International Tennis Federation (ITF) handled Maria Sharapova’s doping case very poorly and the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s (CAS) decision to reduce her suspension has proved that, the Russian tennis…

Singapore, Oct 5 (IANS) British tennis player Johanna Konta beat Hungary’s Timea Babos in straight sets to reach the China Open tennis tournament’s third round. Konta won 7-5, 6-2 and will now face the Czech…

Beijing, Oct 4 (IANS) Second seed Rafael Nadal breezed past Italy’s Paulo Lorenzi in straight sets 6-1, 6-1 in their first-round meeting at the China Open here on Tuesday. The match included several remarkable moments,…

Lausanne, Oct 4 (IANS) The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Tuesday reduced Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova’s two-year suspension over doping to 15 months. She can return to the sport starting April 26…

Beijing, Oct 3 (IANS) Top-ranked German player Angelique Kerber defeated qualifier Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic to advance into the second round of the China Open on Monday. Kerber, 28, encountered some challenges from…

Beijing, Oct 3 (IANS) Indian doubles specialists Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna bowed out of the China Open tennis tournament here on Monday getting beaten in their respective men’s double first round matches. Bopanna and…

Madrid, Oct 3 (IANS) Spaniard Garbine Muguruza lost her third place to Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska in the rankings of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) released on Monday. Meanwhile, Germany’s Angelique Kerber continues to lead the…

Wuhan, Oct 1 (IANS) Czech tennis player Petra Kvitova won her first WTA title this year as she snatched a dominant victory over Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia at the Wuhan Open. In a lop-sided final…

Wuhan, Sep 30 (IANS) Dominika Cibulkova completed her arduous journey to the WTA Wuhan Open tennis final with a thrilling victory over Svetlana Kuznetsova here on Friday. The Slovak will meet two-time Wimbledon champion Petra…

Buenos Aires, Sep 30 (IANS) Argentine tennis player Juan Martin del Potrohas has confirmed that the next tournaments that he would compete in which include the Shanghai Masters in China. “Hello! This is my list…

Wuhan (China), Sep 29 (IANS) Romanian Simona Halep secured a spot at this year’s Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Finals after reaching the Wuhan Open semi-finals with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over America’s Madison Keys on…

Wuhan (China), Sep 29 (IANS) Barbora Strycova recovered from a set down to defeat Jelena Jankovic 1-6, 6-4, 7-5 in the Wuhan Open tennis tournament here on Thursday. “I’m very happy to be through to…

Beijing, Sep 28 (IANS) World No.1 tennis player Novak Djokovic of Serbia on Wednesday pulled out of next week’s China Open due to elbow injury, which means that he will have to wait another year…

Wuhan (China), Sep 28 (IANS) Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia brought Venus Williams’s title defence to an abrupt end at the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Wuhan Open with a dominant victory in their eagerly anticipated third-round…