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Bopanna-Matkowski lose in final of Dubai tennis meet

Dubai, March 4 (IANS) India’s Rohan Bopanna and his Polish partner Marcin Matkowski lost the men’s doubles final of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships to Horia Tecau and Jean-Julien Rojer here on Saturday. The…



Bopanna-Matkowski in Dubai tennis meet final

Dubai, March 3 (IANS) India’s Rohan Bopanna and his Polish partner Marcin Matkowski advanced to the final of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships defeating Indian veteran Leander Paes and Spain’s Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-3, 3-6,…




Bopanna, Matkowski in Dubai Tennis semis

Dubai, March 2 (IANS) India’s Rohan Bopanna and his Polish partner Marcin Matkowski advanced to the semi-finals of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships defeating Romania’s Florin Mergea and Serbia’s Viktor Troicki 6-3 6-4 in…


Verdasco enters Dubai Championships quarters

Dubai, March 1 (IANS) Fernando Verdasco of Spain defeated compatriot Roberto Bautista Agut to enter the quarter-finals of the Dubai Tennis Championships here on Wednesday. The 33-year-old Verdasco defeated Agut 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 in two…




Serena Williams leads WTA rankings

Madrid, Feb 27 (IANS) American tennis player Serena Williams led the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) world rankings on Monday. German Angelique Kerber came second with 7405 points, followed by Czech Karolina Pliskova with 5640. The…


Murray retains top spot in ATP rankings

Madrid, Feb 27 (IANS) British tennis player Andy Murray stayed at the top of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world rankings released on Monday. The 29-year-old Scot led the rankings for the first time…




Thiem cruises into semis of Rio Open

Rio de Janeiro, Feb 25 (IANS) Second-seeded Austrian Dominic Thiem cruised into the semi-finals of the Rio Open tennis championships with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Argentina’s Diego Schwartzman. The 5-foot-7 Schwartzman on Friday held…


Kerber, Wozniacki in Dubai Open semis

Dubai, Feb 24 (IANS) World No.2 Angelique Kerber of Germany and Danish player Caroline Wozniacki entered Dubai Open semi-finals, defeating their opponents in the quarter-finals. Kerber, the 2016 champion of the Australian Open and the…


Ramos-Vinolas advances to Rio Open quarters

Rio de Janeiro, Feb 23 (IANS) Spain’s Albert Ramos-Vinolas cruised into the quarter-finals of the Rio Open tennis tournament with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Italy’s Fabio Fognini here. The 45th-ranked Italian struggled repeatedly to…




France to host Britain in Davis Cup quarters

Paris, Feb 21 (IANS) Nine-time winners France will host 10-time titleholders Britain in the quarter-final of the Davis Cup tennis tournament at the north-western city of Rouen. The match will be held at the 5,000-plus-capacity…


Murray maintains top spot in ATP rankings

London, Feb 20 (IANS) Scot Andy Murray stayed at the top of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) men’s singles rankings released on Monday, with 11,540 points. The 29-year-old led the rankings for the first…