Tennis

Toronto, July 31 (IANS) World No.6 Kei Nishikori of Japan beat No.5 Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland in straight sets 7-6, 6-1 in the semi-finals of the Rogers Cup tennis tournament at the Aviva Centre here….

Toronto, July 30 (IANS) Serbian World No. 1 Novak Djokovic and Frenchman Gael Monfils advanced to the semi-finals of the Rogers Cup with victories over Tomas Berdych and home-crowd favourite Milos Raonic here. Djokovic was…

Toronto, July 30 (IANS) Swiss No. 2 seed Stan Wawrinka and Japanese No. 3 seed Kei Nishikori advanced to the semi-finals of the Rogers Cup in Toronto with respective victories over Kevin Anderson and Grigor…

Montreal, July 30 (IANS) German No. 2 seed Angelique Kerber and Romanian No. 5 seed Simona Halep advanced to the semi-finals of the Rogers Cup in Montreal with victories over Russians Daria Kasatkina and Svetlana…

Toronto, July 29 (IANS) World No. 1 Novak Djokovic of Serbia headlined the top seeded players who advanced to the quarter-finals on the fourth day of the Rogers Cup tennis tournament at the Aviva Centre…

Toronto, July 28 (IANS) World No.1 Novak Djokovic of Serbia and No.4 seed Milos Raonic of Canada were among the notable winners in the third day of Rogers Cup Main Draw tournament at Aviva Centre…

Toronto, July 27 (IANS) Second seed Stan Wawrinka headlined the seeded players to advance on the second day of action in Rogers Cup Main Draw tournament at Aviva Centre here. The 31-year-old Swiss battled Russia’s…

Gstaad (Switzerland), July 24 (IANS) Spanish tennis player Feliciano Lopez won the Swiss Open Gstaad after beating the Dutch Robin Haase in the final 6-4, 7-5 in 77 minutes here on Sunday. Lopez finally managed…

Gstaad (Switzerland), July 23 (IANS) Spanish Feliciano Lopez defeated German Dustin Brown to enter the final of the Swiss Open Gstaad tennis tournament here on Saturday. The Spanish player defeated Brown 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 in…

Melbourne, July 21 (IANS) World No.3 Roger Federer, will return to the Australian city of Perth to play in the 2017 Hopman Cup tennis tournament for the first time in 15 years, it was announced…

Manacor (Spain), July 20 (IANS) Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal on Wednesday said he expected to be injury-free and well-prepared for the Olympics, which start from August 5. Nadal, a 14-time Grand Slam champion, disappointed…

Cluj-Napoca (Romania), July 17 (IANS) Spanish tennis player Roberto Bautista on Sunday said Spain is already thinking about their possible opponents in the play-offs for the World Group in the 2016 Davis Cup after their…

By Aritra Chowdhury Mumbai, July 17 (IANS) With just 18 days to go for the world’s biggest sporting extravaganza — the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janerio — India’s tennis star Sania Mirza on Sunday…

Paris, July 16 (IANS) Former Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli, who dramatically lost 20kg after picking up a mystery virus, said on Saturday she is on the way to recovery. The 2013 champion from France, who…

Chandigarh, July 16 (IANS) Rio-bound doubles duo of Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna defeated South Korean pair of Hong Chung and Seong Chan Hong 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 as the hosts took an unassailable 3-0 lead…

Chandigarh, July 16 (IANS) Rio-bound doubles duo of Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna defeated South Korean pair of Hong Chung and Seong Chan Hong 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 as the hosts took an unassailable 3-0 lead…

Prague, July 16 (IANS) The Czech Republic drew with France 1-1 after the first day’s action of their Davis Cup tennis tournament quarter-final tie in Trinec, Czech Republic. In the opening singles match on Friday,…

Rio de Janeiro, July 16 (IANS) Former world No. 1 Rafael Nadal will compete in next month’s Rio Olympics after recovering from a wrist injury, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) said. The 14-time Grand Slam…

Chandigarh, July 15 (IANS) Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan overcame tough conditions and difficult opponents to win their respective singles matches and hand India a comfortable 2-0 lead on the opening day of the Asia/Oceania…