Tennis

Madrid, May 8 (IANS) Two years after coming up just short at the Madrid Open, Romanian Simona Halep won this elite clay-court title with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Slovak Dominika Cibulkova. Halep came out…

Madrid, May 7 (IANS) Sania Mirza-Martina Hingis went down in straight sets to Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic in the women’s doubles final at the Madrid Masters tennis tournament here on Saturday. Despite playing well…

Madrid, May 7 (IANS) World no. 2 tennis player Andy Murray qualified for the Madrid Open final after battling past Spanish Rafael Nadal here on Saturday. Title defender Murray defeated his Spanish opponent 7-5, 6-4…

Madrid, May 6 (IANS) Defending champion Andy Murray produced a superb display against Tomas Berdych on Friday for a place in the Madrid Open tennis semi-finals. Second seed Murray recorded his fourth straight win over…

Madrid, May 6 (IANS) Top seed Novak Djorkovic needed just 68 minutes to qualify for the quarterfinals of the Madrid Masters tennis tournament with a straightforward 6-2, 6-2 win against Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut. Reigning…

Madrid, May 5 (IANS) Defending champion Andy Murray cruised into the quarter-finals of the Madrid Open tennis tournament on Thursday with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Gilles Simon. The second seed battled past Radek Stepanek…

Paris, May 5 (IANS) Argentine tennis great Guillermo Vilas has said he would not mind if Spanish star Rafael Nadal this week breaks his record of 49 titles won on clay, because it will be…

Madrid, May 5 (IANS) World No.1 Novak Djokovic assured his place in the third round of the Madrid Open tennis tournament with a comfortable 6-2, 6-4 win over Croatian Borna Coric. Djorkovic will play Spanish…

Madrid, May 4 (IANS) Belarusian woman tennis player Victoria Azarenka announced on Wednesday her decision to withdraw from the Madrid Open because of a back injury. The world No.5 was set to face American Louisa…

Madrid, May 4 (IANS) Australian woman tennis player Daria Gavrilova stunned Czech Petra Kvitova at the Madrid Open pre-quarterfinals here on Wednesday. The Australian, World No.39, upset No.6 Kvitova 6-3, 6-4 in one hour and…

Madrid, May 4 (IANS) Spanish No.1 Rafael Nadal enjoyed a comfortable debut in the Mutua Madrid Open here. The fifth seed, who comes into the Madrid Open on the back of wins in Monte Carlo…

New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) Tennis fans in the country have much to rejoice for as Sania Mirza’s journey to the numero uno spot in the women’s doubles will now be documented in her autobiography…

Madrid, May 3 (IANS) Argentine tennis player Juan Martin Del Potro on Tuesday got a victorious encounter on the clay field of the Madrid Open by defeating Austrian Dominic Thiem in his first game here…

New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) The second round of the Davis Cup Asia/Oceania group 1 tennis tie between India and South Korea will be held from July 15 to 17 in Chandigarh, it was announced…

Madrid, May 2 (IANS) Swiss tennis legend Roger Federer announced on Monday that he has pulled out of the Madrid Open Masters 1000 tournament. The Swiss maestro, ranked third in the world and champion of…

Munich, May 2 (IANS) Philipp Kohlschreiber overcame Dominic Thiem 7-6, 4-6, 7-6 to reap his third tennis title, the BMW Open. The 32-year-old local hero moved past Austrian Thiem in two-and-a-half hours after making use…

Prague, May 1 (IANS) Czech tennis player Lucie Safarova won her seventh women’s singles title at the Prague Open, beating Australian Samantha Stosur 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 in the final. The 29-year-old Safarova did not win…

Prague, April 30 (IANS) Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic claimed her first tennis title of the year by coming back to beat Samantha Stosur of Australia 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 in the Prague Open final…