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Tennis: Britain’s Watson rallies to win Monterrey Open

Monterrey (Mexico), March 7 (IANS) Britain’s Heather Watson rallied to beat Belgium’s Kirsten Flipkens 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 to win the Abierto Monterrey Afirme tennis tournament here. The 30-year-old Flipkens dominated Watson in the first set,…



Tennis: Watson to face Flipkens in Monterrey final

Monterrey (Mexico), March 6 (IANS) Britain’s Heather Watson will play Belgium’s Kirsten Flipkens in the final Abierto Monterrey Afirme tennis tournament here. Watson on Saturday advanced to the final by beating France’s Caroline Garcia, the…











Wawrinka wins Dubai Tennis Championships

Dubai, Feb 28 (IANS) Swiss World No.4 Stan Wawrinka won the Dubai Tennis Championships 6-4, 7-6 (13) after an hour and 54 minutes against World No.57 Marcos Baghdatis from Cyprus here. The Swiss needed four…


Dubai Open: Wawrinka faces Baghdatis in final

Dubai, Feb 27 (IANS) Swiss tennis ace Stan Wawrinka and Marcos Baghdatis from Cyprus have set up the final meeting of the 24th edition of Dubai Duty-Free Tennis Championships. The world’s number four “Stan the…


Sania-Martina’s winning streak ends at 41!

Doha, Feb 26 (IANS) The streak is finally over! The world’s top tennis team of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis had not lost a match since last August in Cincinnati. But their 41-match winning run…


Djokovic retires from Dubai Open

Credit: Youtube Dubai, Feb 26 (IANS) World number one Novak Djokovic retired from the Dubai Tennis Championships due to eye problem. The Serb withdrew on Thursday after losing the first set of a quarter-final match…


Paes, partner crash out of Mexico Open

Acapulco (Mexico), Feb 25 (IANS) Veteran Indian star Leander Paes and his French partner Jeremy Chardy crashed out of the first round at the Mexico Open after losing straight sets here on Thursday. The Indo-French…


Bopanna-Mergea ousted from Dubai tennis

Dubai, Feb 24 (IANS) The Indian challenge at the $2.2 million Dubai Tennis Championships ended after Rohan Bopanna and his partner suffered a shock exit in the first round of the men’s doubles at the…


Sania-Martina enter quarters in Qatar

Doha, Feb 24 (IANS) Indo-Swiss top tennis pair Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis expectedly romped home into yet another quarterfinal — their 41st successive win on the circuit — but not before getting a scare…


Tennis: Bhambri, Bhupathi go down in Dubai

Dubai, Feb 23 (IANS) Yuki Bhambri and Mahesh Bhupathi crashed out in the first round of their respective categories as the Indian challenge came to an end at the $2.2 million Dubai Tennis Championships here…