Melbourne: Defending champion Roger Federer on Sunday said his opponents will need to play well to beat him during the upcoming Australian Open, the first grand slam of the year. Federer is seeded third, behind Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, reports Efe news. “I’m playing good tennis. I’m confident that I think it needs a good […]
Melbourne: Second seed Wozniacki, the former World No.1, prevailed 7-6 (2), 3-6, 6-4 in two hours 49 minutes over top seed Halep, who was bidding to win her first major title. “I’ve dreamed of this moment for so many years. Today is a dream come true. I’m shaking right now. I’m going to cry,” Wozniacki […]
Melbourne: Defending champion Roger Federer on Friday reached the final of the Australian Open after South Korea’s Hyeon Chung quit in pain trailing 1-6, 2-5. World No.56 Chung, the first South Korean to advance into the singles semi-finals of a Grand Slam tournament, pulled the plug after feeling pain in his left foot, reports Efe. “It’s […]
Melbourne: Spain’s Rafael Nadal on Sunday defeated Argentina’s Diego Schwartzman 6-3, 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, 6-3, clinching a place in the Australian Open quarterfinals. During three hour and 51 minute match, both players faced 18 break points but world No. 1 Nadal managed to save 15 and to convert seven, reports Efe. “That’s confidence for myself […]
Melbourne: Veteran Leander Paes and fellow Indian Purav Raja defeated N. Basilashvili and A. Haider-Maurer in straight sets in the first round of the men’s doubles competition at the Australian Open tennis tournament here on Thursday. The Indian combination did not face too much trouble from their European opponents as they eased to a 6-2, 6-3 […]
Melbourne: Defending champion Serena Williams on Friday said she will withdraw from the Australian Open, adding she was not fully prepared to keep playing after becoming a mother four months ago. “My coach and team always said ‘only go to tournaments when you are prepared to go all the way’,” Xinhua news agency quoted Williams […]
Kolkata: Indian tennis star Sania Mirza said today that she will not be taking part in the Australian Open early next year due to a right knee injury. “Basically I have something that’s called a jumper’s knee. So it’s extrmely painful…like I am okay to walk but it’s painful to change directions and play. That’s […]
Canberra: The 2018 Australian Open has been officially launched with the world’s top tennis players committed to playing in the tournament. Australian Open Tournament Director Craig Tiley on Tuesday announced that the top 100 men’s and women’s players would compete at the first Grand Slam of the year despite many having suffered injuries in 2017, […]
Melbourne: Defending champion Roger Federer reached the Australian Open third round for a 20th straight year Wednesday but was made to battle hard by Britain’s Dan Evans before winning 7-6 (7/5) 7-6 (7/3) 6-3. The ageless 20-time Grand Slam champion, who is gunning for a record seventh Melbourne Park title and third in a row, […]
Melbourne: Veteran Leander Paes and Purav Raja on Sunday suffered a straight-set defeat at the hands of the Colombian pair of Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah in the pre-quarterfinals to bow out of the Australian Open here. The unseeded Indians were beaten 1-6 2-6 by their 11th seeded opponents in a contest that lasted […]
Yuki Bhambri's Australian Open singles campaign came to an end despite a fighting effort against world number six Andy Murray here today but the Indian tennis player walked away with rich appreciation from his accomplished rival and the packed house at the Margaret Court Arena
Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka claimed his first Grand Slam title in dramatic fashion on Sunday when he upset injury-troubled world number one Rafael Nadal in the Australian Open final
American star Serena Williams held off a determined Maria Sharapova of Russia to win her sixth Australian Open title and the 19th Grand Slam title of her career, separating herself from Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova for the second-most Grand Slam titles in the Open Era
Indian tennis stars Leander Paes and Sania Mirza reached the mixed doubles semi-finals after they won their respective matches at the Australian Open here today
Melbourne: World No.1 Serena Williams stormed past 11th-seeded Dominika Cibulkova 6-2, 6-2 in 65 minutes here Wednesday to reach her first Australian Open tennis semifinals since winning the title in 2010. Williams came back from a set down to win her last third and fourth round matches, but there was no sign of any trouble […]
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