Tag: Tennis

Kolkata: Even after being excluded from India’s Davis Cup team, veteran India tennis player Leander Paes on Thursday stood his ground saying he is far from finished and people should not be surprised if they see him on the podium next year. “I will have a new mixed doubles partner and don’t be surprised if […]

Madrid: Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal remained in the number one spot in the men’s Association of Tennis Professionals world singles rankings released on Monday. Nadal, 16-time Grand Slam champion, on Sunday won his third US Open title with a dominating 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 victory over big-serving South African Kevin Anderson, reports Efe news agency. Switzerland’s […]

Washington: US tennis star Serena Williams has given birth to a baby girl at a clinic in Florida, the media reported. Williams, 35, whose partner is Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, 34, was admitted to the St. Mary’s Medical Centre in West Palm Beach on Wednesday, reports the BBC. She gave birth on Friday night. The 23-time […]

Bengaluru: Fresh from winning the maiden Grand Slam title of his career at the French Open, Indian tennis star Rohan Bopanna asserted on Saturday that he is in the best form of his life at the moment. “At the start of the year, Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and I won the Chennai Open. Then, Marcin (Matkowski) and […]

Madrid: Spanish No.1 Rafael Nadal claimed his fifth Mutua Madrid Open title with a 7-6 (10), 6-4 win over eighth seeded Dominic Thiem here. Sunday’s win also means that Nadal has now won 30 ATP Masters 1000 Series titles in his long career, more than anyone who is currently playing, reports Xinhua news agency. The […]

Madrid: Spanish star Rafael Nadal jumped up two spots to be fifth in the men’s Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles rankings released on Monday, while United States tennis icon Serena Williams has returned to the top in the women singles category. Briton Andy Murray continued to lead the list in male category followed by […]

Roquebrune Cap Martin (France): Indian star Rohan Bopanna and his Uruguayan partner Pablo Cuevas won a tough three-set battle against Henri Kontinen of Finland and Australia’s John Peers to enter the men’s doubles semi-finals of the Monte-Carlo Masters tennis tournament here. Bopanna and Cuevas lost the first set and were made to toil hard before clinching […]

Swiss star Stan Wawrinka successfully defended his men's singles title once again at the 20th edition of the $425,535 Chennai Open with a comprehensive straight sets win over Borna Coric of Croatia at the SDAT Tennis Stadium here on Sunday evening

New Delhi: The national tennis federation on Wednesday removed Chairman SP Misra and Davis Cup coach Zeeshan Ali from the senior national selection committee and replaced them with Ankita Bhambri and Vishal Uppal. Former Davis Cupper Rohit Rajpal, who was already a member, has been elevated as Chairman. The decision was taken by the AITA […]

New Delhi: The Sports Ministry has left out veteran Leander Paes and Saketh Myneni from the initial list of tennis players, who have been chosen for monthly allowance for their preparations for the next year’s big-ticket events and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. According to reliable Sports Ministry sources, among the players who have been chosen […]

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

India's teen sensation P V Sindhu and Commonwealth Games gold medallist pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa had to settle for bronze medals after losing their respective semifinals matches in the Asian Badminton Championship here on Saturday

London: Spain’s Rafael Nadal, whose dismal season continued with a second-round loss this week at Wimbledon, needs a new coach to overcome his struggles, American former tennis great John McEnroe said in an interview with BBC Radio 5. “Nadal is one of the great champions, a class act. He plays with a lot of effort […]

Den Bosch (Netherlands): Indo-Canadian tennis pair of Leander Paes and Daniel Nestor were knocked out of the Topshelf Open as they lost their men’s doubles quarterfinal in straight sets here. The second seeds lost 4-6, 6-7(7) on the grass courts of Autotron Park in Rosmalen to French combine of Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut last […]

Paris: India’s Mahesh Bhupathi and his doubles partner Australia’s Nick Kyrgios were knocked out of the French Open after suffering a straight set defeat in the first round of the men’s doubles match here on Monday. Australia’s Thanasi Kokkinakis and France’s Lucas Pouille beat the Indo-Australian pair 6-3, 6-1 to enter the second round. Bhupathi-Kyrgios […]