Tag: Tennis

Paris: Rafael Nadal reached the French Open final for the third time in a row, and a record extending 12th overall, with a straight set win over arch-rival Roger Federer, here on Friday. The Spaniard beat the Swiss legend 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 at the Philippe-Chatrier Court in the 39th meeting between the two stalwarts. While […]

Halle (Germany): Roger Federer on Sunday claimed the title at the Halle Open, a Wimbledon tune-up event that the Swiss player has won for the 10th time. The 37-year-old, who set the record for most Halle titles more than a decade ago, earned his 10th title after defeating David Goffin of Belgium 7-6(2), 6-1 in […]

London: Swiss ace Roger Federer got the better of long time rival and fellow great Rafael Nadal on Friday to zoom into Sunday’s Wimbledon final where he will take on Novak Djokovic. It was a hard fought battle between the two decorated rivals who share 38 Grand Slam titles between them. It was their 40th […]

New Delhi: Lee Duckhee has scripted history as he has became the first hearing impaired player to win an ATP Tour main draw match after defeating Henri Laaksonen 7-6(4) 6-1 in the first round of the Winston-Salem Open. The 21-year-old South Korean fired nine aces on the way to claiming the win. Lee cannot hear […]

New Delhi: India’s Davis Cup tie against Pakistan was on Thursday postponed to November after a security review by the Davis Cup committee, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) said. The tie was scheduled in Islamabad on September 14-15. “Following an in-depth security review of the current situation in Pakistan by independent expert security advisors, the […]

New York: India’s Sumit Nagal moved a step closer towards making the main draw of the 2019 US Open. The 22-year-old beat Canada’s Peter Polansky 7-5, 7-6 in two hours and five minutes in the second qualifying round to set up a clash against Brazil’s Joao Menezes in the final qualifying tie. Nagal raced to […]

New York: It was a mixed day for India at the US Open as Rohan Bopanna advanced to the second round with his Canadian partner Denis Shapovalov while Leander Paes and his Argentine partner Guillermo Duran failed to progress after suffering a first-round loss in the men’s doubles event. Bopanna and Shapovalov defeated formidable fourth […]

New York: Six-time champion Serena Williams will be facing Canadian teenager Bianca Andreescu in the final of the US Open in a bid to capture her 24th career Grand Slam women’s singles title, which would tie Margaret Court’s all-time record. Williams earned her 10th trip to the final at the Flushing Meadows with a 6-3, […]

New York: Three-time champion Rafael Nadal advanced to his fifth US Open final with a convincing win over 24th seed Italian challenger Matteo Berrettini at the Flushing Meadows. On Friday, Nadal wore down the first-time semifinalist 7-6, 6-4, 6-1 under the lights of Arthur Ashe Stadium and sprinted into the final on Sunday where he […]

New York: Top seeded Colombian pair of Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah created history as they defeated Marcel Granollers of Spain and Horacio Zeballos of Argentina in straight sets to win the men’s doubles title at the US Open. After becoming the first players from their nation to lift a men’s doubles Grand Slam […]

Shanghai: Swiss superstar Roger Federer followed Serbian Novak Djokovic out of the Shanghai Masters quarterfinals after a three-set defeat of 6-3, 6-7 (7), 6-3 to Germany’s Alexander Zverev here on Friday. The 22-year-old fifth seed will face Austria’s Dominic Thiem or Matteo Berrettini of Italy in the semi-finals on Saturday. Federer, the champion in Shanghai […]

Basel: Swiss legend Roger Federer secured a record-breaking 10th Swiss Indoors championship title in his hometown by outclassing Australia’s Alex de Minaur in the final. On Sunday, Federer was at his usual best as he defeated the Aussie 6-2, 6-2 to register his 103th singles titles of his career. Playing in front of his home […]

New Delhi: Tennis star Sania Mirza was on Tuesday named in the Indian five-member Fed Cup squad, as she plots her return to the game after a break. The team also features the country’s top singles player Ankita Raina. Riya Bhatia (379), Rutuja Bhosale (466) and Karman Kaur Thandi (568) are also part of the […]

Melbourne: Novak Djokovic came from a set down on Sunday to beat Dominic Thiem in the final of the 2020 Australian Open. This is the Serb’s eighth title at the Rod Laver Arena and 17th Grand Slam win overall. Djokovic beat Thiem 6-4, 4-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 in a match that lasted four hours. He […]

Melbourne: Novak Djokovic on Sunday paid tribute to late basketball great Kobe Bryant after winning the 2020 Australia Open title. Djokovic beat Austrian Dominic Thiem in five sets at the Rod Laver Arena to lift the Sir Norman Brookes Cup a record-extending eighth time. In his speech after being presented with the trophy, Djokovic spoke […]