Roger Federer beats Milos Raonic to win Stuttgart Open, his 18th grass-court title
Tennis | June 17, 2018 18:47 ISTThe Swiss great, who is assured of reclaiming the No. 1 ranking from Rafael Nadal, beat Raonic 6-4, 7-6 (3) to mark his return.
The Swiss great, who is assured of reclaiming the No. 1 ranking from Rafael Nadal, beat Raonic 6-4, 7-6 (3) to mark his return.
The top-seeded stormed into the last-four of Rome Masters after easing past seventh-seed Caroline Garcia of France 6-2, 6-3 in a one-sided quarter-final clash that lasted one hour and 14 minutes.
Sindhu, who had achieved a career-best ranking of World No 2 a few months ago, said when she started playing at the age of eight her first dream was to represent India.
With a win over Robin Haase, the 36-year-old Federer becomes the oldest man to top the ATP world rankings, surpassing Andre Agassi, who held the record at the age of 33.
The 36-year-old Swiss great already has the record for most weeks as the ATP World Tour's No. 1 player (302) but he has not held the top spot since late 2012.
The eighth-seeded Indian dumped Japan's Kenta Nishimoto 21-14 21-13 in the finals of French Open to become the first Indian to clinch four Super Series titles in a season.
Indian skipper reached the 8000-run mark in his 175th ODI innings, he surpasses South African captain AB de Villiers who had taken 182 innings to reach the milestone.
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