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  Australian Open 2015: Sania-Bruno enter semis

  January 28, 2015 13:58 IST

  Melbourne: Top-seeded mixed doubles duo Sania Mirza and Bruno Soares marched in to the semi-finals of the Australian Open, beating local pair Casey Dellacqua and John Peers 6-2, 6-2 in a last-eight match here Wednesday.The

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  Australian Open 2015: Stan Wawrinka beats Nishikori, advances to semifinals

  January 28, 2015 12:14 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Defending champion Stan Wawrinka advanced to the semifinals of the Australian Open with a 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (6) win over U.S. Open runner-up Kei Nishikori on Wednesday.Wawrinka, who beat Rafael Nadal last year

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  Australian Open 2015: Serena Williams advances, Venus crashes out

  January 28, 2015 11:38 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Madison Keys got one Williams sister out of the way on Wednesday at the Australian Open. On Thursday, the 19-year-old American will try to make it two, and this sibling might be a

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  Australian Open 2015: Keys beats Venus Williams in quarterfinals

  January 28, 2015 8:42 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: American teenager Madison Keys overcame a left thigh injury to beat Venus Williams 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 at the Australian Open on Wednesday, ensuring there would be no Williams sisters semifinal.The 19-year-old Keys will

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  Australian Open 2015: Murray beats local hope Kyrgios in 3 sets

  January 27, 2015 16:24 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Andy Murray ensured there would be no five-set comeback for local hope Nick Kyrgios on Tuesday night, beating the 19-year-old Australian 6-3 7-6 (5), 6-3 in a quarterfinal match at the Australian Open.Kyrgios

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  Australian Open 2015: Nadal out, Sharapova, Makarova advance to semifinals

  January 27, 2015 11:53 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Rafael Nadal's lack of match fitness from nearly six months of inactivity finally caught up with the 14-time Grand Slam singles champion at the Australian Open on Tuesday.Nadal was never much of a

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  Australian Open 2015: Nadal loses in quarterfinals to Berdych

  January 27, 2015 11:17 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Rafael Nadal is out of the Australian Open, beaten 6-2, 6-0, 7-6 (5) in the quarterfinals by seventh-seeded Tomas Berdych on Tuesday.The third-seeded Nadal , a 14-time Grand Slam singles champion, said before

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  Australian Open 2015: Sharapova to play Makarova in semifinals

  January 27, 2015 10:14 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Maria Sharapova moved closer to another Australian Open title, set to face a fellow Russian in the semifinals who has never beaten her.Sharapova made all the big points look easy Tuesday in defeating

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  Australian Open 2015: Maria Sharapova through to semifinals

  January 27, 2015 8:41 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Five-time Grand Slam winner Maria Sharapova put the brakes on Eugenie Bouchard's quest for a first major title, beating the young Canadian 6-3, 6-2 Tuesday to advance to the Australian Open semifinals.In a

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  Australian Open 2015: Makarova 1st to semifinals, beats Halep

  January 27, 2015 7:38 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Ekaterina Makarova raced to a 3-0 lead in the first nine minutes of the match and beat third-seeded Simona Halep 6-4, 6-0 in the first quarterfinal at the Australian Open on Tuesday.The win

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  Australian Open 2015: Novak Djokovic enters quarter-finals

  January 27, 2015 11:28 IST

  Melbourne: World No.1 Novak Djokovic ended Gilles Muller's inspired Australian Open run Monday night with a 6-4, 7-5, 7-5 victory over the Luxembourg native to reach the quarter-finals.In his 23rd consecutive Grand Slam quarter-final, Djokovic

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  Australian Open 2015: Bryan brothers out in 3rd round of doubles

  January 26, 2015 16:22 IST

  Melbourne: Mike and Bob Bryan lost in the third round of men's doubles at the Australian Open on Monday, the second straight year the twin brothers have failed to reach the quarterfinals.The top-seeded Bryans lost

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  Australian Open 2015: Sania, Paes reach mixed doubles quarters

  January 26, 2015 16:06 IST

  Melbourne: Sania Mirza and Leander Paes carved out contrasting wins with different partners to reach the mixed doubles quarterfinals at the Australian Open tennis tournament here today.Top seeds Sania and her Brazilian partner Bruno Soares

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  Australian open 2015: Wawrinka defeats Garcia-Lopez to reach quarter-finals

  January 27, 2015 11:00 IST

  Melbourne: Defending champion Stanislas Wawrinka survived Spain's Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 7-6(2), 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(8) in their fourth-round match at the Australian Open tennis tournament here Monday in Melbourne.It took the Swiss World No.4 70 winners and

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  Australian Open 2015: Sania-Soares enter mixed doubles third round

  January 26, 2015 13:20 IST

  Melbourne: The top seeded mixed doubles pair of Sania Mirza and Bruno Soares entered the third round of the mixed doubles competition in the Australian Open tennis tournament here at the Melbourne Park Monday.The Indo-Brazilian

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  Australian open 2015: Serena Williams to meet Cibulkova in quarters

  January 27, 2015 11:26 IST

  Melbourne: Serena Williams avenged her heaviest Grand Slam defeat with a comeback 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 win over Garbine Muguruza on Monday to reach the Australian Open quarterfinals.   The top-ranked Williams was pushed all the way

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  Australian open 2015: Cibulkova ends unseeded Azarenka's run

  January 26, 2015 10:10 IST

  Melbourne: Dominika Cibulkova reproduced the kind of tennis that helped her reach the final last year as she beat two-time champion Victoria Azarenka 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 in the fourth round of the Australian Open.Under the

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  Australian Open 2015: Kyrgios to meet Murray in quarterfinals

  January 25, 2015 21:37 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: He upset Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon, and followed up Sunday by beating the guy who ousted Roger Federer at the Australian Open. Next up for Nick Kyrgios is a quarterfinal against Andy Murray

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  Australian Open 2015: Andy Murray advances quarterfinals

  January 25, 2015 19:16 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Two-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray overcame a relentlessly athletic Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 7-5 on Sunday to secure a spot in the Australian Open quarterfinals.In a 3-hour, 32-minute minute match

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  Australian Open 2015: Kyrgios joins Nadal in quarterfinals

  January 25, 2015 19:13 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Nick Kyrgios is no longer just the kid who upset Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon, he's also the teenager who beat the guy who beat Roger Federer at the Australian Open.Nick Kyrgios came back

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  Australian Open 2015: Halep through to quarterfinals

  January 25, 2015 17:54 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Simona Halep advanced to the Australian Open quarterfinals for the second straight year with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium on SundayThe 23-year-old Romanian has moved through the first four

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  Australian Open 2015: Paes-Hingis advance, Bopanna crashes out

  January 25, 2015 14:38 IST

  Melbourne: Leander Paes and Martina Hingis won their mixed doubles opener while Rohan Bopanna and Barbora Zahlavova Strycova were knocked out of the competition at the Australian Open tennis tournament here Sunday.Seventh seeds Paes and

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  Australian Open 2015: Sharapova, Bouchard into quarterfinals

  January 25, 2015 15:58 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Maria Sharapova and Rafael Nadal put earlier stumbles behind them with convincing wins Sunday to reach the quarterfinals of the Australian Open.French Open champion Sharapova was broken once in the first set before

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  Australian Open 2015: Berdych beats Tomic to reach quarters

  January 25, 2015 12:05 IST

  Melbourne: Tomas Berdych reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open for the fifth consecutive year with a 6-2, 7-6 (3), 6-2 win over local hope Bernard Tomic.With his new fiancee Ester Satorova watching from the

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  Australian Open 2015: Rafael Nadal through to Australian Open quarterfinals

  January 25, 2015 12:03 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Rafael Nadal stayed in contention for his second Australian Open title six years after his first with a 7-5, 6-1, 6-4 fourth-round win Sunday over Kevin Anderson.The 2009 Australian Open winner turned around

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  Australian Open 2015: Maria Sharapova beats Peng in 4th round

  January 25, 2015 9:41 IST

  Melbourne: Second-seeded Maria Sharapova is through to the Australian Open quarterfinals after a 6-3, 6-0 win over China's Peng Shuai on Sunday, setting up another Grand Slam meeting with Eugenie Bouchard.Peng, playing with her usual

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  Australian open 2015: Love, Ouch, Towel and all that

  January 24, 2015 21:22 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Novak Djokovic took a break from his tennis match Saturday to applaud a marriage proposal in the stands."It's nice to see this moment," Djokovic said, after advancing to the fourth round of the

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  Australian Open 2015: Djokovic advances to 9th straight 4th round

  January 24, 2015 16:34 IST

  Melbourne, Australia: Novak Djokovic advanced to the fourth round of the Australian Open for the ninth consecutive year with a 7-6 (8), 6-3, 6-4 win over Fernando Verdasco on Saturday.Four-time champion Djokovic won the tiebreaker