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  US Open: Ana Ivanovic lone upset in 2nd round

  August 29, 2014 11:37 IST

  NEW YORK : Ana Ivanovic's comeback tour has ended with yet another early exit at the U.S. Open. Ivanovic, who had been having her best season since winning the French Open in 2008, looked out

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  US Open: Andy Murray moves easily into third round

  August 29, 2014 10:38 IST

  NEW YORK:  Cramp-free on a cool summer's night, Andy Murray moved easily into the third round of the U.S. Open on Thursday with a 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 victory over Matthias Bachinger.   The eighth-seeded Murray, who

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  US Open:Serena Williams overcomes 3 early double-faults to win

  August 29, 2014 10:10 IST

  NEW YORK:  Good as she is, even Serena Williams can find it tough to deal with swirling wind, so much so that she double-faulted three times in her first service game Thursday at the U.S.

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  US Open: 15-year-old Bellis loses in 2nd round

  August 29, 2014 9:29 IST

  NEW YORK: CiCi Bellis, the first 15-year-old since 1996 to win a U.S. Open match, could not follow that up with another victory, losing in the second round Thursday night.   Bellis, a Californian who is

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  Meet CiCi Bellis, 15, youngest US Open winner since 1996

  September 13, 2014 10:14 IST

  NEW YORK :  While 15-year-old American CiCi Bellis was in the process of stunning a Grand Slam finalist to become the youngest player to win a U.S. Open match since 1996, her father did his

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  US Open: Paes, Sania advance to the second round

  August 28, 2014 12:07 IST

  New York: Indian tennis players Leander Paes and Sania Mirza won their respective doubles matches to advance to the second round of the US Open at the Flushing Meadows here Wednesday.Men's doubles defending champions Paes

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  US Open: Peng Shuai upsets 4th-seeded Radwanska

  August 28, 2014 10:56 IST

  NEW YORK : Peng Shuai upset fourth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska, the first top-10 player knocked out of this year's U.S. Open.   The 39th-ranked Peng won 6-3, 6-4 in the second round Wednesday, giving China a big

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  US Open: Maria Sharapova comes through in 3 sets tussle

  August 28, 2014 10:38 IST

  NEW YORK :  A year ago at this time, Maria Sharapova was sitting out the U.S. Open, getting checked by doctors and having tests on the surgically repaired right shoulder that has troubled her off

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  US Open: 4 years later, Venus Williams enters 3rd round

  August 28, 2014 10:11 IST

  NEW YORK :  Two-time champion Venus Williams is back in the third round of the U.S. Open for the first time since 2010, a year before she announced she had been diagnosed with an autoimmune

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  What to watch at Open: Will Sharapova foe take TO?

  August 27, 2014 16:20 IST

  New York: If Maria Sharapova's opponent Wednesday at the U.S. Open takes a medical timeout, the five-time major champion wouldn't mind seeing that come at a cost.   Sharapova was asked after her first-round victory at

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  US Open: With MJ on his side, Federer wins opener

  August 27, 2014 12:19 IST

  NEW YORK :  Growing up as a basketball fan, Roger Federer had a poster of Michael Jordan hanging on his bedroom wall. On Tuesday night, Federer won a first-round match at the U.S. Open with

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  Bopanna-Qureshi suffer first round defeat in US Open

  August 27, 2014 11:51 IST

  New York:  India's Rohan Bopanna and his Pakistani partner Aisam Qureshi suffered a first round defeat in the men's doubles of the US Open tennis here at the Flushing Meadows.Bopanna and Qureshi, who were seeded

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  Defending champion Wawrinka confirms participation for Chennai Open

  August 26, 2014 18:46 IST

  Chennai:  Switzerland's World No.4 tennis player Stan Wawrinka Tuesday confirmed his participation for the 20th edition of the Chennai Open to be held at the SDAT Stadium here Jan 5-11, next year.The 2008 Beijing Olympics

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  US Open:Maria Sharapova wins 1st-rounder

  August 26, 2014 18:15 IST

  NEW YORK :  A year after a most painful absence, Maria Sharapova returned to her winning ways at Arthur Ashe Stadium. The fifth-seeded Sharapova overcame a few wobbles with her serve tosses and took the

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  US Open: Top-seeded Novak Djokovic coasts in opener

  August 26, 2014 11:26 IST

  NEW YORK: Top-seeded Novak Djokovic breezed past a U.S. Open novice in the first round Monday, beating Diego Schwartzman 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 in a match that finished a few minutes before midnight.   Djokovic was never

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  US Open: Andy Murray grits through cramps to win

  August 26, 2014 11:08 IST

  NEW YORK : Spinning in 70 mph second serves, grabbing at his hamstring during points, Andy Murray gritted his way through head-to-toe cramps to win at the U.S. Open.   Murray outlasted Robin Haase 6-3, 7-6

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  US Open: Halep rallies from set down in 1st round

  August 25, 2014 23:29 IST

  NEW YORK: Second-seeded Simona Halep rallied from a set down to beat a young American making her Grand Slam debut in the first round of the U.S. Open.   The Romanian won 6-7 (2), 6-1, 6-2

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  Chance for players other than Big 4 at US Open

  August 25, 2014 12:23 IST

  New York: Two 23-year-olds, Milos Raonic and Grigor Dimitrov, broke through to their first major semifinals at Wimbledon.   Perhaps this year's U.S. Open will be the tipping point for the rise of a new generation.

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  Petra Kvitova takes 2nd Connecticut Open title

  August 24, 2014 14:16 IST

  NEW HAVEN, Conn. : Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova beat Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia 6-4, 6-2 Saturday to win her second Connecticut Open title in the past three years.   The No. 4 player in the world

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  Petra Kvitova moves into semifinals at Connecticut Open

  August 22, 2014 7:18 IST

  NEW HAVEN, Conn:  Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova moved into the semifinals of the Connecticut Open with a 6-4, 6-1 win Thursday over fellow Czech player Barbora Zahlavova Strycova.   Kvitova went down by a service break

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  Top-seed Simona Halep upset in New Haven

  August 20, 2014 13:09 IST

  NEW HAVEN, Connecticut:  Defending champion and top-seeded Simona Halep was beaten in her opening match at the Connecticut Open, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 by Slovakian Magdalena Rybarikova on Tuesday.   Rybarikova, ranked 68th in the world, broke

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  Caroline Wozniacki comes back for win at Connecticut Open

  August 19, 2014 8:11 IST

  NEW HAVEN, Connecticut: Caroline Wozniacki came back to defeat Timea Bacsinszky 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 Monday in the first round at the Connecticut Open. A four-time champion of the New Haven tournament, the fourth-seeded Wozniacki lost

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  Serena Williams wins Cincinnati, beating Ana Ivanovic

  August 19, 2014 7:54 IST

  MASON, Ohio : Serena Williams finally got the one that always managed to somehow slip away. And she did it so convincingly that she's thinking another title could be coming soon.   Williams needed only 62

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  Rafael Nadal to skip US Open

  August 18, 2014 23:34 IST

  Madrid:  Spanish tennis ace Rafael Nadal confirmed Monday that he will not be able to defend his US Open tennis title due to a wrist injury.The World No.2 missed the recent Masters 1000 series events

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  Serena Williams,Roger Federer advance to Cincinnati finals

  August 17, 2014 12:51 IST

  MASON, Ohio:  Serena Williams came back to advance to the Western & Southern Open final Saturday as Roger Federer moved into position for his sixth title in the tournament.   The top-ranked Williams beat Caroline Wozniacki

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  Serena Williams edges Wozniacki to reach Cincinnati final

  August 17, 2014 11:29 IST

  MASON, Ohio:  Serena Williams rallied to advance to the Western & Southern Open final, beating Caroline Wozniacki 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 on Saturday. The top-ranked Williams lost a set for the first time in the tournament

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  Federer beats Murray, reaches Cincinnati semis

  August 16, 2014 12:33 IST

  Mason, Ohio: Roger Federer beat Andy Murray 6-3, 7-5 on Friday and advanced to the semifinals of the Western & Southern Open, a tournament he has won an unprecedented five times already.   The second-seeded Federer

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  Andy Murray edges John Isner to reach Cincy quarterfinals

  August 15, 2014 7:41 IST

  MASON, Ohio (AP) -- Andy Murray fought off two late match points and edged John Isner 7-6 (3), 6-4, 7-6 (2) to reach the quarterfinals of the Western & Southern Open on Thursday.   Stan Wawrinka