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  Australian Open to begin on February 8 as ATP releases tennis calendar for 2021

  December 17, 2020 10:23 IST

  The ATP said that men’s qualifying for the season’s first Grand Slam tournament is being moved to Doha, Qatar, from Jan. 10-13.

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  Ankita Raina wins ITF doubles title in Dubai

  December 13, 2020 14:00 IST

  Top Indian tennis player Ankita Raina won her third doubles title of the pandemic-hit 2020 season, clinching the Al Habtoor challenge with Ekaterine Gorgodze.

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  Leander Paes eyeing 'unbreakable' record eighth straight Olympics in Tokyo

  December 11, 2020 20:49 IST

  On the Christmas Day of 2019, Paes had announced his 'One Last Roar' tagline, calling 2020 to be his last season as a professional player, culminating with the Tokyo Olympics.

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  Australian Open: Start date not confirmed despite reports

  December 03, 2020 12:42 IST

  Players will have to quarantine for two weeks from Jan. 15, but the Victorian Government has reportedly agreed to special conditions for players.

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  Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal to finish inside top-2 for third straight year

  November 29, 2020 13:11 IST

  Djokovic along with Spain's Rafael Nadal will finish the year as the top two players in the rankings for the third consecutive year and the fifth time overall when the next update is made

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  Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal to finish inside top 2 for third straight year

  November 29, 2020 13:10 IST

  Novak Djokovic is set to equal Pete Sampras' record with a sixth year-end No. 1 finish when the year-end rankings are officially released on December 7.

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  Had gained 23kg weight during pregnancy, wasn't sure about playing tennis again: Sania Mirza

  November 25, 2020 14:41 IST

  Sania Mira became a mother in October 2018 and 15 months later, she made a return to tennis circuit, winning the doubles title at the WTA Hobart International 2020 with her Ukrainian partner Nadiia Kichenok.

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  COVID-19: Australian Open 2021 'most likely' to be delayed

  November 25, 2020 10:49 IST

  Australian Open tournament director and Tennis Australia chief executive Craig Tiley last weekend said the final dates should be confirmed within two weeks.

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  ATP Finals: Daniil Medvedev beats Dominic Thiem in three sets to lift title

  November 23, 2020 8:38 IST

  No. 4 Daniil Medvedev became the first player to defeat each of the men ranked 1-3 in the season-ending championship.

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  Second straight runner-up finish for Prajnesh Gunneswaran following final defeat in Orlando Open

  November 22, 2020 23:36 IST

  Prajnesh did not have the required power in his strokes to hurt the American, losing 3-6 4-6 in the USD 52,080 hard court tournament.

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  Fans return for ITTF finals, boost players' morale

  November 22, 2020 16:46 IST

  As a part of the ITTF #RESTART series, the 2020 ITTF Finals is underway from Thursday to Sunday at the Zhengzhou Olympic Sports Center in central China's Henan province.

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  It'll be Thiem-Medvedev, not Djokovic-Nadal, at ATP Finals

  November 22, 2020 15:18 IST

  Thiem ended Djokovic’s bid for a record-tying sixth ATP Finals trophy, while Medvedev prevented Nadal from continuing to pursue the most significant title the 20-time major champ hasn’t won.

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  Australian Open dates expected within 2 weeks

  November 22, 2020 15:10 IST

  Chief executive Craig Tiley was responding on Sunday to unsourced reports the season-opening grand slam event might be pushed back until February, March or even later.

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  Dominic Thiem gets past Novak Djokovic in 3-set semifinal at ATP Finals

  November 21, 2020 23:46 IST

  Thiem could have closed things more than an hour earlier, but he frittered away four match points in the second-set tiebreaker, including one by double-faulting.

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  Daniil Medvedev beats Schwartzman in ATP finals, to face Nadal in semis

  November 21, 2020 10:31 IST

  Medvedev became the first Russian to compete in the ATP Finals in consecutive years since 2009 title-winner Nikolay Davydenko (2005-09). 

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  ATP Finals: Novak Djokovic beats Alexander Zverev, advances to semifinals

  November 20, 2020 23:22 IST

  Top-ranked Djokovic set up a match against Dominic Thiem on Saturday as he goes for a record-tying sixth title.

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  Prajnesh Gunneswaran reaches Orlando Challenger semis, regains India number one spot

  November 20, 2020 23:08 IST

  The fourth-seeded Indian won 6-0, 6-3 against the sixth seeded Kazkakh Dmitry Popko in the quarterfinals of the USD 52,080 hard court tournament.

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  ATP Finals: Rafael Nadal enters semis after beating Stefanos Tsitsipas in three sets

  November 20, 2020 8:31 IST

  It is the sixth time in 10 appearances that Nadal has reached the last four of the season-ending tournament, which is the biggest title he has yet to win in his illustrious career.

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  AITA postpones national camp for elite players

  November 19, 2020 16:25 IST

  The planned 21-day camp was scheduled to begin for the men's players from November 30 and was to be followed by a women's camp from January 4.

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  ATP Finals: Daniil Medvedev beats Novak Djokovic in straight sets to reach semis

  November 19, 2020 8:45 IST

  Medvedev secured a spot in the semifinals of the season-ending tournament by dominating five-time champion Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-3.

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  Alexander Zverev grinds out 3-set win over Diego Schwartzman in ATP Finals

  November 18, 2020 23:20 IST

  Alexander Zverev kept his tournament hopes alive with a 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 victory over Diego Schwartzman on Wednesday at the season-ending ATP Finals.

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  Tsitsipas's win over Rublev puts Dominic Thiem through to semis of ATP Finals

  November 18, 2020 19:35 IST

  Thiem now leads the Group London 2020 2-0.

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  Victoria state premier confident Australian Open will go ahead in January

  November 18, 2020 12:44 IST

  Andrews' government was in the forefront of a second wave of COVID-19 deaths in his state which saw lengthy lockdowns for Melbourne residents.

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  Dominic Thiem masters tiebreakers again to beat Rafael Nadal in ATP Finals

  November 17, 2020 22:41 IST

  The US Open champion beat the 20-time Grand Slam champion in straight sets on Tuesday for a second win at the ATP Finals.

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  Serena Williams reveals what 'went wrong' on way to meeting daughter Olympia

  November 17, 2020 16:29 IST

  Twenty three-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams has opened up about the time before her daughter's birth and how she feared she might not return to the tennis court post her delivery.

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  ATP Finals: Medvedev pulls off underarm serve as he beats Zverev

  November 17, 2020 8:11 IST

  Medvedev prevailed 6-3, 6-4, while Djokovic cruised past Finals debutant Diego Schwartzman 6-3, 6-2 in an empty O2 Arena.

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  Novak Djokovic beats Diego Schwartzman 6-3, 6-2 at ATP Finals

  November 16, 2020 22:12 IST

   Novak Djokovic overcame an early break to beat Diego Schwartzman 6-3, 6-2 Monday at the season-ending ATP Finals in an empty O2 Arena.

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  India's Prajnesh Gunneswaran loses ATP Challenger final in US

  November 16, 2020 21:45 IST

  This was Prajnesh's seventh Challenger finals. The 31-year-old Indian has won two titles -- Anning (China, April 2018) and Bengaluru (November 2018).