French Open
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Sania-Cara lose in French Open quarters
Tennis | Jun 03, 2014, 07:31 PM ISTParis: Indian tennis player Sania Mirza along with partner Cara Black bowed out of the French Open after losing their women's doubles quarter-final here Tuesday.The Indo-Zimbabwean fifth seeds went down 2-6, 6-3, 3-6 in two
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French Open: Rafael Nadal wins again to reach quarter final
Tennis | Jun 02, 2014, 07:06 PM ISTPARIS : Rafael Nadal won a record 32nd straight match at the French Open on Monday, beating Dusan Lajovic of Serbia 6-1, 6-2, 6-1. Nadal is an eight-time French Open champion with a 63-1 record
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French Open: Andrea Petkovic advances to quarterfinals
Tennis | Jun 02, 2014, 06:39 PM ISTPARIS : Andrea Petkovic overcame an inconsistent serve and unseeded Kiki Bertens to reach the quarterfinals of the French Open with a 1-6, 6-2, 7-5 victory Monday. The 28th-seeded German was broken three times in
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Sharapova runs off 9 games to beat Stosur in Paris
Tennis | Jun 02, 2014, 08:40 AM ISTParis: It might seem unlikely for a player to go from merely mediocre to nearly perfect right smack-dab in the middle of a match, yet that's what Maria Sharapova did in the French Open's fourth
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French Open: Eugenie Bouchard eases into women quarter final
Tennis | Jun 01, 2014, 11:14 PM ISTParis: Eugenie Bouchard booked a women's singles quarterfinal spot at the French Open after beating eighth seed Angelique Kerber 6-1, 6-2 here Sunday.The 18th seeded Canadian needed only 52 minutes to hold off her German
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French Open: Roger Federer loses to Ernests Gulbis in 4th round
Tennis | Jun 01, 2014, 10:42 PM ISTPARIS : So unbeatable for so long until the closing days of Grand Slam tournaments, Roger Federer is suddenly accumulating early exits. Federer's streak of nine consecutive quarterfinals at the French Open ended Sunday with
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French Open: Sania Mirza- Cara Black enter women double quarter final
Tennis | Jun 01, 2014, 07:31 PM ISTParis: Leading Indian tennis player Sania Mirza proceeded to the women's doubles quarterfinals along with Zimbabwean partner Cara Black at the French Open here Sunday.The fifth seeds took only an hour and 18 minutes to
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French Open : Andy Murray beats Philipp Kohlschreiber to reach 4th round
Tennis | Jun 01, 2014, 06:51 PM ISTPARIS : Andy Murray finally got the better of Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany, needing 40 minutes to complete a 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 12-10 win and reach the French Open fourth round on Sunday. The
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French Open : Rafael Nadal's bad back offers off-court drama
Tennis | Jun 01, 2014, 04:37 PM ISTPARIS : The closest thing to intrigue or drama involving Rafael Nadal on Saturday came after his 31st consecutive French Open victory concluded. That's when the eight-time champion revealed that a painful back is slowing
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French Open results: Third round
Tennis | Jun 01, 2014, 07:16 AM ISTParis: The results Saturday at the French Open, the seventh day of the season's second Grand Slam tournament at Roland Garros (prefix number denotes seeding), were as follows, according to Xinhua.MenThird round1-Rafael Nadal, Spain, bt
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Nadal stretches French Open winning streak to 31
Tennis | May 31, 2014, 09:25 PM ISTPARIS: For the second time in his unparalleled French Open career, Rafael Nadal owns a 31-match winning streak at the clay-court Grand Slam tournament. Now he'll try to get to 32 for the first time.
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Sania-Cara in third round of French Open
Tennis | May 31, 2014, 07:48 PM ISTParis: India's Sania Mirza and her Zimbabwean partner Cara Black cruised into the women's doubles third round of French Open tennis here Saturday.The fifth-seeded Indo-Zimbabwean pair won 6-1, 6-2 against Gabriela Dabrowski of Canada and
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In a flash, Federer takes control at French Open
Tennis | May 31, 2014, 10:40 AM ISTParis: In what seemed like a flash, and in what surely felt like a flash of pain for his opponent, Roger Federer went from vulnerable to commanding. It was that quick. Federer lost a second-set
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Isner advances to 4th round at French Open
Tennis | May 31, 2014, 10:32 AM ISTParis: John Isner became the first American man to reach the French Open's fourth round since 2010, beating 17th-seeded Tommy Robredo of Spain 7-6 (13), 7-6 (3), 6-7 (5), 7-5 Friday. The 10th-seeded Isner is
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Milos Raonic reaches 4th round at French Open
Tennis | May 31, 2014, 09:45 AM ISTPARIS : Eighth-seeded Milos Raonic became the first Canadian man in history to reach the fourth round at the French Open, beating Gilles Simon of France 4-6, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2, 7-5 Friday. Raonic has twice
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Djokovic, Federer reach French Open 4th round
Tennis | May 30, 2014, 10:02 PM ISTPARIS: Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer both needed four sets to reach the fourth round of the French Open on Friday. The second-seeded Serb won 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (2), 6-4 against Marin Cilic, improving to
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French open: Sania Mirza in second round of women's and mixed doubles
Tennis | May 30, 2014, 10:50 AM ISTParis: Indian tennis player Sania Mirza moved into the second round of women's and mixed doubles of the French Open tennis here Thursday.Sania and her partner Cara Black of Zimbabwe found it easy as they
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5th-seeded David Ferrer into French Open 3rd round
Tennis | May 29, 2014, 05:15 PM ISTParis: Fifth-seeded David Ferrer of Spain comfortably advanced to the third round of the French Open by beating Italy's Simone Bolelli 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 Thursday. Ferrer, last year's runner-up to Rafael Nadal, broke Bolleli's serve
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US teen Townsend tops No. 20 Cornet at French Open
Tennis | May 29, 2014, 01:48 PM ISTParis: For all the problems facing Taylor Townsend on Wednesday at the French Open, the 18-year-old American's first Grand Slam tournament, she always had her notebook to offer comfort and counsel. So along the way
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Serena and Venus lose in 2nd round at French Open
Tennis | May 28, 2014, 07:43 PM ISTParis: Instead of looking forward to playing each other this week at the French Open, Serena and Venus Williams will both be heading home early. The American sisters both lost in the second round on