Tennis Tournament
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Australia Open 2022: Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova tests positive for COVID-19
Tennis | Dec 30, 2021, 04:14 PM ISTThe 30-year-old Russian confirmed she has the coronavirus and is isolating after arriving in Australia on Tuesday.
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World record awaits Leander Paes in Davis Cup tie against China
Tennis | Apr 06, 2018, 09:29 AM ISTThe 44-year-old Paes is tied on 42 wins with Italian great Nicola Pietrangeli and one more win will make him the most successful doubles player in the history of Davis Cup.
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Roger Federer hopes the Laver Cup will be a hit on American soil
Tennis | Mar 20, 2018, 09:17 AM ISTFederer's management team was instrumental in launching the Laver Cup, which pits Team Europe against Team World.
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Juan Martin del Potro beats Kevin Anderson to lift title in Mexico
Tennis | Mar 04, 2018, 02:01 PM ISTThe 29-year-old Argentine star beat three straight players ranked ahead of him in the hard-court event, topping No. 6 Dominic Thiem in the quarterfinals, No. 5 Alexander Zverev in the semifinals and eighth-ranked Anderson in finals.
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Leander Paes-Purav Raja crashes out in 1st round of Delray Beach Open
Tennis | Feb 21, 2018, 09:12 PM ISTPaes had earlier made the third round of the Australian Open and also reached the finals of two back-to-back Challengers, winning one.
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Garbine Muguruza, Agnieszka Radwanska advance to quarterfinals of Sydney International
Tennis | Jan 10, 2018, 02:05 PM ISTMuguruza entered the fourth day of the tournament as the only female seeded player remaining following second-seeded Venus Williams' second-round loss on Tuesday.
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Novak Djokovic returns from injury layoff with dominating win over Dominic Thiem
Tennis | Jan 10, 2018, 01:15 PM ISTWearing a compression sleeve on his right arm to protect his troublesome elbow, Djokovic dominated the fifth-ranked Thiem 6-1, 6-4 on Wednesday in an exhibition match at the Kooyong Classic tournament.
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Defending champion Raonic upset by De Minaur in 2nd round at Brisbane International
Tennis | Jan 03, 2018, 09:50 PM ISTDe Minaur pressured Raonic with his relentless service returns, made just one unforced error and only dropped serve once — when serving for the match at 5-2 — en route to the biggest win of his career.
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Serena Williams loses to Jelena Ostapenko in comeback match
Tennis | Dec 31, 2017, 12:02 AM ISTWilliams said after the 67-minute match at the Mubadala World Tennis Championship that she is still undecided on her title defence of the Australian Open, which starts Jan. 15 but delivered a warning to rivals.
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Andy Murray makes tepid return as he loses exhibition match
Tennis | Dec 30, 2017, 05:18 PM ISTMurray, who has been struggling to find full fitness following a right hip problem, was initially only in Abu Dhabi to practice before next month's Australian Open.
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Australian Open participation in doubt as injured Djokovic skips Qatar Open
Tennis | Dec 30, 2017, 05:06 PM ISTDjokovic hasn't played competitive tennis since he retired in the Wimbledon quarterfinals because of the elbow injury.
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Serena Williams to return to tennis in Abu Dhabi
Tennis | Dec 25, 2017, 05:25 PM ISTWilliams will face Latvia's Ostapenko at the Mubadala World Tennis Championship in the first tournament of the year that women will take part in, the organizers announced on Sunday.
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Leander Paes-Purav Raja reach quarters in Knoxville, Divij Sharan out
Tennis | Nov 09, 2017, 01:56 PM ISTPaes and Raja, who are yet to win a title together since joining forces, advanced with a 6-2 6-4 win over American team of Kevin King and Bradley Klahn in just 55 minutes.
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Andy Murray sure he'll be ready for tour at start of 2018
Tennis | Nov 08, 2017, 05:33 PM ISTMurray hasn't played on the pro circuit since the Wimbledon quarterfinals, where he limped out with a hip injury.
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David Goffin wins Japan Open, bags 2nd title in 2 weeks
Tennis | Oct 08, 2017, 04:20 PM ISTWith this win, the Belgian now stands at No. 8 in the ATP Race to London rankings.
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Top-ranked Rafael Nadal advances to semifinals at China Open
Tennis | Oct 06, 2017, 05:22 PM ISTThe world number one will next play third-seeded Grigor Dimitrov in the semis, who defeated Roberto Bautista Agut 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-2.
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David Goffin gets into Chennai Open quarters
Tennis | Jan 07, 2015, 09:19 PM ISTChennai: Fourth seed David Goffin of Belgium became the first player to enter the men's singles quarterfinals at the Chennai Open tennis tournament by getting past Ricardas Berankis of Lithuania here today.Goffin, ranked 22, had
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Nishikori opens with a straight sets win at Brisbane
Tennis | Jan 07, 2015, 01:54 PM ISTBrisbane, Australia: Kei Nishikori beat Steve Johnson 6-4, 7-5 at the Brisbane International on Wednesday, making a winning start to a season in which he's aiming to be at the vanguard of young players aiming
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Chennai Open tennis: Somdev, Ramkumar bow out
Tennis | Jan 07, 2015, 05:37 AM ISTChennai: The rather insipid Indian challenge in singles came to a sorry end as both the wild card entries, Somdev Devvarman and Ramkumar Ramanathan, lost their respective first round matches in straight sets in the
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Double Crown For Fatehdeep, Snehadevi
Tennis | Nov 13, 2011, 05:56 PM ISTPune, Nov 13: Delhi's Fatehdeep Singh and Maharashtra's Snehadevi Reddy completed a double crown each by winning the singles and doubles titles at the Walchand Cup U-16 National Series tennis tournament at the Deccan Gymkhana