Victoria Azarenka withdraws from US Open amid child custody dispute
Tennis | August 22, 2017 11:22 ISTVictoria Azarenka has not played since Wimbledon, and the former No. 1 player is now ranked 204th.
Victoria Azarenka has not played since Wimbledon, and the former No. 1 player is now ranked 204th.
U.S. Tennis Association announced the 33-year old Australian's withdrawal because of an injured right hand on Friday.
Apart from doing pretty well on-court, the elder Williams is doing some online shopping off the court these days for Serena's baby.
Maria Sharapova, former World No.1, has not entered a major tournament since the Australian Open in January 2016, when she tested positive for the newly banned drug meldonium.
The title was Zverev's first of his career on an outdoor hard court and gives him momentum heading into the U.S. Open, which starts Aug. 28.
The 30-year-old's comments came as she penned an emotional letter to his fans about her roller-coaster ride since making a return in April from her suspension for the use of Meldonium.
Djokovic has never missed a major tournament since he played his first major at the 2005 Australian Open. This is the third-longest active run among men and seventh-longest in history.
Despite going through a string of injuries, Prannoy had shown what he is capable of when he faced Prannoy while the match lasted for One hour and 5 minutes in Anaheim, California.
It will be the second time this season that two Indians will fight it out for the title at international badminton when K Srikanth and B Sai Praneeth had played in the finals of Singapore Open with the latter claiming his maiden Super Series title.
Besides Clijsters and Roddick, four-time Paralympic wheelchair tennis medalist Monique Kalkman-van den Bosch of Dutch, tennis historian and journalist Steve Flink and late tennis instructor Vic Braden complete the full list.
The Swiss great has had a sparkling 2017, having emerged victorious in five tournaments including his fifth Australian Open title in January and a record eighth-Wimbledon title this month.
Pliskova, the 2016 runner-up at Flushing Meadows, is joined by four past U.S. Open champions - Angelique Kerber, Venus Williams, Sam Stosur and Svetlana Kuznetsova.
third seed Stan Wawrinka beat the defending champion Novak Djokovic 6-7(1), 6-4, 7-5, 6-3 to clinch his maiden US Open title, his third Grand Slam trophy.
Germany's Angelique Kerber on Saturday beat Czech player Karolina Pliskova 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 in the US Open women's final match here to win her second Grand Slam title of the year.
Top-seeded Serena Williams fell to 10th seeded Czech tennis player Karolina Pliskova in the US Open semifinals on Friday. It is for the second consecutive year, Williams bowed out in the semifinals of the US
Andy Murray lost his way, seven consecutive games and, eventually, his riveting five-set U.S. Open quarterfinal against Kei Nishikori after a loud noise from a malfunctioning sound system interrupted a key point, resulting in a do-over.
Seventh seeds Sania Mirza and Barbora Strycova were beaten 6-7 (3), 1-6 by top seeds Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic in the women's doubles quarter-finals of the US Open, thereby ending India's campaign in the tennis tournament.
India’s Rohan Bopanna and his Canadian partner Dabrowski went down fighting in the quarter-finals of the mixed doubles but Sania Mirza continued her winning spree in the women’s doubles at the US Open tennis tournament.
Despite showcasing a strong fightback, 14-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal lost to 22-year-old Frenchman Lucas Pouille in the fourth round of the US Open on Sunday in a five-set classic that needed a tiebreaker
Sania Mirza and her Russian partner Ivan Dodig lost in straight sets to Barbora Krejcikova and Marin Draganja in the second round of the mixes doubles category at the US Open tennis tournament here on Saturday.
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