Wimbledon
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US Open: Andy Murray moves easily into third round
Tennis | Aug 29, 2014, 10:38 AM ISTNEW 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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Four Indian juniors taking part in tourney at Wimbledon
Tennis | Aug 12, 2014, 07:52 AM ISTMumbai:Two boys and as many Indian girls today qualified for the 13th HSBC Road to Wimbledon National Finals which would see 148 junior players competing on the famous lawns of the All England Club. Adil
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Wimbledon: Zimonjic, Stosur win mixed doubles title
Tennis | Jul 07, 2014, 10:41 AM ISTLondon: Serbian Nenad Zimonjic and his Australian partner Sam Stosur are the Wimbledon mixed doubles champions. They beat Max Mirnyi of Belarus and Chinese Tapei's Hao-Ching Chan 6-4, 6-2 at the All England Club.It took
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Wimbledon: Second title for Petra Kvitova
Tennis | Jul 06, 2014, 02:58 AM ISTLONDON : Petra Kvitova plays so much better at the All England Club than anywhere else, and now she owns two championships to prove it. In one of the most dominant performances in a women's
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Wimbledon: Novak Djokovic holds off Grigor Dimitrov to reach the final
Tennis | Jul 05, 2014, 05:17 AM ISTLONDON : Novak Djokovic is back in the Wimbledon final for the third time in four years after holding off Grigor Dimitrov in a battle of the old guard against the new. The top-seeded Djokovic
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Wimbledon: Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic to meet in final
Tennis | Jul 05, 2014, 01:58 AM ISTLONDON Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic will meet for the Wimbledon title after the old guard held off the new in the semifinals Friday at the All England Club. Federer, chasing his record eighth Wimbledon
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Wimbledon: Paes-Stepanek in semis, Sania-Tecau out
Tennis | Jul 04, 2014, 06:33 PM ISTLondon: India's Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek moved into the semi-final of the men's doubles while Sania Mirza and her Romanian partner Horia Tecau were knocked out of mixed doubles of the
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Wimbledon: Milos Raonic lines up semifinal clash with Roger Federer
Tennis | Jul 03, 2014, 07:33 AM ISTLONDON : Milos Raonic is the first Canadian in more than a century to reach the semifinals at Wimbledon. That was the easy part now he gets to face seven-time champion Roger Federer. Raonic defeated
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Wimbledon: No repeat for Andy Murray, beaten by Grigor Dimitrov
Tennis | Jul 03, 2014, 07:06 AM ISTLONDON : The silence at Centre Court made abundantly clear that Andy Murray's time as Wimbledon champion was coming to a close. Out of sorts from the start of his quarterfinal against up-and-coming Grigor Dimitrov
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Wimbledon: Maria Sharapova falls to Angelique Kerber in fourth round
Tennis | Jul 02, 2014, 05:54 AM ISTLONDON : Former champion Maria Sharapova saved six match points before falling to Angelique Kerber in the fourth round at Wimbledon ending her bid to win a second title at the All England Club a
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Wimbledon: Rafael Nadal loses to 19-year-old Nick Kyrgios
Tennis | Jul 02, 2014, 04:40 AM ISTLONDON : For the third year in a row, Rafael Nadal made an early exit from Wimbledon after a stunning loss to a player ranked 100th or lower. Nick Kyrgios, a 19-year-old wild card from
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Wimbledon: Federer back into quarterfinals for 12th time
Tennis | Jul 01, 2014, 08:04 PM ISTLONDON: With a dominant display of grass-court tennis, Roger Federer kept up his bid for a record eighth Wimbledon title by beating Tommy Robredo in straight sets Tuesday to reach the quarterfinals at the All
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Wimbledon:Caroline Wozniacki out of in fourth round
Tennis | Jul 01, 2014, 08:25 AM ISTLONDON : Former No.1 Caroline Wozniacki is out of Wimbledon after losing 6-2, 7-5 to unseeded Barbora Zahlavova Strycova of the Czech Republic in the fourth round. The 43-ranked Zahlavova Strycova has beaten seeded players
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Wimbledon: Novak Djokovic beats Tsonga to reach quarterfinals
Tennis | Jul 01, 2014, 04:46 AM ISTLONDON: Novak Djokovic's sore left arm prompted a grimace on Monday. It was a minor blip on the way to another victory at Wimbledon.The top-seeded Serbian beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga for the 11th straight time to
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Wimbledon: Andy Murray in quarter final for seventh straight year
Tennis | Jul 01, 2014, 02:56 AM ISTLONDON : Without the loss of a set so far, Andy Murray is back in familiar territory at Wimbledon.The defending champion advanced to the quarterfinals for the seventh year in a row Monday, beating Kevin
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Wimbledon: Makarova beats '12 Wimbledon runner-up Radwanska
Tennis | Jul 01, 2014, 12:44 AM ISTLONDON : Agnieszka Radwanska, the 2012 Wimbledon runner-up, lost in the fourth round to 22nd-seeded Ekaterina Makarova of Russia 6-3, 6-0 Monday.Radwanska was a semifinalist at the All England Club in 2013 and was seeded
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Nadal, Sharapova win on a rainy day at Wimbledon
Tennis | Jun 29, 2014, 01:18 PM ISTLondon: It took Rafael Nadal a while to move past another slow start. Maria Sharapova turned her match around in a hurry, and Roger Federer had no such problem with his overwhelmed opponent. The result
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Wimbledon: Serena Williams loses in 3rd round
Tennis | Jun 29, 2014, 12:52 AM ISTLONDON: Five-time champion Serena Williams lost to 25th-seeded Alize Cornet of France 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the third round of Wimbledon on Saturday.It's Williams' earliest exit at the All England Club since 2005, when she
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Li Na out of Wimbledon, Djokovic advances
Tennis | Jun 27, 2014, 08:42 PM ISTLONDON: Australian Open champion and second-seeded Li Na was eliminated 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5) on Friday by Barbora Zahlavova Strycova in the first major upset at Wimbledon. Li, who had advanced to the quarterfinals three times
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Wimbledon: Halep, Wozniacki advanced to third round
Tennis | Jun 27, 2014, 08:30 PM ISTLONDON: French Open finalist Simona Halep and former No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki were early winners Friday as Wimbledon moved into the third round under contrasting weather at the All England Club. Mid-morning rain that delayed