Chennai Open to be relocated, renamed
Mumbai, July 20 (IANS) The Chennai Open, the only ATP tournament to be held in India, is all set to get a makeover as it will move to a new home and get a new…
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US Open to hand out $50.4 million in prize money, says USTA
New York, July 19 (IANS) The total prize money up for grabs at this year’s US Open tennis Grand Slam will reach $50.4 million, the organisers said here. The United States Tennis Association (USTA) on…
Federer joins Nadal at Nitto ATP Finals for record 15th time
Madrid, July 17 (IANS) Swiss Roger Federer achieved a new record as he qualified for the Nitto ATP Finals for the 15th time, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) announced on Monday. One day after…
Wimbledon win ‘a dream come true’, says Muguruza
Madrid, July 17 (IANS) Spanish tennis star Garbine Muguruza confessed that defeating Venus Williams to win the women’s singles title at Wimbledon on Saturday was a “dream come true”. Speaking to Spanish newspaper Marca, 23-year-old…
Federer rises to 3rd in ATP rankings after Wimbledon win, Murray keeps top spot
Madrid, July 17 (IANS) Winning his eighth Wimbledon title allowed Swiss Roger Federer, the most acclaimed player in Grand Slams with 19 titles, to earn a spot in the top three of the men’s Association…
Wimbledon champion Garbi?e Muguruza climbs to No.5 in WTA rankings
Madrid, July 17 (IANS) Spanish tennis player Garbi?e Muguruza jumped to the fifth place in the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) world rankings released on Monday after she was crowned Wimbledon champion, while Czech Karolina Pliskova…
Federer wins 8th Wimbledon title
London, July 16 (IANS) Swiss star Roger Federer won his record eighth men’s singles title at the Wimbledon tennis tournament with a straight sets win over Marin Cilic of Croatia here on Sunday. Federer dominated…
Melo-Kubot clinch Wimbledon men’s doubles in five sets
London, July 16 (IANS) The Brazilian-Polish men’s doubles pair of Marcelo Melo and Lukasz Kubot took a marathon five sets to overcome Austrian-Croatian pair of Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic in the final of the…
Russia’s Vesnina-Makarova win Wimbledon doubles title
London, July 16 (IANS) Russian women’s doubles pair of Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina thrashed Chan Hao-ching and Monica Niculescu in the final of the the Wimbledon Tennis Championships here. The second seeded Russian combine…
Carolina, Nadal lead congratulatory messages for Muguruza
Madrid, July 15 (IANS) Rio Olympics gold medallist shuttler Carolina Marin led the congratulatory messages for fellow Spaniard Garbine Muguruza, who on Saturday hammered veteran Venus Williams in straight sets 7-5, 6-0 to clinch the…
Spaniard Muguruza wins first Wimbledon title
London, July 15 (IANS) Garbi?e Muguruza of Spain brushed aside American tennis veteran Venus Williams 7-5, 6-0 in the women’s singles final of Wimbledon for her second second Grand Slam title here on Saturday. It…
Grass masters Federer and Cilic to clash in Wimbledon final
London, July 15 (IANS) The Wimbledon men’s final this Sunday pits the tennis player who has won the most titles on grass, Switzerland’s Roger Federer with 18, against the one with the highest percentage of…
Federer sails into 11th Wimbledon final
London, July 15 (IANS) Roger Federer has reached the men’s singles final of the Wimbledon tennis championships for the 11th time after beating Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4), 6-4. The…
Cilic books place in maiden Wimbledon final
London, July 14 (IANS) Croatian Marin Cilic overpowered American Sam Querrey 6-7(6), 6-4, 7-6 (3), 7-5 on Friday to book a place in the final at Wimbledon tennis championships. Cilic, seeded No.7, needed two hours…
Muguruza advances to Wimbledon final for second time
London, July 13 (IANS) Spaniard Garbine Muguruza smashed Slovakia’s Magdalena Rybarikova 6-1, 6-1 on Thursday and advanced into the women’s singles final of the Wimbledon tennis championships for the second time. One hour and four…
Bopanna-Dabrowski crash out of Wimbledon
Wimbledon, July 14 (IANS) Indian star Rohan Bopanna and his Canadian partner Gabriela Dabrowski crashed out of the mixed doubles competition at the Wimbledon tennis tournament following a tough three-set battle here on Thursday. The…
Muguruza, Venus advance to Wimbledon final
London, July 13 (IANS) Spaniard Garbine Muguruza and American veteran Venus Williams set up the women’s singles final clash of the Wimbledon tennis championships eliminating Slovakia’s Magdalena Rybarikova and local favourite Johanna Konta, respectively, here…
Arm injury ends Djokovic’s run at Wimbledon
London, July 13 (IANS) An arm injury has forced Serbian star Novak Djokovic to retire while he was trailing by one set to Tomas Berdych of Czech Republic in the men’s singles quarter-finals of the…
Federer enters Wimbledon semis
London, July 13 (IANS) Swiss star Roger Federer defeated Canadian Milos Raonic in straight sets to cruise into the men’s singles semi-finals at the Wimbledon tennis tournament. The 35-year-old Federer, who has yet to drop…
Bopanna advances, Sania loses at Wimbledon
Wimbledon, July 13 (IANS) Indian stars Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza encountered contrasting fortunes in their respective mixed doubles matches at the Wimbledon tennis tournament here on Wednesday. Bopanna and his Canadian patner Gabriela Dabrowski…
