Jakarta, Aug 20 (IANS) Indian tennis players enjoyed a successful day at the 18th Asian Games with Ramkumar Ramanathan, Prajnesh Gunneswaran and Ankita Raina registering comprehensive victories in their respective matches here on Monday. Ramanathan…
Madrid, Aug 20 (IANS) Spain’s Rafael Nadal maintained the No. 1 spot in the men’s Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world singles rankings released on Monday with 10,040 points. Nadal, who stayed atop the rankings…
Mason (United States), Aug 20 (IANS) Serbia’s Novak Djokovic has defeated Switzerland’s Roger Federer 6-4, 6-4 in the Western & Southern Open here, finally winning the tennis tourney that had eluded him. This was Djokovic’s…
Cincinnati (USA), Aug 18 (IANS) Switzerland’s Roger Federer, second seeded, pulled off a tough win against compatriot Stan Wawrinka who snatched the first set, to qualify for the semi-finals of the Cincinnati Masters 1000. Federer,…
Cincinnati, Aug 16 (IANS) Defending champion and seventh seed, Spain’s Garbi?e Muguruza lost to Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko at the Cincinnati Masters tennis tournament here. Tsurenko, ranked 44th, overturned a first set deficit to send Muguruza,…
Wuhan, Aug 15 (IANS) All the top 10 singles players of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) rankings will compete at the Wuhan Open, which runs from September 21 till 29, the organisers of the WTA…
Cincinnati, Aug 15 (IANS) American great Serena Williams showed further signs of rediscovering her championship level, but came up short in a 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 second-round loss to Petra Kvitova at the Western & Southern…
Cincinnati (USA), Aug 15 (IANS) Switzerland’s Roger Federer defeated Peter Gojowczyk from Germany and qualified for the round of 16 of the Cincinnati Masters. The Swiss won against the German 6-4, 6-4 in 72 minutes…
Cincinnati (US), Aug 14 (IANS) Victoria Azarenka of Belarus eliminated Spain’s Carla Suarez to advance to the second round of the women’s singles category at the Cincinnati Masters tennis tournament, hoping to take the title…
Cincinnati (US), Aug 14 (IANS) Ninth seed John Isner from the United States and 12th seed Diego Schwartzman of Argentina, both favourites to win the men’s singles title at the 2018 ATP World Tour Masters…
Madrid, Aug 13 (IANS) Spain’s Rafael Nadal announced on Monday his withdrawal from the 2018 Cincinnati Open to have some rest, following his recent victory at the Canadian Open. On Sunday, Nadal claimed his 33rd…
Toronto, Aug 13 (IANS) Spanish World No. 1 Rafael Nadal defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece while Romania’s Simona Halep overcame the tenacious resistance of America’s Sloane Stephens in the final of the Rogers Cup here….
Montreal (Canada), Aug 11 (IANS) Romanian World No.1 Simona Halep and fifth-ranked Ukrainian Elina Svitolina have advanced to the semi-finals of the Rogers Cup in Montreal, a key tune-up for the US Open. Halep won…
Toronto, Aug 11 (IANS) Stefanos Tsitsipas’ best-ever run at an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event continued when he rallied to upset third-ranked Alexander Zverev 3-6, 7-6 (13-11) 6-4 and advance to the semi-finals of…
Toronto, Aug 10 (IANS) Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal has asserted his authority on court and defeated Switzerland’s Stan Wawrinka 7-5, 7-6(4) in the Round of 16 at the Masters 1000 in Toronto. Nadal, however,…
Montreal, Aug 10 (IANS) World No.1 woman tennis player Simona Halep from Romania has reached the round of 16 of the Premier 5 tournament after beating Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in three sets. Halep had to…
London, Aug 9 (IANS) Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai has been banned for six months and was fined $10,000 for breaking tennis anti-corruption rules before Wimbledon 2017. Former doubles world number one Peng tried to…
Toronto, Aug 8 (IANS) Reigning Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic has gotten off to a solid start in the North American summer hard-court season, defeating Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Mirza Basic 6-3, 7-6 (7-3) in the first…
Madrid, Aug 6 (IANS) Romania’s Simona Halep continued to lead the Women’s Tennis Association rankings released on Monday with 7,511 points, followed by Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki. Sloane Stephens of the United States came third, followed…
Madrid, Aug 6 (IANS) Spain’s Rafael Nadal continued to lead the men’s Association of Tennis Professionals world singles rankings released on Monday with 9,310 average points, ahead of Switzerland’s Roger Federer. Top-10 players are holding…