Roquebrune-Cap-Martin (France), April 20 (IANS) Spain’s Rafael Nadal managed to eke out a 7-6 (7-1), 6-3 win against Guido Pella of Argentina to secure a berth in the semi-finals of the Monte Carlo Masters, an…
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) The All India Tennis Association (AITA) on Wednesday announced a list of eight boys and eight girls, who will be competing in the Roland-Garros Junior Wild Card event to be…
Bengaluru, April 17 (IANS) Former women’s World No. 1 tennis player Arantxa Sanchez Vicario was on Wednesday announced as the international event ambassador for IAAF Gold Label Tata Consultancy Services World 10K here. The Spanish…
Mumbai, April 13 (IANS) Roland-Garros, BNP Paribas and BIGBEN on Saturday announced Rohit Thakur as the winner of second edition of India leg of the Roland-Garros eSeries, an e-sport competition played on the Tennis World…
Kolkata, April 13 (IANS) Local girl Yubrani Banerjee failed to impress as she faltered in the women’s singles final of the Central Excise Open AITA Men’s & Women’s National Ranking Tennis Tournament, at the synthetic…
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) Ace tennis player Sania Mirza feels India has made significant improvement in empowering women but there is sill more to be accomplished. Gracing the 35th Annual session of the FICCI…
By Baidurjo Bhose New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Tennis might not be the most popular sport in the country, but former World No. 1 Justine Henin wants to change that and create a sense of…
London, April 12 (IANS) The speaker of the UK’s lower house of parliament John Bercow has expressed his admiration for tennis stars Rafael Nadal of Spain and Roger Federer of Switzerland and said he will…
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) The French Tennis Federation (FFT), organisers of the worlds premier clay court event — Roland-Garros, in association with the All India Tennis Association (AITA), on Friday announced that the fifth…
Kolkata, April 12 (IANS) Local girl Yubrani Banerjee set up a summit clash with Telangana’s Shaikh Humeira at the Central Excise Open AITA Men’s & Women’s National Ranking Tennis tournament at the synthetic courts of…
Kolkata, April 10 (IANS) Qualifier Vidit Vagela’s dream run continued on Wednesday as he entered the men’s singles quarterfinal of the Central Excise Open AITA National Ranking Tennis Tournament at the synthetic courts of the…
Kolkata, April 9 (IANS) Local girl Yubrani Banerjee survived a scare to eventually scrape past unseeded Kaavya Sahwney 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the opening round of the women’s singles event at Central Excise Open AITA…
Kolkata, April 8 (IANS) Fifth seeded Renne Singla of Haryana made an early exit in the opening round of the Women’s Singles event at the ongoing Central Excise Open AITA Men’s and Women’s National Ranking…
Monterrey (Mexico), April 7 (IANS) Spain’s Garbi?e Muguruza defeated Slovakia’s Magdalena Rybarikova 6-2, 6-3 to reach the final of the Monterrey Open, where she will clash with Belarusian Victoria Azarenka to defend her title, reports…
Miami, March 31 (IANS) Australia’s Ashleigh Barty capped off the best week and a half of her career by rolling past Karolina Pliskova 7-6 (7-1), 6-3 to win the Miami Open. The 11th-ranked Barty who…
Miami, March 30 (IANS) Switzerland’s Roger Federer has advanced to the men’s final of the Miami Open after defeating Canadian Denis Shapovalov 6-2, 6-4 in the semi-finals. Federer, 37, will play for the title in…
Sydney, March 28 (IANS) The city of Perth in Western Australia (WA) will no longer play host to the Hopman Cup, Tennis Australia confirmed on Thursday. Instead, the mixed tournament format will be replaced with…
Miami, March 27 (IANS) Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut, ranked 25th in the world, became the surprise of the ninth day at the Miami Open Masters 1000, overcoming the world number one Serbian Novak Djokovic 1-6,…
Miami, March 26 (IANS) Taiwan’s 27th seed Su-Wei Hsieh stunned Denmark’s 13th seed and former world number one Caroline Wozniacki with a 6-3, 6-7 (0) 6-2 scoreline on Monday and advanced to the Miami Open…
Washington, March 24 (IANS) Hsieh Su-Wei of Taiwan staged a major surprise as she stunned world number one Naomi Osaka of Japan to reach the round-of-16 at the Miami Open for the first time in…