Melbourne, Jan 22 (IANS) The first ever Chinese Grand Slam Champion, Li Na, will soon be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame (ITHF). Making the announcement here on Tuesday during the Australian Open,…
Melbourne, Jan 22 (IANS) The United States’ Danielle Collins entered the semi-finals of her first Australian Open after beating Russia’s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 2-6, 7-5 and 6-1 after two hours and a quarter of play. “That…
Melbourne, Jan 22 (IANS) Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas stunned Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut 7-5, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2) on Tuesday to qualify for the Australian Open semi-finals. Tsitsipas held his nerve throughout the match in what…
Melbourne, Jan 21 (IANS) It was all thrills and spills on Day 8 of the Australian Open on Monday, with some of the big names in tennis making it through to the quarterfinal stage of…
Melbourne, Jan 21 (IANS) Serena Williams of the US advanced to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open on Monday after a hard-fought 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 victory over Romanian world No 1 Simona Halep. The 37-year-old…
Melbourne, Jan 21 (IANS) Canada’s Milos Raonic, seeded 16th, defeated fourth-seeded Alexander Zverev of Germany 6-1, 6-1, 7-6(5) in two hours at the Australian Open here on Monday. Raonic proved to be Zverev’s nemesis once…
Melbourne, Jan 21 (IANS) Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic played her best tennis to beat Spain’s Garbine Muguruza 6-3, 6-1 in an hour and move into the last eight of the Australian Open here…
Melbourne, Jan 21 (IANS) Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka and Ukrainian Elina Svitolina on Monday cruised into the quarter finals of the Australian Open beating Latvia’s Anastasija Sevastova (13) and Madison Keys (17) of the…
Melbourne, Jan 20 (IANS) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia shocked fifth-seed Sloane Stephens of the United States 6-7 (3-7), 6-3, 6-3 in the Australian Open Tennis tournament last-16, to set a quarter-finals clash against American Danielle…
Melbourne, Jan 20 (IANS) Greece’s promising tennis player Stefanos Tsitsipas on Sunday secured a seat in the Australian Open quarterfinals, having upset the two-time defending champion Roger Federer of Switzerland 6-7(11-13), 7-6(7-3), 7-5, 7-6(7-5). With…
Melbourne, Jan 20 (IANS) Spain’s Rafael Nadal on Sunday complimented Tomas Berdych, whom he defeated earlier in the day to make it to his 11th quarterfinal at the Australian Open, and said he was in…
Melbourne, Jan 20 (IANS) Roberto Bautista Agut stormed into his maiden Grand Slam quarterfinal on Sunday after beating Croatia’s Marin Cilic in a five-set battle at the ongoing Australian Open. The Spaniard, seeded 22, routed…
Melbourne, Jan 20 (IANS) Unseeded Danielle Collins pulled off the biggest upset so far at the Australian Open women’s draw on Sunday after she routed former champion Angelique Kerber to make it to her maiden…
Melbourne, Jan 20 (IANS) Australia’s Ashleigh Barty defeated Russia’s Maria Sharapova here on Sunday to make it into the first Grand Slam quarterfinal of her career at the Australian Open. The No 15 seed recovered…
Melbourne, Jan 20 (IANS) Unseeded Frances Tiafoe celebrated his 21st birthday by booking his maiden Grand Slam quarterfinal at the Australian Open here on Sunday after routing Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov. He overpowered the former world…
Melbourne, Jan 20 (IANS) Czech Republic’s Karolina Pliskova said that having Spaniard Conchita Martinez as her coach gives her an advantage over Garbine Muguruza in the Australian Open round of 16. Conchita Martinez, who played…
Melbourne, Jan 20 (IANS) Rafael Nadal pounded former Australian Open semi-finalist Tomas Berdych 6-0, 6-1, 7-6(4) on Sunday to book his place in the Australian Open quarterfinals for the 11th time. The 2009 champion was…
Melbourne, Jan 19 (IANS) Top seed Simona Halep of Romania on Saturday kept her bid for her second Grand Slam title alive as she brushed aside veteran Venus Williams of the United States 6-2, 6-3…
Melbourne, Jan 19 (IANS) Germany’s Alexander Zverev (4) defeated Australia’s Alex Bolt in straight sets on Saturday to advance to the fourth round of the Australian Open. The defending champion of the ATP finals routed…
Kolkata, Jan 19 (IANS) Credit Chaiyarin of Thailand, seeded third in the qualifying draw and belonging to the Asian Tennis Federation (ATF) team, went down against India’s Yash Chaurasia by a marathon 6-3, 3-6, 6-7…