Tennis

Belgrade, May 2 (IANS) Novak Djokovic, former number one tennis player, revealed on Wednesday that he has high hopes from the continuation of the clay season and that now he is fully recovered from elbow…

Madrid, April 30 (IANS) Greek rising star Stefanos Tsitsipas jumped 19 places to the 44th spot in the men’s Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world singles rankings released on Monday after his runner-up finish at…

Madrid, April 30 (IANS) Romania’s Simona Halep continued to lead the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) singles rankings released on Monday despite exiting the Stuttgart Open in the quarter-finals. Although Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic…

Stuttgart (Germany), April 30 (IANS) The Czech Republic’s Karolina Pliskova clinched the Stuttgart Open title after defeating the US wildcard Coco Vandeweghe 7-6 (7-2), 6-4 here. This was Pliskova’s first title of 2018 and the…

Barcelona, April 29 (IANS) World No. 1 Rafael Nadal of Spain earned his 11th Barcelona Open tennis title on Sunday as he crushed the rising Greek star Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-2, 6-1. Nadal, who won his…

Stuttgart (Germany), April 29 (IANS) Fifth seeded Czech tennis player Karolina Pliskova and Coco Vandeweghe of the US entered the final of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix here. In the semifinals on Saturday, Pliskova downed…

Barcelona, April 29 (IANS) Spanish tennis great Rafael Nadal, ranked number one in the world, has ruthlessly routed Belgium’s David Goffin 6-4, 6-0 to reach his 11th final of the Barcelona Open, an ATP World…

Berlin, April 28 (IANS) German tennis player Florian Mayer will retire from his professional career of 17 years after the US Open. In an interview with the Bavarian Tennis Association on Friday, Mayer said: “This…

Stuttgart, April 26 (IANS) First-seeded Romanian Simona Halep has qualified for the quarter-finals of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix here, winning in three sets against Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia. Halep, currently ranked No 1 in…

Barcelona, April 25 (IANS) Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov on Wednesday qualified for the third round of Barcelona Open after defeating France’s Gilles Simon 6-2, 6-1. The second seed needed an hour and 22 minutes to claim…

Barcelona, April 25 (IANS) Austrian tennis player Dominic Thiem on Wednesday debuted at the Barcelona Open with a victory against Spaniard Jaume Munar and advanced to the last 16 round. Thiem, the World No.7, needed…

Barcelona, Spain, April 24 (IANS) Japan’s Kei Nishikori on Tuesday confirmed that his goal is to return to the top 10 of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) rankings, following his recovery from a wrist…

New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Indian tennis player Sania Mirza and former Pakistan cricket captain Shoaib Malik are set to become parents, the Hyderabadi announced on Monday. “We are soon to become parents. Having thought…

Madrid, April 23 (IANS) Germany’s Alexander Zverev jumped to the third spot with 5,195 points while Spain’s Rafael Nadal maintained his number one spot in the men’s Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world singles rankings…

Madrid, April 23 (IANS) Romania’s Simona Halep continued to lead the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) singles rankings released on Monday with 8,140 points, followed by Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki. This week’s ranking list brought no changes…

Roquebrune-Cap-Martin (France), April 21 (IANS) World No. 1 Rafael Nadal of Spain beat Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 6-1 on Saturday, advancing to fight for his 11th title at the Monte-Carlo Masters. In the final, Nadal…

Roquebrune-Cap-Martin (France), April 21 (IANS) Spanish star Rafael Nadal said after his 6-0, 6-2 victory over Dominic Thiem in the Monte-Carlo Masters quarter-finals that he had been sharp in every aspect of the game. The…