Tennis

Rome, May 20 (IANS) Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina on Sunday overpowered Romania’s Simona Halep in the Italian Open final, successfully defending the title and beating the top seed 6-0, 6-4. Svitolina, World No. 4,…

Rome, May 20 (IANS) German defending champion Alexander Zverev edged Croatia’s Marin Cilic 7-6 (15-13), 7-5 to reach the Italian Open final for the second straight year. In a battle pitting a pair of 1.98-metre…

Rome, May 20 (IANS) Romania’s Simona Halep rallied from a set down to defeat Russia’s Maria Sharapova 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 and reach the final of the Italian Open for the second consecutive year. The World…

Rome, May 19 (IANS) Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina, the Italian Open’s defending champion, on Saturday defeated Estonia’s Anett Kontaveit 6-4, 6-3 to advance to the final. Svitolina, world No. 4, took one hour and…

Rome, May 19 (IANS) Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal, the World No. 2, beat Serbia’s Novak Djokovic 7-6 (4), 6-3 on Saturday, and is to seek his eighth Italian Open title in the final. Top…

Rome, May 19 (IANS) Serbian great Novak Djokovic got off to a rocky start against Kei Nishikori before battling back to win 2-6, 6-1, 6-3 and set up an Italian Open semi-final showdown against seven-time…

Rome, May 19 (IANS) Fifth-ranked Croatian Marin Cilic rolled past Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta 6-3, 6-3 to reach the semi-finals of the Italian Open tennis tournament and book his first-ever berth in the final four…

Rome, May 19 (IANS) German tennis player Alexander Zverev had to work hard to eliminate Belgian David Goffin 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in the quarterfinals of the Italian Open in Rome and reach the semifinal in…

Rome, May 18 (IANS) Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina on Friday continued her reign over Angelique Kerber, as she defeated the German 6-4, 6-4 to book a place in the semi-finals of the Italian Open,…

Rome, May 17 (IANS) For the second week in a row, Estonian tennis player Anett Kontaveit on Thursday defeated the United States’ Venus Williams 6-2, 7-6 (3) to reach the quarter-finals of the Italian Open,…

Rome, May 17 (IANS) Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina, world no.4, on Thursday made a strong comeback against Russia’s Daria Kasatkina and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Italian Open. The defending champion took one…

Rome, May 17 (IANS) Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, world No. 1, on Thursday advanced to the quarterfinals of the Italian Open, a WTA clay court tournament held in Rome, as American Madison Keys had…

Rome, May 17 (IANS) Japan’s Kei Nishikori needed nearly three hours to pull out a 6-7 (4-7), 7-5, 6-4 victory over fourth-ranked Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov in second-round action at the tennis Italian Open. The 24th-ranked…

Rome, May 17 (IANS) Second-seeded German Alexander Zverev kicked off his quest to defend his Italian Open title with a 7-5, 6-2 second-round victory over wildcard Matteo Berrettini. Fresh off winning his third ATP World…

Rome, May 17 (IANS) Three-time champion Maria Sharapova came back from a set down to defeat Slovakia’s Dominika Cibulkova 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 and advance to the third round of the Italian Open. After a three-set…

Rome, May 16 (IANS) Four-time champion Novak Djokovic of Serbia on Wednesday reached the third round of the Italian Open tennis tournament after defeating Georgia’s Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-4, 6-2. The former world No.1 needed 76…

Rome, May 16 (IANS) Spain’s Albert Ramos and Italy’s Fabio Fognini pulled off upset victories on Wednesday to advance to the third round of the Italian Open. World No. 41 Ramos managed to beat world…

Rome, May 16 (IANS) World No. 7 Caroline Garcia of France advanced to the third round of the Italian Open for the first time in her career on Wednesday, after defeating Timea Babos of Hungary…

Rome, May 16 (IANS) Romania’s Simona Halep on Wednesday defeated Japan’s Naomi Osaka 6-1, 6-0 to advance to the third round of the Italian Open, an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 clay-court tournament. It took…