Wimbledon, July 14 (IANS) Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic on Saturday beat World No.1 Rafael Nadal of Spain 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (11-9), 3-6, 10-8, ending a marathon match that began a day earlier to advance…
London, July 14 (IANS) Kevin Anderson advanced to his first Wimbledon final by outlasting John Isner 7-6 (8-6), 6-7 (5-7), 6-7 (9-11), 6-4, 26-24 in the longest semi-final in Grand Slam tennis history. Anderson finally…
London, July 14 (IANS) Serbia’s Novak Djokovic was leading Spaniard Rafael Nadal 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (9) in the second Wimbledon men’s semifinal here when the match was suspended to comply with the tournament’s 11 p.m….
London, July 13 (IANS) Serena Williams will make her 10th appearance at the Wimbledon final after beating No.13 seed Julia Goerges of Germany 6-4, 6-2 in the semi-finals. Williams will take on Germany’s Angelique Kerber…
London, July 12 (IANS) Germany’s Angelique Kerber, world No. 10, reached the final at Wimbledon on Thursday after defeating Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia 6-3, 6-3. The 2016 Australian Open and US Open champion took one…
London, July 12 (IANS) American John Isner has reached the final four of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time by recording a 6-7 (5-7), 7-6 (9-7), 6-4, 6-3 victory over Canada’s Milos Raonic…
Wimbledon, July 12 (IANS) South Africa’s Kevin Anderson pulled off a stunning come-from-behind 2-6, 6-7 (5-7), 7-5, 6-4, 13-11 upset victory over Swiss defending champion Roger Federer here on Wednesday to reach the semi-finals of…
London, July 11 (IANS) Serena Williams is one step closer to her eighth Wimbledon trophy after she beat Camila Giorgi of Italy 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the quarter-finals. “I never thought I was in danger…
London, July 10 (IANS) Three-time Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic topped Russia’s Karen Khachanov 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals of the Grand Slam event for the 10th time. The Serb committed just a dozen…
London, July 10 (IANS) Spain tennis great Rafael Nadal defeated Jiri Vesely of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 to to book a place in the quarterfinals of Wimbledon for the first time since 2011…
Wimbledon, July 9 (IANS) World No 20 Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands on Monday battled to a straight-set upset win over world No 8 Karolina Pliskova 6-3, 7-6 (7-1), reaching the quarter-finals of the Wimbledon…
London, July 9 (IANS) Switzerland’s Roger Federer, world No. 2, qualified for Wimbledon’s last-eight round for the 16th time in his career on Monday after beating world No. 26 Adrian Mannarino of France 6-0, 7-5,…
Wimbledon, July 8 (IANS) Former champions Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic advanced to the fourth round, while third-ranked German Alexander Zverev suffered yet another upset loss in a Grand Slam tennis tournament, losing 7-6 (7-2),…
Wimbledon, July 8 (IANS) Hsieh Su-Wei of Chinese Taipei earned the biggest win of her singles career on Saturday after upsetting world number 1 Simona Halep of Romania 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 in the third round…
London, July 8 (IANS) Australia’s Alex de Minaur, world number 80, was no match for Spanish tennis great Rafael Nadal, the world number 1, who defeated him 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 in Wimbledon’s third round on…
London, July 7 (IANS) India’s Divij Sharan and his New Zealand partner Artem Sitak survived a tough five-set battle to enter the third round of the men’s doubles category at the Wimbledon tennis tournament here…
London, July 7 (IANS) Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro defeated world no 47 Benoit Paire of France 6-4, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 on Saturday, booking a place in Wimbledon’s Round-of-16 for the fourth time in his…
Wimbledon, July 7 (IANS) Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of the Wimbledon tennis championships after beating Vitalia Diatchenko of Russia 6-0, 6-4 here on Saturday. The 2017 French Open champion needed just 62…
Kolkata, July 7 (IANS) Wild card Asish Sen’s dream run ended at the hands of Sharad Tak, who lifted the trophy in the men’s singles at the just concluded Calcutta South Club Senior ITF Tennis…
London, July 7 (IANS) Seven-time champion Serena Williams has kept her Wimbledon hopes alive with a hard-fought 7-5, 7-6 (7-2) third-round victory over Kristina Mladenovic. Older sister Venus Williams, however, crashed out of the tournament…