Wimbledon, July 7 (IANS) Defending champion Roger Federer breezed into the fourth round of Wimbledon tennis championships with a 6-3, 7-5, 6-2 victory on Friday over Jan-Lennard Struff, winning a record-setting 175th career match on…
London, July 6 (IANS) Indian star Rohan Bopanna’s campaign at the Wimbledon tennis tournament came to an end after he was forced to retire with an injury in the second round of the men’s doubles…
London, July 6 (IANS) Germany’s Alexander Zverev, No. 4 seed, on Friday battled past United States’ Taylor Fritz into Wimbledon’s third round after winning 6-4, 5-7, 6-7(0), 6-1, 6-2. Zverev, World No. 3, needed three…
London, July 6 (IANS) Russian tennis player Evgeniya Rodina on Friday pulled off a big upset, defeating the US’ Madison Keys, the tenth seed, 7-5, 5-7, 6-4, to book a place in the round of…
Wimbledon, July 6 (IANS) Spanish defending champion Garbine Muguruza was stunned in second-round action at the Wimbledon tennis championships, losing to unheralded Belgian Alison Van Uytvanck 7-5, 2-6, 1-6. The third seed’s loss on Thursday…
London, July 5 (IANS) Argentina’s Guido Pella on Thursday rallied from two sets down to pull off a big upset, defeating Marin Cilic of Croatia, the third seed, 3-6, 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-3), 7-5 in…
Kolkata, July 5 (IANS) A dream run for local wild card Asish Sen continued as he brushed top seed Puneet Kumar Gupta aside to enter the final of the men’s singles at the Calcutta South…
London, July 5 (IANS) Germany’s Angelique Kerber, the No. 11 seed, on Thursday booked a place to Wimbledon’s third round for the seventh time in her career after knocking out United States’ qualifier Claire Liu…
London, July 5 (IANS) Italian qualifier Thomas Fabbiano on Thursday knocked out former world No. 3 Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland 7-6 (9-7), 6-3, 7-6 (8-6) to book a place in the third round of Wimbledon,…
Wimbledon, July 4 (IANS) World No 11 Madison Keys and five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams reached the third round of the Wimbledon tennis championships here on Wednesday. Keys defeated World No 91 Luksika Kumkhum of…
London, July 4 (IANS) Milos Raonic of Canada and Dennis Novak of Austria beat their respective Wimbledon second-round opponents here on Wednesday, and are set to face each other in the third round. Despite all…
London, July 4 (IANS) India’s Purav Raja and his French partner Fabrice Martin lost a hard fought five-set battle to crash out of the men’s doubles competition at the Wimbledon tennis tournament here on Wednesday….
Kolkata, July 4 (IANS) Top seed in men’s singles Nitten Kirrtane breezed past Swarandeep Singh Dhodi to enter the semifinals of the Calcutta South Club Senior ITF Tennis Championship at the red clay courts of…
London, July 4 (IANS) World No.11 Madison Keys of the United States defeated World No. 91 Luksika Kumkhum of Thailand 6-4, 6-3 on Wednesday in the second round of Wimbledon. The 23-year-old took one hour…
Wimbledon, July 4 (IANS) Russia’s Maria Sharapova suffered an upset against 132nd-ranked countrywoman Vitalia Diatchenko, who prevailed 6-7 (3-7), 7-6 (7-3), 6-4 in the first round of Wimbledon tennis championships hereAon Tuesday. The 24th-seeded Sharapova,…
London, July 3 (IANS) World No 1 Rafael Nadal of Spain on Tuesday kicked off his Wimbledon campaign with a dominating victory against Israel’s Dudi Sela 6-3, 6-3, 6-2 to reach the Grand Slam tournament’s…
London, July 3 (IANS) Germany’s Angelique Kerber, world No 10, advanced to the second round of Wimbledon on Tuesday after a difficult match against Vera Zvonareva of Russia 7-5, 6-3. In one hour and 23…
London, July 3 (IANS) Germany’s tennis player Alexander Zverev defeated James Duckworth of Australia 7-5, 6-2, 6-0 on Tuesday to reach Wimbledon’s second round. The world No. 3 needed an hour and 30 minutes to…
Wimbledon, July 3 (IANS) World No.3 Garbine Muguruza of Spain began her defence of the Wimbledon title on Tuesday with a comfortable 6-2, 7-5 victory over Britain’s Naomi Broady. Tuesday’s first-round match marks the start…
Kolkata, July 3 (IANS) Local wild card Siddharth Verma stunned fifth seed Royson Kwan of Singapore to enter the quarter-finals of the men’s singles event at the red clay courts of the Calcutta South Club…