Melbourne, Jan 19 (IANS) Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal defeated Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis 6-3, 6-1, 6-3 in the second round of the Australian Open here on Thursday. Nadal managed to win the match in two…
Kolkata, Jan 19 (IANS) Top two seeds in boys singles draw, Hua Chen Yu and Dostanbek Tashbulatov, entered the semi-final of the ongoing International Tennis Federation (ITF) Juniors tennis tournament here on Thursday. Bengal’s Yubrani…
Melbourne, Jan 19 (IANS) Croatian tennis player Mirjana Lucic-Baroni defeated Polish Agnieszka Radwanska in the second round of the Australian Open here on Thursday. The 34-year-old Croatian defeated her third-seeded Polish rival 6-3, 6-2 in…
Melbourne, Jan 19 (IANS) World No.2 Serena Williams on Thursday gritted out a 6-3, 6-4 second round win in a high-quality encounter against Lucie Safarova in the Australian Open tennis tournament here. The second seeded…
Melbourne, Jan 19 (IANS) Spain’s David Ferrer defeated American tennis player Ernesto Escobedo to advance to the third round of the Australian Open here on Thursday. Ferrer took two hours and 46 minutes to achieve…
Melbourne, Jan 19 (IANS) Third-seeded Canadian tennis player Milos Raonic on Thursday advanced to the third round of Australian Open defeating Luxembourg’s Gilles Muller 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (4). Raonic will now take on Gilles Simon,…
Melbourne, Jan 19 (IANS) India’s doubles specialist Leander Paes and his partner Brazilian Andre Sa were knocked out of the men’s doubles of the Australian Open tennis tournament, losing 6-4, 6-7 (3), 4-6 to Belarus’…
Melbourne, Jan 19 (IANS) Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan played the match of his life on Thursday when he defeated world number two Novak Djokovic of Serbia at the Australian Open. The Uzbekistani wild card ended…
By Binoo K. John Melbourne, Jan 19 (IANS) The unexpected first-round fall of Nick Kyrgios, the 14th-ranked erratic Australian genius who plays more with pique than passion, has created a pall of gloom in this…
By Binoo K. John Melbourne, Jan 19 (IANS) Leander Paes, India’s never-give-up tennis star, said he hopes to work well under the captaincy of his former doubles partner Mahesh Bhupathi since “we are good friends”….
Melbourne, Jan 18 (IANS) Spanish woman tennis player Garbi?e Muguruza defeated lower-ranked American Samantha Crawford to advance to the third round of the Australian Open here on Wednesday. Muguruza, the seventh seed, beat world No….
Melbourne, Jan 18 (IANS) Italian tennis player Andreas Seppi defeated Australian Nick Kyrgios on Wednesday in an epic five-set match in the Australian Open and advanced to the third round. Two years on from his…
Melbourne, Jan 18 (IANS) Swiss tennis star Roger Federer qualified for the third round of the Australian Open after beating American Noah Rubin here on Wednesday. The Swiss, former world number one, defeated his opponent…
Kolkata, Jan 18 (IANS) Vaidehi Chaudhuri blanked fourth seed Manchaya Sawangkaew from Thailand 6-0, 6-1 to enter the quarter-finals of the girls singles draw of the ongoing International Tennis Federation (ITF) juniors championships here on…
By Binoo K. John Melbourne, Jan 18 (IANS) Croatian giant Ivo Karlovic served 75 aces to set an Australian Open record of 75 aces in a match during his first round tennis match against Horacio…
Melbourne, Jan 18 (IANS) World No.1 woman tennis player Angelique Kerber celebrated her 29th birthday on Wednesday with a 6-2, 6-7(3), 6-2 victory against her compatriot Carina Witthoeft, securing her place in the third round…
Melbourne, Jan 18 (IANS) China’s Duan Yingying defeated Vavara Lepchenko of Uzbekistan in the second round of the Australian Open tennis tournament here on Wednesday. Duan defeated Vavarais 6-1, 3-6, 10-8 to set up a…
By Binoo K. John Melbourne, Jan 18 (IANS) India’s star tennis doubles players, Rohan Bopanna pairing Pable Cuevas of Peru and Sania Mirza pairing with her new partner Barbora Strycova of Czech Republic, advanced to…
Melbourne, Jan 18 (IANS) Indian tennis players Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza advanced to the second round of Australian Open on Wednesday. Bopanna and his partner Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay defeated Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil…
Melbourne, Jan 18 (IANS) Indian ace tennis player Rohan Bopanna and Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay entered the men’s doubles second round of the Australian Open here on Wednesday. The Indian-Uruguay pair defeated Thomaz Bellucci of…