London, June 23 (IANS) Serbia’s Novak Djokovic has advanced to the semi-finals of the Queen’s Club Championships with a routine 7-5, 6-1 victory over Frenchman Adrian Mannarino. It is just the second semi-final berth at…
Halle (Germany), June 23 (IANS) Swiss great Roger Federer scrapped his way to a 7-6 (7-2), 7-5 victory over Australia’s Matthew Ebden and booked a berth in the semi-finals of the Gerry Weber Open, a…
London, June 22 (IANS) Serbia’s Novak Djokovic showed more signs of returning to a championship level, brushing aside fifth-ranked Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 6-1 to reach the quarter-finals of the Queen’s Club Championships, a Wimbledon tune-up…
Halle (Germany), June 22 (IANS) Roger Federer saved two match points to avoid an upset against France’s Benoit Paire and reach the quarter-finals of the Halle Open. Federer, the 20-time Grand Slam champion and world…
Palma de Mallorca (Spain), June 20 (IANS) Spanish tennis players Rafael Nadal and Jaume Munar on Wednesday completed their pre-Wimbledon training on the grass courts of the WTA Mallorca Open women’s tournament. Nadal, World No.2,…
London, June 20 (IANS) Nick Kyrgios eliminated local favourite Andy Murray from the Queen’s Club Championships, a Wimbledon tune-up event, while Feliciano Lopez beat David Goffin to advance to the quarter-finals of the event after…
London, June 19 (IANS) World No 31 Milos Raonic of Canada entered the second round of the Queen’s Club tennis tournament after defeating world No 84 Yuki Bhambri of India 6-1, 3-1 on Tuesday. Bhambri…
Palma de Mallorca (Spain), June 19 (IANS) Spanish tennis superstar Rafael Nadal intensified his grass court training on Tuesday ahead of Wimbledon, the second Grand Slam event of the season, despite the hot weather on…
London, June 19 (IANS) Marin Cilic of Croatia and Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland had a good start in the Queen’s Club Championships, defeating Spain’s Fernando Verdasco and the UK’s Cameron Norrie respectively. Cilic, first seed…
Palma de Mallorca (Spain), June 18 (IANS) Spain’s Rafael Nadal on Monday began training for Wimbledon by practising on the grass courts used for the WTA Mallorca Open. After winning his record-extending 11th French Open…
Madrid, June 18 (IANS) Romania’s Simona Halep remained on top of Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) rankings released on Monday, ahead of the upcoming 2018 Wimbledon. The Grand Slam tournament is due to take place on…
Madrid, June 18 (IANS) Switzerland’s Roger Federer returned to top spot in the men’s Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world singles rankings released on Monday after he won his 98th career title in Germany. The…
Le Mans (France), June 16 (IANS) Spanish tennis great Rafael Nadal on Saturday kicked off the 86th edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, one of the world’s oldest sports car races, in which…
London, June 12 (IANS) Serbia’s Novak Djokovic will take part in the Queen’s Club tournament, a tuning-up contest for Wimbledon, Britain’s Lawn Tennis Association announced. “I am very excited to be playing the Fever-Tree Championships…
Paris, June 11 (IANS) The city of Paris paid tribute to Spanish tennis great Rafael Nadal on Monday, a day after he won his record-extending 11th French Open title. Hours after thrashing Austria’s Dominic Thiem…
Madrid, June 11 (IANS) Spain’s Rafael Nadal stayed atop the men’s Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world singles rankings released on Monday following his 11th career French Open victory. 32-year-old Nadal took two hours and…
Madrid, June 11 (IANS) Romania’s Simona Halep stayed atop the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) rankings released on Monday with 7,970 points, after she claimed her first Grand Slam title at the French Open. On Sunday,…
Paris, June 11 (IANS) After lifting his record-extending 11th title the French Open, Spanish great Rafael Nadal stayed positive about his future, insisting that tennis is undoubtedly an important part of his life but not…
Paris, June 10 (IANS) Rafael Nadal of Spain powered past Austrian Dominic Thiem in straight sets to clinch his record-extending 11th men’s singles title at the French Open tennis championships here on Sunday. Following his…
Paris, June 10 (IANS) The Czech tennis pair of Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova on Sunday earned their maiden Grand Slam doubles title, defeating Japanese duo Makoto Ninomiya and Eri Hozumi 6-3, 6-3 in the…