Melbourne, Jan 15 (IANS) Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios’s health is in question after the 14th seed ended a practice session on Sunday, a blow to the host nation’s chances of winning their home Grand…
Melbourne, Jan 15 (IANS) Germany’s Angeliuqe Kerber has found the ticket to success at the 2017 Australian Open after a mixed lead up, playing without expectations and forgetting the pressure of being the world’s best…
Sydney, Jan 14 (IANS) Luxembourg’s tennis player Gilles Muller won the Sydney International title on Saturday after beating Briton Daniel Evans. The 33-year-old Luxembourgian defeated his rival 7-6 (5), 6-2 after about an hour and…
Melbourne, Jan 14 (IANS) United States tennis star Serena Williams said on Saturday that she prefers to focus on the Australian Open rather than her own wedding. The 35-year-old explained that she was paying more…
Kolkata, Jan 14 (IANS) Delhi’s tennis player Bikramjeet Singh Chawla drubbed second seed Aditya Satpathy in the qualifying round of the ITF Juniors being held at the red clay courts of the Dakshin Kalikata Sansad…
Hobart, Jan 14 (IANS) Belgian woman tennis player Elise Mertens routed Romanian Monica Niculescu in the final to claim the Hobart International title here on Saturday. Ranked 127 in the world, the Belgian champion defeated…
Sydney, Jan 13 (IANS) British woman tennis player Johanna Konta stunned world No.3 Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland in the final 6-4, 6-2 to capture the Sydney International title here on Friday. World No.10 Konta managed…
Sydney, Jan 13 (IANS) British tennis player Daniel Evans reached the final of the Sydney International after beating Russian Andrey Kuznetsov 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 here on Friday. The world No. 67, Evans, who defeated the…
Sydney, Jan 13 (IANS) Top seeds Sania Mirza and her doubles partner Czech Republic’s Barbora Strycova lost to Hungary’s Timea Babos and Russia’s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the final of the Apia International tennis tournament here…
Kolkata, Jan 13 (IANS) Budding talents from 13 countries will slug it out at the International Tennis Federation’s (ITF) junior championships, starting at the Dakshin Kalikata Sansad (DKS) sports complex from next Monday, the organisers…
Madrid, Jan 13 (IANS) A study prepared by the London School of Marketing has revealed that Swiss tennis superstar Roger Federer was the world’s most marketable sports person in 2016. According to the study, published…
Sydney, Jan 13 (IANS) British tennis player Daniel Evans defeated Dominic Thiem of Austria in the quarterfinals of the Sydney Open here. Evans outplayed the Austrian 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 on Thursday, reports Efe. The 26-year-old…
Melbourne, Jan 12 (IANS) India’s Yuki Bhambri defeated Serbian Pedja Krstin 6-3, 6-4 in the second round of the Australian Open singles qualifiers here on Thursday. He is now one win away from the main…
Moscow, Jan 12 (IANS) Former World No.3 tennis player Nadia Petrova, who has been away from the court since March 2014, announced her retirement from professional tennis on Thursday. During her 19-year-long career the Russian…
Melbourne, Jan 11 (IANS) Indian tennis player Yuki Bhambri defeated seventh seed Stefan Kozlov of America to advance into the second round of the Australian Open qualifiers here on Wednesday. The 53-ranked Bhambri outplayed Kozlov…
Auckland, Jan 11 (IANS) Spanish David Ferrer bowed out of the ASB Classic tennis tournament after going down to Dutchman Robin Haase in the second round here on Wednesday. Hasse defeated Ferrer 2-6, 6-4, 7-…
Sydney, Jan 10 (IANS) German tennis star Angelique Kerber was eliminated in the Sydney International on Tuesday after losing to Russian Daria Kasatkina 6-7 (5), 2-6. Slovak world No.6 Dominika Cibulkova fell to Canada’s Eugenie…
Moscow, Jan 10 (IANS) Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova is set to make her comeback, following a doping suspension, on April 26 at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, the tournament organisers announced on…
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) Rio Olympic gold medal-winning shuttler Carolina Marin believes her compatriot Rafael Nadal can shake off his recent injury troubles and return to the pinnacle of tennis. Former World No.1 Nadal…
By S. Rajesh Chennai, Jan 10 (IANS) Next Gen Star Daniil Medvedev of Russia belongs to the new breed of tennis players. Like many of his peers, the 20-year-old, who has now moved to France…