Rome, May 17 (IANS) For the second week in a row, Estonian tennis player Anett Kontaveit on Thursday defeated the United States’ Venus Williams 6-2, 7-6 (3) to reach the quarter-finals of the Italian Open,…
Rome, May 17 (IANS) Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina, world no.4, on Thursday made a strong comeback against Russia’s Daria Kasatkina and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Italian Open. The defending champion took one…
Rome, May 17 (IANS) Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, world No. 1, on Thursday advanced to the quarterfinals of the Italian Open, a WTA clay court tournament held in Rome, as American Madison Keys had…
Rome, May 17 (IANS) Japan’s Kei Nishikori needed nearly three hours to pull out a 6-7 (4-7), 7-5, 6-4 victory over fourth-ranked Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov in second-round action at the tennis Italian Open. The 24th-ranked…
Rome, May 17 (IANS) Second-seeded German Alexander Zverev kicked off his quest to defend his Italian Open title with a 7-5, 6-2 second-round victory over wildcard Matteo Berrettini. Fresh off winning his third ATP World…
Rome, May 17 (IANS) Three-time champion Maria Sharapova came back from a set down to defeat Slovakia’s Dominika Cibulkova 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 and advance to the third round of the Italian Open. After a three-set…
Rome, May 16 (IANS) Four-time champion Novak Djokovic of Serbia on Wednesday reached the third round of the Italian Open tennis tournament after defeating Georgia’s Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-4, 6-2. The former world No.1 needed 76…
Rome, May 16 (IANS) Spain’s Albert Ramos and Italy’s Fabio Fognini pulled off upset victories on Wednesday to advance to the third round of the Italian Open. World No. 41 Ramos managed to beat world…
Rome, May 16 (IANS) World No. 7 Caroline Garcia of France advanced to the third round of the Italian Open for the first time in her career on Wednesday, after defeating Timea Babos of Hungary…
Rome, May 16 (IANS) Romania’s Simona Halep on Wednesday defeated Japan’s Naomi Osaka 6-1, 6-0 to advance to the third round of the Italian Open, an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 clay-court tournament. It took…
Rome, May 15 (IANS) Georgia’s Nikoloz Basilashvili on Tuesday defeated Filippo Baldi of Italy 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 in the first round of the Italian Open here. Basilashvili, world No. 74, needed one hour and 59…
Paris, May 15 (IANS) French tennis player Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has announced his withdrawl from French Open this year due to insufficient recovery from left knee meniscus surgery. “Despite all efforts to get back on time,…
Madrid, May 14 (IANS) Alexander Zverev of Germany has claimed the 2018 Madrid Open title for the first time after beating Austria’s Dominic Thiem 6-4, 6-4 in the final. Zverev, ranked No. 3 in the…
Madrid, May 14 (IANS) With 7,270 points, Romania’s Simona Halep stayed atop the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) rankings released on Monday, ahead of Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki and Garbi?e Muguruza of Spain. Despite her loss at…
Madrid, May 14 (IANS) Switzerland’s Roger Federer took back the No. 1 spot in the men’s Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world singles rankings released on Monday after being second to Spain’s Rafael Nadal for…
Madrid, May 13 (IANS) German Alexander Zverev won the right to play for the first time the final of the Mutua Madrid Open against Austrian Dominic Thiem by beating Canadian Denis Shapovalov 6-4, 6-1 in…
Madrid, May 13 (IANS) Czech Petra Kvitova defeated Kiki Bertens 7-6 (8-6), 4-6, 6-3 in a hard-fought battle to win the Madrid Open for a record third time. Kvitova pushed herself to the limit over…
Madrid, May 12 (IANS) Russian second seeds Elena Vesnina and Ekaterina Makarova won the Madrid Open women’s doubles title, beating France’s Timea Babos and Hungary’s Kristina Mladenovic 2-6, 6-4, 10-8 in the final on Saturday….
Madrid, May 12 (IANS) Canadian rising star Denis Shapovalov and Austria’s Dominic Thiem stormed into the men’s singles semis while unseeded Dutchwoman Kiki Bertens entered the finals of the Madrid Open, Shapovalov narrowly defeated Kyle…
Madrid, May 11 (IANS) Serbian qualifier Dusan Lajovic rallied from a set down to upset Argentine world No. 6 Juan Martin del Potro 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (8-6) in third-round action at the Madrid Open and…