Tennis

Madrid, May 6 (IANS) Danish tennis player Caroline Wozniacki on Sunday defeated Daria Gavrilova 6-3, 6-1 to reach the Madrid Open second round. Wozniacki, ranked World No.2, dominated the match at 3-3, winning nine of…

Madrid, May 6 (IANS) Anett Kontaveit of Estonia starred in the first surprise of the women’s singles of the Madrid Open, eliminating America’s Venus Williams in the first round. Kontaveit, who has only won last…

Madrid, May 5 (IANS) Fourth seed Elina Svitolina of Ukraine on Saturday started her run at the Madrid Open in an auspicious fashion, defeating Frenchwoman Alize Cornet 6-2, 6-2 in the first round. During the…

Madrid, May 4 (IANS) Spain’s Rafael Nadal, the world’s top-ranked tennis player, has said that despite a torrid start to his clay-court campaign it was unlikely he would be able to overcome an injury hiatus…

Washington, May 4 (IANS) Madrid Open organisers said that Serena Williams has withdrawn from the tournament to be held next week because she wasn’t ready to compete. Williams, who won in Madrid in 2012 and…

Lisbon, May 4 (IANS) Spain’s World No. 11 tennis player Pablo Carreno Busta stormed into the Estoril Open quarterfinals, beating Argentine Nicolas Kicker, while the tournament’s top seed South African Kevin Anderson lost to the…

Madrid, May 3 (IANS) American tennis star Serena Williams has withdrawn from the Mutua Madrid Open, explaining that she needed more training to be ready to compete, the tournament’s director announced on Thursday. Williams, who…

Belgrade, May 2 (IANS) Novak Djokovic, former number one tennis player, revealed on Wednesday that he has high hopes from the continuation of the clay season and that now he is fully recovered from elbow…

Madrid, April 30 (IANS) Greek rising star Stefanos Tsitsipas jumped 19 places to the 44th spot in the men’s Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world singles rankings released on Monday after his runner-up finish at…

Madrid, April 30 (IANS) Romania’s Simona Halep continued to lead the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) singles rankings released on Monday despite exiting the Stuttgart Open in the quarter-finals. Although Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic…

Stuttgart (Germany), April 30 (IANS) The Czech Republic’s Karolina Pliskova clinched the Stuttgart Open title after defeating the US wildcard Coco Vandeweghe 7-6 (7-2), 6-4 here. This was Pliskova’s first title of 2018 and the…

Barcelona, April 29 (IANS) World No. 1 Rafael Nadal of Spain earned his 11th Barcelona Open tennis title on Sunday as he crushed the rising Greek star Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-2, 6-1. Nadal, who won his…

Stuttgart (Germany), April 29 (IANS) Fifth seeded Czech tennis player Karolina Pliskova and Coco Vandeweghe of the US entered the final of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix here. In the semifinals on Saturday, Pliskova downed…

Barcelona, April 29 (IANS) Spanish tennis great Rafael Nadal, ranked number one in the world, has ruthlessly routed Belgium’s David Goffin 6-4, 6-0 to reach his 11th final of the Barcelona Open, an ATP World…

Berlin, April 28 (IANS) German tennis player Florian Mayer will retire from his professional career of 17 years after the US Open. In an interview with the Bavarian Tennis Association on Friday, Mayer said: “This…

Stuttgart, April 26 (IANS) First-seeded Romanian Simona Halep has qualified for the quarter-finals of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix here, winning in three sets against Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia. Halep, currently ranked No 1 in…

Barcelona, April 25 (IANS) Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov on Wednesday qualified for the third round of Barcelona Open after defeating France’s Gilles Simon 6-2, 6-1. The second seed needed an hour and 22 minutes to claim…