Tennis

Monaco (France), April 17 (IANS) Serbia’s Novak Djokovic earned his first Masters 1,000 win this year after defeating fellow Serbian Dusan Lajovic 6-0, 6-1 in the first round of the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters. World No.13…

Monaco (France), April 17 (IANS) Japan’s Kei Nishikori and Russia’s Andrey Rublev have qualified for the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters round of 32. World No.36 Nishikori upset world No.18 Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic 4-6,…

Monaco (France), April 17 (IANS) Spain’s Albert Ramos-Vinolas qualified for the second round of the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters after defeating the United States’ Jared Donaldson 6-3, 6-3. A finalist at last year’s Monte-Carlo Masters, the…

Madrid, April 16 (IANS) Romania’s Simona Halep continues to lead the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) singles rankings released on Monday with 8,140 points, followed by Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki (6,790 points). There were no changes in…

Madrid, April 16 (IANS) Spain’s Rafael Nadal remained in the number one spot in the men’s Association of Tennis Professionals world singles rankings released on Monday with 8,770 points. Nadal dethroned Switzerland’s Roger Federer, the…

Madrid, April 9 (IANS) Spain’s Rafael Nadal maintained the top spot in the men’s Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World singles rankings, released on Monday. Last week, Nadal dethroned Switzerland’s Roger Federer, a 20-time Grand…

Madrid, April 9 (IANS) Romania’s Simona Halep continues to lead the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) rankings released on Monday. The 26-year-old was followed by Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki, while Spain’s Garbi?e Muguruza is at the third…

Nashville (US), April 9 (IANS) The United States tennis team completed their one-sided 4-0 quarterfinal victory over Belgium in the Davis Cup world group here. Having already confirmed their progress to the semis on Saturday,…

Valencia, April 9 (IANS) Rafael Nadal has showcased his strength on clay courts, defeating Germany’s Alexander Zverev 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 to draw level at 2-2 for Spain in the Davis Cup tennis quarterfinals. Nadal, playing…

Valencia, April 9 (IANS) David Ferrer has defeated Philipp Kohlschreiber, 7-6 (7-1), 3-6, 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, 7-5 in an epic match, to help Spain to the Davis Cup semifinals with a 3-2 victory over Germany….

Guatemala City, April 9 (IANS) A withdrawal due to injury and an exciting doubles victory over El Salvador handed a series win to Guatemala, ensuring that they remain in the Americas Davis Cup Group II…

Monterrey (Mexico), April 9 (IANS) Spain’s Garbine Muguruza rose from a set down to beat Hungarian Timea Babos 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 and emerge champion of the 2018 Monterrey Open here. Babos, the 44th-ranked player in…

Monterrey (Mexico), April 8 (IANS) Spanish top-seed Garbi?e Muguruza defeated Romania’s Ana Bogdan 6-0, 7-5 to reach the final of the Monterrey Open. Muguruza, using her strong serve, powerful double-handed backhand and superb placement, broke…

Tianjin (China), April 7 (IANS) Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna notched up a hard fought win in the doubles contest before Ramkumar Ramanathan and Prajnesh Gunneswaran pulled off the must-win rubbers as India advanced to…

Monterrey (Mexico), April 7 (IANS) Spain’s top-seed Garbi?e Muguruza recovered from an early loss of serve to power her way to a 6-3, 6-0 victory over Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic and reach the semi-finals of the…

Tianjin, April 6 (IANS) After shock defeats of Ramkumar Ramanathan and Sumit Nagal on the opening day of the Davis Cup second round against China here on Friday, the Indian team was pushed towards defeat…

Monterrey (Mexico), April 6 (IANS) Puerto Rican Olympic champion Monica Puig defeated Switzerland’s Stefanie Voegele 6-4 6-3 to reach the quarterfinals of the Monterrey Open on the WTA Tour. Puig on Thursday beat Voegele in…

Valencia, April 5 (IANS) The Spain and Germany Davis Cup teams trained on the clay court inside Valencia’s bullring, the iconic Plaza de Toros, which in two days is to host the international men’s team…