Singapore, Oct 29 (IANS) Czech tennis player Andrea Hlavackova and Hungarian Timea Babos on Sunday won the doubles title at the WTA Finals Singapore, beating Dutch player Kiki Bertens and Swede Johanna Larsson. Third-seeded Babos…
Singapore, Oct 28 (IANS) Martina Hingis of Switzerland retired from tennis with a defeat in the doubles semifinal of the WTA Finals held in Singapore. The 37-year-old Hingis and Taiwanese partner Chan Yung-jan suffered a…
Singapore, Oct 28 (IANS) Danish tennis player Caroline Wozniacki battled past Czech Karolina Pliskova 7-6 (11-9), 6-3 to secure a place in the final of Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Finals for the second time. In…
Singapore, Oct 27 (IANS) French tennis player Caroline Garcia on Friday rallied from being one set down to finally prevail 0-6, 6-3, 7-5 over Danish Caroline Wozniacki in their last group stage match at the…
New Delhi, Oct 27 (IANS) India skipper Virat Kohli has pipped Argentina and Barcelona star footballer Lionel Messi in the Forbes list of most valuable brands among sportspersons. Led by Swiss tennis great Roger Federer,…
Basel (Switzerland), Oct 27 (IANS) Swiss tennis great Roger Federer outclassed Frenchman Benoit Paire 6-1, 6-3 to book a spot in the quarter-finals of the Swiss Indoors Basel for the 15th time. The top seed,…
Singapore, Oct 26 (IANS) United States’ tennis player Venus Williams on Thursday defeated Spaniard Garbi?e Muguruza 7-5, 6-4, to book a place in Singapore’s WTA Finals last four for the fifth time in her career….
Singapore, Oct 26 (IANS) French Open winner Jelena Ostapenko was eliminated from the BNP Paribas WTA Finals tennis tournament in Singapore on Thursday, despite defeating third-seeded Caroline Pliskova. The 20-year-old Latvian, who beat the Czech…
Singapore, Oct 25 (IANS) Danish tennis player Caroline Wozniacki on Wednesday advanced into the semi-finals at the BNP Paribas WTA Finals in Singapore after she defeated World No.1 Simona Halep of Romania in a Red…
Singapore, Oct 25 (IANS) American star tennis player Venus Williams defeated French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia 7-5, 6-7 (3-7), 7-5 in a White Group match at the BNP Paribas WTA Finals here. The…
San Juan, Oct 24 (IANS) Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova has arrived in Puerto Rico to provide humanitarian assistance to the citizens affected by recent hurricanes and wildfires. Sharapova and her fellow tennis player from…
Moscow, Oct 23 (IANS) Russian Andrey Rublev has been nominated for the Most Improved Player of the Year award, one of the categories in the 2017 ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) World Tour Awards, it…
Madrid, Oct 23 (IANS) Romanian Simona Halep maintained the top spot of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) singles rankings released on Monday as Kristina Mladenovic of France joined the top-10 list. The 26-year-old Romanian star…
Madrid, Oct 23 (IANS) Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal remained in the number one spot in the men’s Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles rankings released on Monday. Nadal, 16-time Grand Slam champion, maintained the…
Singapore, Oct 22 (IANS) Czech tennis player Karolina Pliskova defeated American veteran Venus Williams 6-2, 6-2 on Sunday in the opening match of the White Group at the BNP Paribas WTA Finals here. The 25-year-old…
Washington, Oct 20 (IANS) Russia’s Maria Sharapova and Olympic champion Monica Puig will go to Puerto Rico next week and bring necessary supplies to the island which was hit badly by Hurricane Maria last month….
Palma de Mallorca (Spain), Oct 20 (IANS) Swiss tennis superstar Roger Federer sent a video to Spanish long time rival and fellow all-time great Rafael Nadal congratulating him on the first anniversary of his tennis…
Canberra, Oct 20 (IANS) Nick Kyrgios, Australia’s top-ranked male tennis player, has announced an early end to his 2017 season due to a persistent hip injury. Kyrgios, currently ranked number 20 in the world by…
Guangzhou (China), Oct 19 (IANS) US Open tennis tournament champion Sloane Stephens will lead the charge to the year-ending WTA Elite Trophy China, along with in-form Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Elena Vesnina and Latvian Anastasija Sevastova….
Madrid, Oct 18 (IANS) Spanish World No.1 Rafael Nadal said he was pulling out of the Swiss Indoors Basel, an ATP 500 event that starts next week. “I sadly announce that I have to pull…