Shanghai, Oct 17 (IANS) Seeded second, Swiss tennis superstar Roger Federer returned to the Shanghai Rolex Masters after two years and concluded the season’s penultimate ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament with his 94th career…
Madrid, Oct 16 (IANS) Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal remained in the number one spot in the men’s Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world singles rankings released on Monday. Nadal, 16-time Grand Slam champion, maintained…
Madrid, Oct 16 (IANS) Romanian tennis player Simona Halep continued to lead the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) rankings released on Monday. The 26-year-old Romanian star reached the number one for the first time in her…
Shanghai (China), Oct 15 (IANS) Roger Federer defeated World No.1 Rafael Nadal to win the Shanghai Rolex Masters title here on Sunday. Second-seed Federer took 71 minutes to claim a 6-4, 6-3 victory over the…
Shanghai, Oct 13 (IANS) Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer again headlined in the ATP Shanghai Rolex Masters here on Friday, as the top two seeded players took out Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria and Frenchman Richard…
Shanghai, Oct 13 (IANS) Top seed Rafael Nadal kept his hopes for the tennis season’s seventh title alive here in the ATP Shanghai Rolex Masters, defeating Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria in a high-quality 6-4, 6-7(4),…
Shanghai, Oct 12 (IANS) Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina produced one of his best performances of the tennis season here on Thursday, overcoming a one-set deficit to beat third-seeded Alexander Zverev of Germany 3-6,…
Madrid, Oct 12 (IANS) Sergi Bruguera and Anabel Medina Garrigues were introduced as the new captains of the Davis Cup and Federation Cup teams, respectively, by the Spanish Royal Tennis Federation (RFET). Bruguera and Medina…
Shanghai, Oct 11 (IANS) The top two seeds, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer both kicked off their Shanghai Rolex Masters campaign with straight-set wins here on Wednesday, beating Jared Donaldson and Diego Schwartzman respectively to…
Canberra, Oct 10 (IANS) The 2018 Australian Open has been officially launched with the world’s top tennis players committed to playing in the tournament. Australian Open Tournament Director Craig Tiley on Tuesday announced that the…
Madrid, Oct 9 (IANS) Simona Halep snatched first place in the Women’s Tennis Association rankings released on Monday after she qualified for the China Open final. The 26-year-old Romanian player reached the top spot for…
Madrid, Oct 9 (IANS) Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal remained in the number one spot on the men’s Association of Tennis Professionals world singles rankings released on Monday, while Belgian David Goffin entered the Top…
Beijing, Oct 8 (IANS) French woman tennis player Caroline Garcia completed a career milestone here on Sunday, overcoming to-be world No. 1 Simona Halep of Romania 6-4, 7-6(3) final to become the first ever player…
Beijing, Oct 8 (IANS) French tennis player Caroline Garcia on Sunday defeated Romanian Simona Halep 6-4, 7-6 (7-3) at the China Open final to earn her second title within eight days. Hours after securing the…
Beijing, Oct 8 (IANS) Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal on Sunday got the better of Australian Nick Kyrgios and beat him 6-2, 6-1 to clinch the China Open title for the second time in his…
Beijing, Oct 7 (IANS) Sania Mirza and her doubles partner Peng Shuai lost their semi-final match to bow out of the China Open tennis championships here on Saturday. In the semi-final, the third-seeded India-China pair…
Beijing, Oct 6 (IANS) Sania Mirza and her doubles partner Peng Shuai entered the semi-finals of the China Open tennis championships here on Friday. The third-seeded India-China duo of Sania and Peng defeated fifth seeds…
Beijing, Oct 6 (IANS) Rafael Nadal survived the powerful serves of John Isner on Friday and advanced to the China Open semi-finals with a 6-4, 7-6(0) victory in a tennis match that lasted one hour…
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) Suraj R. Prabodh of Karnataka showed form and fitness to snap the winning run of Nitten Kirtane in the mens singles quarter-finals at the Fenesta Open national tennis championship here…
Beijing, Oct 5 (IANS) Spanish World No.1 Rafael Nadal knocked out Karen Khachanov of Russia 6-3, 6-3 here on Thursday to advance to the quarter-finals of the China Open. The 31-year-old broke Khachanov in the…