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Family the priority, playing less for more: Federer

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…


Nadal continues to lead ATP rankings

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…


Halep ranked first in WTA rankings

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…




Nadal sets up Cilic semi-final in Shanghai

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),…




Federer, Nadal advance in Shanghai Masters

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…



Halep snatches top spot in WTA rankings

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…


Nadal continues to lead ATP rankings

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…





Sania-Peng bow out of China Open tennis

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…


Sania-Peng advance to China Open semis

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…



Suraj, Baava enter national tennis semis

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…


Nadal eases into China Open quarters

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…