Djokovic to miss rest of the season with right elbow injury
Belgrade, July 26 (IANS) Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic announced on Wednesday that he is set to miss the rest of the season due to an injury to his right elbow. In a Facebook Live…
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Czech Pliskova stays on top of WTA singles rankings
Madrid, July 24 (IANS) Czech tennis player Karolina Pliskova, with 6.855 points, continued to lead the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) singles rankings released on Monday. Spain’s Garbi?e Muguruza climbed to the fourth spot with 4,990…
Murray maintains top spot in ATP rankings
Madrid, July 24 (IANS) Briton Andy Murray continued to lead the men’s Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world singles rankings released on Monday, with 7,750 points. There were no changes in this week’s rankings, as…
Bertens wins 4th career title at Swiss Open Gstaad
Gstaad (Switzerland), July 23 (IANS) Dutch tennis player Kiki Bertens beat Estonia’s Anett Kontaveit in the women’s Swiss Open Gstaad final on Sunday to claim her fourth career title. Bertens, ranked World No.35, clinched a…
Ferrer wins his 2nd Swedish Open title
Bastad (Sweden), July 23 (IANS) Spanish tennis player David Ferrer claimed his second Swedish Open title with a straight-set victory over Ukraine’s Alexandr Dolgopolov on Sunday. The 35-year-old Spaniard, who now has 27 ATP career…
ITF hands Ilie Nastase 3-year ban for Fed Cup remarks
Madrid, July 22 (IANS) The International Tennis Federation handed Romania’s Fed Cup captain Ilie Nastase a three-year ban and a fine for his recent conduct. ITF said on Friday it found Nastase guilty of breaching…
Spanish PM receives Garbi?e Muguruza
Madrid, July 21 (IANS) Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy congratulated the country’s tennis player Garbi?e Muguruza in an official reception on Friday for winning the Wimbledon Grand Slam title. Muguruza was received at the Palace…
Chennai Open to be relocated, renamed
Mumbai, July 20 (IANS) The Chennai Open, the only ATP tournament to be held in India, is all set to get a makeover as it will move to a new home and get a new…
US Open to hand out $50.4 million in prize money, says USTA
New York, July 19 (IANS) The total prize money up for grabs at this year’s US Open tennis Grand Slam will reach $50.4 million, the organisers said here. The United States Tennis Association (USTA) on…
Federer joins Nadal at Nitto ATP Finals for record 15th time
Madrid, July 17 (IANS) Swiss Roger Federer achieved a new record as he qualified for the Nitto ATP Finals for the 15th time, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) announced on Monday. One day after…
Wimbledon win ‘a dream come true’, says Muguruza
Madrid, July 17 (IANS) Spanish tennis star Garbine Muguruza confessed that defeating Venus Williams to win the women’s singles title at Wimbledon on Saturday was a “dream come true”. Speaking to Spanish newspaper Marca, 23-year-old…
Federer rises to 3rd in ATP rankings after Wimbledon win, Murray keeps top spot
Madrid, July 17 (IANS) Winning his eighth Wimbledon title allowed Swiss Roger Federer, the most acclaimed player in Grand Slams with 19 titles, to earn a spot in the top three of the men’s Association…
Wimbledon champion Garbi?e Muguruza climbs to No.5 in WTA rankings
Madrid, July 17 (IANS) Spanish tennis player Garbi?e Muguruza jumped to the fifth place in the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) world rankings released on Monday after she was crowned Wimbledon champion, while Czech Karolina Pliskova…
Federer wins 8th Wimbledon title
London, July 16 (IANS) Swiss star Roger Federer won his record eighth men’s singles title at the Wimbledon tennis tournament with a straight sets win over Marin Cilic of Croatia here on Sunday. Federer dominated…
Melo-Kubot clinch Wimbledon men’s doubles in five sets
London, July 16 (IANS) The Brazilian-Polish men’s doubles pair of Marcelo Melo and Lukasz Kubot took a marathon five sets to overcome Austrian-Croatian pair of Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic in the final of the…
Russia’s Vesnina-Makarova win Wimbledon doubles title
London, July 16 (IANS) Russian women’s doubles pair of Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina thrashed Chan Hao-ching and Monica Niculescu in the final of the the Wimbledon Tennis Championships here. The second seeded Russian combine…
Carolina, Nadal lead congratulatory messages for Muguruza
Madrid, July 15 (IANS) Rio Olympics gold medallist shuttler Carolina Marin led the congratulatory messages for fellow Spaniard Garbine Muguruza, who on Saturday hammered veteran Venus Williams in straight sets 7-5, 6-0 to clinch the…
Spaniard Muguruza wins first Wimbledon title
London, July 15 (IANS) Garbi?e Muguruza of Spain brushed aside American tennis veteran Venus Williams 7-5, 6-0 in the women’s singles final of Wimbledon for her second second Grand Slam title here on Saturday. It…
Grass masters Federer and Cilic to clash in Wimbledon final
London, July 15 (IANS) The Wimbledon men’s final this Sunday pits the tennis player who has won the most titles on grass, Switzerland’s Roger Federer with 18, against the one with the highest percentage of…
Federer sails into 11th Wimbledon final
London, July 15 (IANS) Roger Federer has reached the men’s singles final of the Wimbledon tennis championships for the 11th time after beating Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4), 6-4. The…