Tennis

London, July 7 (IANS) It was a good day for India at Wimbledon as tennis ace Sania Mirza, Rohan Bopanna and Purav Raja defeated their opponents in their respective categories to advance to the second…

London, July 6 (IANS) Indian tennis star Sania Mirza and her doubles partner Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium defeated Naomi Osaka and Shuai Zhang in straight sets to advance to the second round of Wimbledon here…

London, July 6 (IANS) Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic advanced to the third round at Wimbledon, defeating Czech Adam Pavlasek 6-2, 6-2, 6-1 here on Thursday. The 22-year-old Pavlasek conceded his serve seven times against…

London, July 6 (IANS) The International Tennis Federation (ITF) on Thursday fined Australian Bernard Tomic and Russian Daniil Medvedev for the incidents at Wimbledon. The 24-year-old Tomic called for a physiotherapist, although he was not…

London, July 6 (IANS) Spanish Tennis player David Ferrer advanced to the third round of Wimbledon after Belgian Steve Darcis retired here on Thursday. Darcis was three games down in the first set when he…

London, July 5 (IANS) Slovak Dominika Cibulkova advanced to the third round of Wimbledon, defeating American Jennifer Brady 6-4, 6-4 here on Wednesday. One break in each set was all Cibulkova needed to defeat the…

London, July 5 (IANS) Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark cruised into the women’s singles second round at the Wimbledon tennis tournament after defeating Hungarian Timea Babos 6-4, 4-6, 6-1. The fifth seeded Wozniacki needed one hour…

London, July 5 (IANS) Spain’s David Ferrer has advanced to the second round of the Wimbledon tennis tournament after beating Richard Gasquet. The 35-year-old Spaniard carved out a 6-3, 6-5, 5-7, 6-2 victory over the…

London, July 4 (IANS) Spanish tennis player David Ferrer on Tuesday advanced to the second round of Wimbledon, defeating Richard Gasquet. The 35-year-old Spaniard clinched a 6-3, 6-5, 5-7, 6-2 victory over the Frenchman in…

London, July 4 (IANS) German tennis ace Angelique Kerber advanced to the second round at Wimbledon defeating American Irina Falconi 6-4, 6-4 on Tuesday. Kerber, World No.1, needed one hour and 27 minutes to beat…

London, July 3 (IANS) Spanish tennis player Roberto Bautista, eighth-seeded, won his first-round match in the Wimbledon tournament, beating Austrian Andreas Haider-Maurer on Monday. Bautista, World No. 19, took one hour and 38 minutes to…

London, July 3 (IANS) Defending champion Andy Murray started his Wimbledon campaign on the right foot as he defeated Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 on Monday. With the Duchess of Cambridge watching from…

London, July 3 (IANS) Five-time champion Venus Williams fought off tenacious challenge from debutante Elise Mertens of Belgium to win her first-round match at Wimbledon here on Monday. The 37-year-old Williams took one hour and…

London, July 3 (IANS) French tennis player Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated British Cameron Norrie 6-3, 6-2, 6-2, in the first round at Wimbledon here on Monday. The 32-year-old Tsonga needed just one hour and 23 minutes…

London, July 3 (IANS) Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, attended defending champion Andy Murray’s Wimbledon opening round match here on Monday. Prince William’s wife was present at the match with Murray, World No.1, against Aleksandr Bublik…

Madrid, July 3 (IANS) Briton Andy Murray continued to lead the men’s Association of Tennis Professionals world singles rankings released on Monday, with 9,390 points, in a week with no changes in the top 10….

Eastbourne (UK), July 1 (IANS) Czech tennis player Karolina Pliskova defeated Danish Caroline Wozniacki in straight sets to win the Eastbourne title here on Saturday. The 25-year-old Czech scripted a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Wozniacki…

Eastbourne (UK), June 30 (IANS) British tennis player Johanna Konta withdrew from the semi-finals of the Eastbourne tournament due to an injury, where she was scheduled to play against Czech Karolina Pliskova on Friday. Konta,…