Paris, May 30 (IANS) Germany’s promising tennis star Alexander Zverev experienced a disappointing maiden French Open appearance as he lost to Spanish veteran Fernando Verdasco 4-6, 6-3, 4-6, 2-6 in an interrupted men’s first round…
Paris, May 30 (IANS) Third seed Stan Wawrinka on Tuesday defeated Slovakian Jozef Kovalik to advance to the second round of the French Open here. The World No. 3 tennis star finished the game 6-2,…
Paris, May 30 (IANS) Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina and Spain’s Carla Suarez on Tuesday won their respective first round matches of French Open to advance. The 22-year-old Ukrainian player defeated Kazakhstan’s Yaroslava Shvedova 6-4, 6-3, in…
Paris, May 30 (IANS) Argentine Juan Martin del Potro did not lose his nerve on his return to the French Open, four years after his last appearance in the Paris Grand Slam, and won in…
Paris, May 30 (IANS) Argentine tennis player Nicolas Kicker defeated Bosnia’s Damir Dzumhur 6-3, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 to reach the second round of the French Open. The 24-year-old Argentine on Monday needed two hours and…
Paris, May 29 (IANS) Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Garbine Muguruza made flying starts as they eased into the second round of the French Open tennis championship here on Monday. The men’s singles second seed…
Paris, May 29 (IANS) Novak Djokovic and Garbine Muguruza made flying starts in their title defence as they eased into the second round of the men’s and women’s singles categories respectively of the French Open…
Paris, May 29 (IANS) Defending champion Garbi?e Muguruza of Spain reached the second round of the women’s singles category in the French Open tennis championships after defeating Francesca Schiavone on Monday. The 23-year-old Spaniard won…
Paris, May 29 (IANS) Canadian fifth seed Milos Raonic started his journey at the 2017 French Open tennis championships with victory against Belgian Steve Darcis here on Monday. The world No.6 was able to finish…
Madrid, May 29 (IANS) German Angelique Kerber remained at the top of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) world singles rankings released on Monday, while the top ten saw no changes from last week. The United…
Madrid, May 29 (IANS) Briton Andy Murray continued to lead the men’s Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world singles rankings released on Monday, in a week with no changes in the top 10. With 10,370…
Paris, May 28 (IANS) World No.1 woman tennis player Angelique Kerber of Germany became the first women’s top seed to crash out from French Open’s first round in Open Era stunned by Russian Ekaterina Makarova…
Paris, May 28 (IANS) Bulgarian tennis player Grigor Dimitrov eliminated French Stephane Robert from the French Open first round here on Sunday. Dimitrov defeated his French rival 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 to reach the second round…
Paris, May 28 (IANS) Spanish tennis player Guillermo Garcia-Lopez knocked out Luxembourgish Gilles Muller and reached the second round of the French Open here on Sunday. Although the Spaniard suffered pain in his left leg,…
Paris, May 28 (IANS) Puerto Rican tennis player Monica Puig defeated Italian Roberta Vinci while Argentinian tennis player Horacio Zeballos stunned French Adrian Mannarino to advance in the French Open second round here on Sunday….
Paris, May 28 (IANS) Czech tennis player Petra Kvitova on Sunday advanced to French Open second round, winning her first match against American player Julia Boserups. The two-time Wimbledon champion won 6-3, 6-2 against Boserup…
Paris, May 28 (IANS) Australia’s Samantha Stosur won her first title in nearly two years with a 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 victory over countrywoman Daria Gavrilova in the final of the Internationaux de Strasbourg here. The…
Geneva, May 28 (IANS) Swiss top seed Stan Wawrinka successfully defended his Geneva Open tennis title with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 victory over Germany’s Mischa Zverev. The 32-year-old world No.3 was on Saturday broken twice…
Lyon, May 27 (IANS) French tennis player Jo Wilfried Tsonga won the Lyon Open, his third Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) title of this season, after defeating Czech Tomas Berdych on Saturday. The second-seeded Frenchman…
Nuremberg (Germany), May 27 (IANS) Dutch woman tennis player Kiki Bertens retained the Nuremberg Cup title after beating Czech Barbora Krejcikova 6-2, 6-1 in the final here on Saturday. The world No.19 took less than…