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…
Geneva, May 27 (IANS) Swiss top seed Stan Wawrinka has defeated Andrey Kuznetsov of Russia 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) in the semi-finals of the Geneva Open and is now one win away from back-to-back titles at…
Paris, May 27 (IANS) Defending champion Novak Djokovic was scheduled to put up a highly-anticipated semi-final clash with Rafael Nadal as they were drawn into the bottom half in men’ singles of the 2017 French…
Paris, May 26 (IANS) Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic and Spanish Garbine Muguruza are set to begin the defence of their titles in the French Open against Spaniard Marcel Granollers and Italy’s Francesca Schiavone, respectively,…
Geneva, May 26 (IANS) Top-seeded Stan Wawrinka and second-seeded Kei Nishikori advanced to the semi-finals of the Geneva Open with come-from-behind three-set victories over Sam Querrey and Kevin Anderson, respectively. The 32-year-old Wawrinka, who has…
Madrid, May 25 (IANS) Australian Samantha Stosur on Thursday defeated Spain’s Carla Suarez 7-6(5), 6-4 in the quarterfinals of the Strasbourg tennis tournament. The former US Open champion and Roland Garros finalist defeated Suarez in…
Madrid, May 25 (IANS) Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won a tough game against Argentina’s Carlos Berlocq to advance to the quarterfinals of the Lyon Open tennis tournament here. Tsonga achieved a 6-7(2), 6-2, 6-3 win on…
Madrid, May 25 (IANS) Swiss tennis player Stan Wawrinka needed only 37 minutes to place himself in the quarter-finals of the Geneva Open after his rival, Brazilian Rogerio Dutra Silva retired with 5-2 on the…
Mallorca (Spain), May 24 (IANS) Belarusian woman tennis player Victoria Azarenka is set to play in the Mallorca Open in her first appearance after a maternity break, the tournament organisers confirmed on Wednesday. Azarenka, former…
Lyon, May 24 (IANS) Portuguese qualifier Gastao Elias defeated Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro 7-6, 6-4 in the round of 16 at the Open Auvergne-Rhone-Alps Park here on Wednesday. Elias broke the Argentinian’s serve three…