Madrid, May 15 (IANS) Spanish No.1 Rafael Nadal claimed his fifth Mutua Madrid Open title with a 7-6 (10), 6-4 win over eighth seeded Dominic Thiem here. Sunday’s win also means that Nadal has now…
Madrid, May 14 (IANS) Romania’s Simona Halep successfully defended her Madrid Open title by downing France’s Kristina Mladenovic 7-5, 6-7 (5-7) and 6-2, in a hard-fought final. In her third final in this premier mandatory…
Madrid, May 14 (IANS) Top seeded Spanish star Rafael Nadal qualified for the final of the Madrid Open after defeating second seed Novak Djokovic 6-2, 6-4 in the semi-finals. Djokovic went into Saturday night’s game…
Rome, May 12 (IANS) Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova, American Venus Williams and Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka started practice on Friday at the Foro Italico clay courts here for the Italian Open. Argentina’s Juan Martin Del…
Madrid, May 11 (IANS) Romanian tennis player Simona Halep defeated American Coco Vandeweghe in the quarter-finals of the Madrid Open here on Thursday. Halep, World No. 8, needed only 59 minutes to defeat World No….
Madrid, May 11 (IANS) Serbian tennis ace Novak Djokovic got off to a ragged start in his first match at the Madrid Masters, while Rafael Nadal needed almost three hours to advance to the third…
Madrid, May 10 (IANS) Japanese tennis player Kei Nishikori advanced to the last 16 of the Madrid Open on Wednesday after defeating Argentine Diego Schwartzman. As he debuted in his first tournament since the quarterfinals…
Madrid, May 10 (IANS) Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga on Wednesday retired from the Madrid Open due to a problem in his shoulder, which means Spain’s David Ferrer entered directly to the round of 16. Ferrer will…
Kolkata, May 9 (IANS) Former doubles star Mahesh Bhupathi on Tuesday reminisced about the heydays shared with doubles partner Leander Paes and asserted that what the pair have achieved for Indian tennis won’t ever be…
London, May 9 (IANS) Five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova’s hopes of featuring in this year’s Wimbledon Championships will be decided on June 20 when a meeting of the tennis tournament organisers is planned, according…
Madrid, May 9 (IANS) Spanish tennis player Nicolas Almagro advanced to the second round of the Madrid Open after defeating his fellow countryman Tommy Robredo in the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event here on…
London, May 9 (IANS) World No.1 tennis star Andy Murray will defend his title at the Queen’s Club grass tournament here from June 19 to 25, the organisers announced on Tuesday. Murray, who defeated Canadian…
Madrid, May 9 (IANS) After Canadian tennis player Eugenie Bouchard knocked Maria Sharapova out of the Madrid Masters in a three set marathon, the 23-year-old explained the importance of her win against a player she…
Madrid, May 9 (IANS) Russian tennis ace Maria Sharapova bowed out of the Madrid Open after a three set defeat to Canadian Eugenie Bouchard. Bouchard defeated the Russian star 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 in a match…
Madrid, May 8 (IANS) Rafael Nadal is optimistic that his performance in the Madrid Open tennis championships this week will not be affected by an ear infection he has been suffering since Friday. Speaking to…
Madrid, May 8 (IANS) German Angelique Kerber overcame Czech Katerina Siniakova on Monday to advance to the third round in the Madrid Open tennis tournament. Kerber, who won 6-2, 1-6, 7-5 over the 20-year-old Czech,…
Madrid, May 8 (IANS) Czech tennis player Tomas Berdych entered for the second round of the Madrid Open on Monday, while Frenchman Gael Monfils was eliminated. Berdych, who was a finalist in Madrid in 2012,…
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) The matrimonial dispute between ace tennis player Leander Paes and his estranged wife will now be heard by another apex court bench as Justice Arun Mishra and Justice Amitava Roy…
Madrid, May 8 (IANS) United States tennis player Serena Williams continued to lead the Women’s Tennis Association world rankings released on Monday, with 7,010 points. German Angelique Kerber remained in second place, followed by Czech…
Madrid, May 8 (IANS) Britain’s Andy Murray continued to lead the men’s Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world singles rankings released on Monday. Serbian Novak Djokovic came in second, followed by Swiss Stan Wawrinka and…