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Sania-Barbora lose Miami Open final

Miami, April 3 (IANS) India’s Sania Mirza and her doubles partner Barbora Strycova of Czech Republic were upset by the Canadian-Chinese pair Gabriela Dabrowski and Xu Yifan in the Miami Open tennis tournament final here….



Paes wins Leon Challenger title

Leon (Mexico), April 2 (IANS) Veteran star Leander Paes and his Canadian partner Adil Shamasdin notched up a straight sets win to clinch the men’s doubles title at the Leon Challenger Tour tennis tournament here…


Konta overpowers Wozniacki to win Miami Open

Miami, April 2 (IANS) British tennis star Johanna Konta used her superior firepower to claim a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Caroline Wozniacki in the Miami Open final. The victory on Saturday was the 10th seed’s…


Sania-Barbora enter Miami Open final

Miami, April 1 (IANS) Sania Mirza and her partner Barbora Strycova fought off a strong challenge from Martina Hingis and Chan Yung-Jan to reach the women’s double final at the Miami Open tennis tournament. Sania…




Federer in Miami Open semis, beats Berdych

Miami, March 31 (IANS) Swiss great Roger Federer edged past Tomas Berdych 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (8-6) in a back-and-forth quarter-final match at the Miami Open, clinching victory after saving two match points in the third-set…



Injured Monfils out of France tennis squad

Paris, March 30 (IANS) France made two changes as injured Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Gael Monfils were sidelined for a highly-anticipated clash with Britain in next month’s Davis Cup quarter-finals. According to the French Tennis Federation,…



Germany’s Zverev beats Wawrinka in Miami Open

Miami (Florida), March 29 (IANS) German tennis player Alexander Zverev defeated Swiss player Stan Wawrinka 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 in the fourth round of the Miami Open. The 20th-ranked German, thus defeated the world’s third-ranked Wawrinka,…




Paes, Bopanna dropped from Davis Cup squad

New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) Indias non-playing captain Mahesh Bhupathi on Tuesday selected four singles players in the squad for the Davis Cup tie against Uzbekistan, dropping veteran Leander Paes and his doubles partner Rohan…



Spain’s Muguruza taken ill, retires from Miami Open

Miami, March 28 (IANS) Spain’ Garbi?e Muguruza retired from her fourth-round Miami Open tennis match against Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki due to a heat-related illness on Monday. The 23-year-old Muguruza called for the trainer following a…