Dubai, Feb 24 (IANS) World No.2 Angelique Kerber of Germany and Danish player Caroline Wozniacki entered Dubai Open semi-finals, defeating their opponents in the quarter-finals. Kerber, the 2016 champion of the Australian Open and the…
Rio de Janeiro, Feb 23 (IANS) Spain’s Albert Ramos-Vinolas cruised into the quarter-finals of the Rio Open tennis tournament with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Italy’s Fabio Fognini here. The 45th-ranked Italian struggled repeatedly to…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) Aiming to get a wildcard in the French Open junior, 16 promising tennis talents will battle it out in the third edition of the Rendez-vous a Roland-Garros Masters, to be…
Dubai, Feb 21 (IANS) Spain’s Garbi?e Muguruza on Tuesday withdrew from the second round of the Dubai Tennis Championships against Ukraine’s Kateryna Bondarenko due to physical problems. The current French Open champion requested medical assistance…
Paris, Feb 21 (IANS) Nine-time winners France will host 10-time titleholders Britain in the quarter-final of the Davis Cup tennis tournament at the north-western city of Rouen. The match will be held at the 5,000-plus-capacity…
London, Feb 20 (IANS) Scot Andy Murray stayed at the top of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) men’s singles rankings released on Monday, with 11,540 points. The 29-year-old led the rankings for the first…
Doha, Feb 19 (IANS) Czech tennis star Karolina Pliskova has claimed her first Qatar Total Open title with a straight sets victory over Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki here. The second-seeded Pliskova won 6-3, 6-4 in Saturday…
Doha, Feb 17 (IANS) A day after she denied service tax evasion in response to notices last week issued by the Central Board of Excise and Customs, tennis ace Sania Mirza came down heavily on…
Dubai, Feb 16 (IANS) Spanish tennis player Carla Suarez Navarro on Thursday pulled out from the Dubai Tennis Championships, due to pain in her right shoulder. The injury has already limited Suarez’s performance and led…
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) Bengaluru will host the second round of the Asia/Oceania Group 1 tie between India and Uzbekistan which is due to start on April 7, the All India Tennis Association (AITA)…
Doha, Feb 15 (IANS) Spanish tennis player Garbi?e Muguruza advanced to the second round of the Qatar Open after defeating Turkey’s Cagla Buyukakcay 6-3, 6-2 in one hour and 15 minutes here on Wednesday. In…
Madrid, Feb 13 (IANS) British tennis player Andy Murray on Monday stayed at the top of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world singles rankings with 11,540 points. The 29-year-old Scot topped the rankings for…
Madrid, Feb 13 (IANS) American tennis player Serena Williams led the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) world rankings on Monday for the third consecutive week. The WTA rankings top 10 did not see any changes this…
Prague, Feb 13 (IANS) The Czech Republic advanced to the semi-finals of the Fed Cup women’s tennis tournament for the ninth time in a row after defeating Spain 3-2 in the first round. The Czechs…
Sofia, Feb 13 (IANS) Bulgarian tennis star Grigor Dimitrov won the final of the ATP 250 Garanti Koza Sofia Open with a 7-5, 6-4 victory over David Goffin of Belgium. Dimitrov on Sunday lifted his…
Madrid, Feb 10 (IANS) Spanish tennis superstar Rafael Nadal has announced he will not be able to play next week at the Rotterdam Open because he needs rest to avoid possible injuries. “I am very…
La Coru?a (Spain), Feb 8 (IANS) Tennis star Rafael Nadal told Spanish bank Banco Sabadell’s customers in this northwestern city that living in Spain did not make sense from a tax standpoint, but he was…
Buenos Aires, Feb 7 (IANS) Fabio Fognini rallied to beat Guido Pella 2-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2, giving Italy a 3-2 win over host and defending champion Argentina in a first-round Davis Cup tie here….
Madrid, Feb 6 (IANS) American tennis player Serena Williams led the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) world rankings on Monday for the second consecutive week. After winning the Australian Open last week, Williams snatched the top…
St. Petersburg, Feb 6 (IANS) French tennis sensation Kristina Mladenovic clinched the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy after beating Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva 6-2, 6-7 (3-7), 6-4 in the final here. The 23-year-old Mladenovic, the world’s third-ranked…