Melbourne, Jan 28 (IANS) American tennis legend Serena Williams scripted history when she defeated her elder sister Venus in the Australian Open final to become the first woman to capture 23 Grand Slam singles titles…
Melbourne, Jan 28 (IANS) US tennis legend Serena Williams scripted history when she defeated her elder sister Venus in the Australian Open final to become the first woman to capture 23 Grand Slam singles titles…
By Binoo K. John Melbourne, Jan 28 (IANS) When two sisters, both above 35, clash in the final of a Grand Slam where, for some time, new starlets with their toned bodies and psychedelic dresses…
Melbourne, Jan 27 (IANS) Spanish superstar Rafael Nadal set up a dream Australian Open final with his long-time rival Swiss legend Roger Federer, defeating Grigor Dimitrov 6-3, 5-7, 7-6(5), 6-7(4) 6-4 in the semi-finals of…
Melbourne, Jan 27 (IANS) Tennis Australia on Friday announced a partnership with the Rafa Nadal Academy. The new agreement allows Australian players to train at the Academy’s facilities, which Nadal opened last year in Manacor,…
Melbourne, Jan 27 (IANS) Ace Indian tennis player Sania Mirza and her Croatian partner Ivan Dodig defeated local favourites Samantha Stosur and Sam Groth to enter the Australian Open mixed doubles final here on Friday….
Melbourne, Jan 27 (IANS) Ace Indian tennis player Sania Mirza and her Croatian partner Ivan Dodig defeated local favourites Samantha Stosur and Sam Groth to enter the Australian Open mixed doubles final here on Friday….
Melbourne, Jan 24 (IANS) Swiss tennis player Stan Wawrinka defeated Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-6(2), 6-4, 6-3 in the men’s singles quarter-finals of the Australian Open here on Tuesday. Fourth seed Wawrinka advances to the semi-finals,…
Melbourne, Jan 24 (IANS) Spain’s Garbine Muguruza bowed out of the Australian Open going down to American tennis player Coco Vandeweghe 4-6, 0-6 in the quarterfinals here on Tuesday. World No.seven Muguruza praised the World…
Melbourne, Jan 24 (IANS) Sania Mirza set up a face-off with Rohan Bopanna in the mixed doubles quarter-finals after she and Ivan Dodig defeated Alexander Peya and Zheng Saisai 2-6, 6-3, 10-6 here on Tuesday….
Melbourne, Jan 24 (IANS) Indian tennis ace Rohan Bopanna and his Canadian partner Gabriela Dabrowski advanced to the mixed doubles quarter-finals of the Australian Open after beating Poland’s Lukasz Kubot and Taiwan’s Chan Yung-jan 6-4,…
Buenos Aires, Jan 24 (IANS) Defending champions Argentina will miss the services of former World No.4 tennis star Juan Martin Del Potro for their next month’s Davis Cup tie against Italy, Argentine captain Daniel Orsanic…
Melbourne, Jan 23 (IANS) Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal advanced to the quarter-finals of the Australian Open defeating Frenchman Gael Monfils 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 here on Monday. “Gael is a special player. He’s able…
Melbourne, Jan 23 (IANS) World No.3 Milos Raonic secured his place in the quarter-finals for the third successive year by beating Spanish No.13 seed Roberto Bautista Agut 7-6(6), 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 at the Australian Open…
Melbourne, Jan 23 (IANS) Thirty-four-year-old Croatian veteran Mirjana Lucic-Baroni reached the women’s singles quarter-finals of the Australia Open tennis turnament defeating American Jennifer Brady 6-4, 6-2 here on Monday. Lucic-Baroni, World No.79, has not reached…
Melbourne, Jan 23 (IANS) Bulgarian tennis player Grigor Dimitrov defeated Uzbek Denis Istomin 2-6, 7-6 (2), 6-2, 6-1 here on Monday to reach the quarter-finals of the Australian Open for the second time. Dimitrov will…
By Binoo K. John Melbourne, Jan 23 (IANS) As the Australian Open lurched into the second week bereft of glamour and with the cavernous arenas resounding with the triumphant screeches of unknown upstarts, one Swiss…
Melbourne, Jan 23 (IANS) David Goffin defeated Austrian Dominic Thiem 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-2 and 6-2 to become the first Belgian men’s singles tennis player to reach the Australian Open quarter-finals here on Monday. A…
Melbourne, Jan 23 (IANS) Indian tennis veteran Leander Paes and his Swiss mixed doubles partner Martina Hingis entered the quarter-finals of the Australian Open here on Monday. Paes and Martina beat Australians Casey Dellacqua and…
Melbourne, Jan 23 (IANS) Second-seeded Serena Williams of the United States defeated Czech tennis player Barbora Strycova 7-5, 6-4 in an hour and 46 minutes to enter the quarter-finals of the Australian Open here on…