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…
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 22 (IANS) American tennis player Coco Vandeweghe defeated defending champion and World No.1 Angelique Kerber in the fourth round of the Australian Open here on Sunday. Vandeweghe edged past the local player 6-3,…
Melbourne, Jan 22 (IANS) Former World No.1 Roger Federer dug in his heels to stop Japanese Kei Nishikori, rallying past the fifth seed 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3, to enter the quarter-finals of the Australian…
Melbourne, Jan 22 (IANS) Twelfth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga advanced to the quarter-finals of the Australian Open tennis with a tight 6-7(4), 6-2, 6-4, 6-4 fourth-round win over Daniel Evans here on Sunday. The 2008 runner-up…
Melbourne, Jan 22 (IANS) Russian tennis player Anastasiya Pavlyuchenkova qualified for the Australian Open quarter-finals beating compatriot Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-3, 6-3 here on Sunday. Pavlyuchenkova, the 24th seed, got the better of eighth seeded Kuznetsova…
Melbourne, Jan 22 (IANS) Unseeded German Mischa Zverev produced a bold display of tennis to shock top seed Andy Murray 7-5, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 in the fourth round of the Australian Open here on Sunday….
Melbourne, Jan 22 (IANS) Veteran Leander Paes and his mixed doubles partner Martina Hingis won the first round but Sania Mirza’s women’s doubles campaign ended in the third round at the Australian Open tennis tournament…
Melbourne, Jan 21 (IANS) Australian Open tennis players and officials on Saturday observed a minute of silence in honour of the four people who died and the 21 who were injured here after being hit…
Kolkata, Jan 21 (IANS) After playing the final in Chandigarh Grade three ITF Juniors in the first week of 2017 and having played the finals of two ITF Juniors in 2016 in India, title hungry…
Melbourne, Jan 21 (IANS) Spanish superstar Rafael Nadal survived a marathon third-round battle against Alexander Zverev at the Australian Open tennis tournament, prevailing with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-2 win here on Saturday. “It’s…
Melbourne, Jan 21 (IANS) India’s Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna won their mixed doubles first round matches at the Australian Open tennis tournament here on Saturday. Bopanna and his Canadian partner Gabriela Dabrowski battled past…
Melbourne, Jan 21 (IANS) Second-seeded Serena Williams of the United States overcame her compatriot Nicole Gibbs 6-1, 6-3 in just over an hour to reach the fourth round of the Australian Open tennis tournament here…
Melbourne, Jan 20 (IANS) Tennis stars Roger Federer and Andy Murray surged through to the fourth round of Australian Open here on Friday. Seven-time Grand Slam winner Federer defeated Czech player Tomas Berdych 6-2, 6-4,…
Kolkata, Jan 20 (IANS) Dhruv Sunish, seeded third and the only Indian surviving among all the other Indian boys, brushed aside Syria’s Hazem Naow in the semi-final of the ongoing ITF Juniors tennis tournament at…
Melbourne, Jan 20 (IANS) World No.1 Angelique Kerber kept her hopes of a second straight Australian Open tennis title alive with a 6-0, 6-4 win over Kristyna Pliskova here on Friday. “I was feeling very…