Paris, Nov 15 (IANS) French tennis player Amelie Mauresmo has announced that she will quit as captain of the French women’s tennis team because she is expecting her second child. The 37-year-old explained at a…
Cotonou (Benin), Nov 15 (IANS) Benin will hold the third edition of the international open tennis tournament from December 5 to 10 aimed at promoting the best senior players from African countries. At least 60…
London, Nov 15 (IANS) Andy Murray defeated seventh seed Marin Cilic 6-3, 6-2 in their Group clash at the ATP World Tour Finals here for his first victory after climbing to the top of the…
London, Nov 15 (IANS) Japanese tennis player Kei Nishikori successfully started the ATP World Tour Finals with a victory over Swiss Stan Wawrinka 6-2, 6-3 in the John McEnroe Group. The win on Monday helped…
London, Nov 15 (IANS) Andy Murray defeated seventh seed Marin Cilic 6-3, 6-2 in their Group clash for his first victory after climbing to the top of the world rankings at the ATP World Tour…
London, Nov 14 (IANS) Five-time champion Novak Djokovic fought back from one set down to beat eighth seed and first-time qualifier Dominic Thiem of Austria 6-7(10), 6-0, 6-2 in the opening match of the ATP…
Kolkata, Nov 13 (IANS) Nitin Kumar Sinha toppled top seed Vishnu Vardhan in the final to clinch the Asian Tennis Tour title here on Sunday. Nitin won the match 6-7(10-12), 7-6(7-3), 30-15, when his opponent…
Kolkata, Nov 12 (IANS) Local boy and present junior Under-18 national champion Nitin Kumar Sinha will meet top seed and defending champion Vishnu Vardhan in the BTA Asian Tennis Tour final here on Sunday. Nitin…
Kolkata, Nov 11 (IANS) Local boy and current Under 18 national champion Nitin Kumar Sinha upset second seed V.M. Ranjeet in straight sets in round one of the Asian Tennis Tour here on Friday. Ranjeet,…
Kolkata, Nov 10 (IANS) Nitin Kirtane defied age to get past younger Ravishankar Sathiyaraj in straight sets 6-3, 7-6 (5) in the men’s singles qualifying final round of the Bengal Tennis Association (BTA) organised Asian…
Kolkata, Nov 9 (IANS) Vishnu Vardhan played to the script by winning the central excise Asian tennis tour title eclipsing V.M. Ranjeet in straight sets (6-3, 6-4) here on Wednesday. Ranjeet broke early to take…
Kolkata, Nov 8 (IANS) Top seed Vishnu Vardhan set up a title date with former Davis Cupper V.M. Ranjeet at the Central Excise Asian Tennis Tour here on Tuesday. In their semi-final clash, Nitin Kumar…
London, Nov 8 (IANS) Serbian Novak Djokovic has congratulated his successor Andy Murray after the Scotsman dethroned him as the World No.1 men’s tennis player. Djokovic was removed from the No.1 spot for the first…
London, Nov 8 (IANS) Britain’s tennis star Andy Murray and Serbia’s Novak Djokovic will resume their battle for the year-end World No.1 at the ATP World Tour Finals at The O2 Arena in London from…
Kolkata, Nov 7 (IANS) Top seed Vishnu Vardhan and former Davis Cupper V.M. Ranjeet entered the quarter-finals, while Rohit Rampuria upset Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ranked player Jatin Dahiya to enter the last-eight stage…
Paris, Nov 7 (IANS) Britain’s Andy Murray topped the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world singles ranking for the first time in his career on Monday with 11,185 points, after winning the Paris Masters title…
Madrid, Nov 7 (IANS) Germany’s Angelique Kerber continued to lead the rankings of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) while Czech Petra Kvitova on Monday jumped to the 11th position after winning the title of the…
Zhuhai (China), Nov 6 (IANS) Czech Petra Kvitova lifted the Zhuhai Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Elite trophy after overcoming Ukrainian Elina Svitolina 6-4, 6-2 here on Sunday. Kvitova suffered a slow start and was broken…
Paris, Nov 6 (IANS) Henri Kontinen of Finland and John Peers of Australia beat top-seeded Frenchmen Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut over three hard-fought sets here on Sunday to lift the Paris Masters men’s doubles…
Zhuhai (China), Nov 6 (IANS) Ukrainian Elina Svitolina has defeated Britain’s top seed Johanna Konta to advance to the final of the WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai here. The fourth-seeded Ukrainian defeated her British rival 2-6,…