Tennis

Wuhan (China), Sep 26 (IANS) Former champion Petra Kvitova started strong at the Wuhan Open, taking barely an hour to sweep past Latvian rising tennis star Jelena Ostapenko on Monday. Despite what has been a…

Moscow, Sep 26 (IANS) German star Alexander Zverev won his first career title when he edged past the top seed Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 in the Saint Petersburg ATP final. The 27th…

Tokyo, Sep 25 (IANS) Danish woman tennis player Caroline Wozniacki defeated Japanese teenager Naomi Osaka 7-5, 6-3 in the final of the Toray Pan Pacific Open here on Sunday. The 26-year-old Wozniacki, a former World…

St. Petersburg (Russia), Sep 25 (IANS) Leander Paes and his German partner Andre Begemann were beaten 6-4, 3-6, 10-12 in the St. Petersburg Open tennis tournament final against top seeds Henri Kontinen and Dominic Inglot…

Tokyo, Sep 24 (IANS) Danish woman tennis player Caroline Wozniacki will play against Japanese Naomi Osaka in the Toray Pan Pacific Open final here on Sunday. World No.28 Wozniacki reached the final after defeating the…

Tokyo, Sep 24 (IANS) Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Czech partner Barbora Strycova thrashed Chinas Chen Liang and Zhaoxuan Yang in straight sets to clinch the Pan Pacific womens doubles title here on…

Tokyo, Sep 23 (IANS) Sania Mirza and Barbora Strycova entered the women’s doubles final of the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament with a 4-6, 6-3, 10-5 win over Gabriela Dabrowski and Maria Jose Martina Sanchez….

Tokyo, Sep 23 (IANS) Sania Mirza and Barbora Strycova entered the women’s doubles final of the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament with a 4-6, 6-3, 10-5 win over Gabriela Dabrowski Maria Jose Martina Sanchez. The…

Wuhan (China), Sep 23 (IANS) World No.2 Serena Williams is eyeing a return to action at the WTA Finals in Singapore after a nagging shoulder injury ruled her out of the Wuhan Open and the…

Mexico City, Sep 21 (IANS) Spain’s Rafael Nadal and Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro are among the players who will compete at next year’s Mexican Open in the Pacific port city of Acapulco. The 30-year-old…

Tokyo, Sep 20 (IANS) Sania Mirza and Barbora Strycova beat Misaki Doi and Kurumi Nara 6-7 (3), 7-5, 10-8 in the first round of the women’s doubles event at the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament…

Madrid, Sep 20 (IANS) Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal has denied accusations of illegal doping after being named in the latest series of leaks by the Russian hacker group ‘Fancy Bears’. The group claims to…

New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) The infighting among Indian tennis has flared up again with Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna lashing out at veteran Leander Paes for his remarks on the country’s doubles teams at…

Nice (France), Sep 20 (IANS) Serena Williams’ coach Patrick Mouratoglou has officially unveiled his new tennis academy at Sophia-Antipolis, 20 kilometres west of here. The Mouratoglou Tennis Academy, located in the heart of the French…

By Veturi Srivatsa Every time a controversy erupts in Indian tennis, a Khanna has to be at the centre of it. Strictly speaking, today no Khanna officially has a position in the All India Tennis…