Tennis

Berlin, Sep 13 (IANS) German tennis player Angelique Kerber said on Tuesday in Munich, after winning the US Open, that she wants to remain on top of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) rankings as long…

Moscow Sep 13 (IANS) Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova will find out in the first week of October if her two-year doping ban will be overturned, the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Tuesday. Sharapova…

Guangzhou, Sep 13 (IANS) World No.8 Roberta Vinci of Italy and multiple Grand Slam winner Martina Hingis will be the star attractions in the Guangzhou International Women’s tennis tournament which will be held here on…

New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) The star-studded Spanish tennis squad arrived here on Monday ahead of their Davis Cup World Group play-off tie against India. The 20-member squad, which includes the likes of 14-time Grand…

New York, Sep 12 (IANS) Third-seeded Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland overwhelmed World No.1 Novak Djokovic 6-7 (1-7), 6-4, 7-5, 6-3, to clinch his first US Open title here. “This is amazing. I came here without…

New York, Sep 11 (IANS) Britain’s Jamie Murray and Brazil’s Bruno Soares bagged their first US Open men’s doubles tennis title, routing Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta and Guillermo Garcia Lopez 6-2, 6-3 in the summit…

New York, Sep 10 (IANS) Swiss tennis star Stan Wawrinka will face top seeded Novak Djokovic for the US Open title on Sunday in a rematch of last year’s French Open final. Down a set…

New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) India’s highest-ranked men’s doubles tennis player Rohan Bopanna has pulled out from the Davis Cup squad that will face Spain from September 16-18 citing knee injury, it was announced on…

New York, Sep 10 (IANS) The unseeded duo of Germany’s Laura Siegemund and Croatia’s Mate Pavic defeated the seventh-seeded American pair of Coco Vandeweghe and Rajeev Ram 6-4, 6-4 to win the US Open mixed…

New York, Sep 9 (IANS) In-form British tennis star Andy Murray said recovering from his US Open heartache will be difficult before next weeks Davis Cup semi-final clash against Argentina. Murray was favourite to claim…

New York, Sep 9 (IANS) New World No.1 Angelique Kerber marked her rise to the top of the rankings with a commanding 6-4, 6-3 win over Caroline Wozniacki to reach her first US Open final…

New York, Sep 9 (IANS) Tenth-seeded Karolina Pliskova reached her first Grand Slam final in style, shocking top seed Serena Williams 6-2, 7-6(5) in the semi-finals of the US Open. The loss meant American Serena…

New York, Sep 9 (IANS) American Serena Williams has blamed neither fatigue nor her injured left knee as the cause of her defeat to Czech Karolina Pliskova at the US Open tennis semi-finals. “I’m not…

New York, Sep 9 (IANS) German Angelique Kerber will become the new women’s singles World No.1 replacing long-standing incumbent American Serena Williams when updated rankings are released on Monday, September 12. “Congratulations to Angelique on…

New York, Sep 9 (IANS) Top-seeded Serena Williams fell to 10th seeded Czech tennis player Karolina Pliskova in the US Open semifinals on Friday. Williams double faulted on match point in a second-set tie-break to…

New York, Sep 8 (IANS) Fifth-seeded Stan Wawrinka reached the US Open tennis semi-finals for the third time with a 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 victory over 2009 champion Juan Martin del Potro. The Swiss, who…

New York, Sep 8 (IANS) World No.1 Serena Williams advanced to the semi-finals of the US Open, beating fifth seeded Romanian Simona Halep 6-2, 4-6, 6-3. The number one seed, who is seeking her seventh…