Tennis

New York, Aug 31 (IANS) World No.2 Andy Murray gave No. 81 Lukas Rosol no room to breathe in a comprehensive 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 first round victory at the US Open tennis tournament. Czech Rosol…

New York, Aug 31 (IANS) Spanish players Stan Wawrinka, David Ferrer and Feliciano Lopez were among the winners in the men’s first-round matches at the US Open in Flushing Meadow here. The third-seed Wawrinka, who…

New York, Aug 31 (IANS) Top seeded tennis player Serena Williams outplayed unseeded Russian player Ekaterina Makarova 6-3, 6-3 in the first round of the US Open here. Williams hit 12 aces with only one…

New York, Aug 30 (IANS) Puerto Rico’s Monica Puig, whose dream run to a gold medal was one of the feel-good stories of the Rio Games, came down to earth at the US Open tennis…

New York, Aug 30 (IANS) No.2 seeded Angelique Kerber started her US Open tennis campaign with a comfortable win over Polona Hercog, who retired from the match down 0-6, 0-1. “To be honest, it’s never…

New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) The All India Tennis Association (AITA) named Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna along with Saketh Myneni in the team for the Davis Cup World Group Play-off tie against Spain. The…

New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) No.2 seeded Angelique Kerber started her US Open tennis campaign with a comfortable win against Polona Hercog, who retired from the match down 0-6, 0-1. “To be honest, it’s never…

New York, Aug 30 (IANS) No.3 seed Garbine Muguruza overcame a stuttering start and sweltering conditions to defeat qualifier Elise Mertens on the opening day of the US Open tennis tournament. Muguruza battled with the…

New York, Aug 30 (IANS) World No.1 Novak Djokovic got his US Open tennis title defence off to a winning start with a topsy-turvy four-set triumph over Jerzy Janowicz at the Arthur Ashe Stadium. The…

New York, Aug 30 (IANS) Spanish tennis great Rafael Nadal cruised to victory in his first round match over Uzbekistan’s Denis Istomin at the US Open tennis tournament. The Spaniard dominated in the match-up against…

New York, Aug 29 (IANS) The US Open got underway on Monday at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center with a new attraction — the retractable roof on Arthur Ashe Stadium, a feature…

Winston-Salem (North Carolina), Aug 28 (IANS) Indian tennis ace Leander Paes and his German partner Andre Begemann were beaten 6-4, 6-7(6), 8-10 by Spain’s Guillermo Garcia-Lopez and Finland’s Henri Kontinen in the final of the…

Winston-Salem (North Carolina), Aug 27 (IANS) Indian tennis veteran Leander Paes and his German partner Andre Begemann edged past Sweden’s Robert Lindstedt and Pakistan’s Aisam-ul Haq Qureshi to advance into the final of the ATP…

London, Aug 22 (IANS) Sania Mirza took the sole top spot in the women’s doubles rankings after beating former partner Martina Hingis in the Cincinnati Open tennis tournament. Sania and Barbora Strycova defeated Martina Hingis…

Aug 22 (IANS) Czech tennis player Tomas Berdych will miss the upcoming edition of the US Open after he was diagnosed with appendicitis during his participation in the Western Southern Open in Cincinnati. The World…

Cincinnati (Ohio), Aug 21 (IANS) Rio Olympics tennis champion Andy Murray will take on Croatia’s Marin Cilic in the summit clash of the Western & Southern Open. Murray won gold at the Rio Olympics a…

Cincinnati, Aug 20 (IANS) Spain’s tennis player Garbine Muguruza advanced to the women’s singles semi-finals of the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Hungarian qualifier Timea Babos. The fourth-seeded…

Los Cabos (Mexico), Aug 16 (IANS) India’s tennis doubles pair of Purav Raja and Divij Sharan clinched the Abierto Mexicano Los Cabos title defeating Israel’s Jonathan Erlich and England’s Ken Skupski 7-6(4), 7-6(3) here on…