Tennis

London, June 30 (IANS) British tennis player Marcus Willis has described playing 17-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer at the Wimbledon tennis tournament as “incredible” and a “fairytale” experience. Willis, the World No.772 who came…

Moscow, June 29 (IANS) Maria Sharapova will be returned to the national Olympic entry list for the 2016 Rio Games in case the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) issues a positive ruling on her…

London, June 27 (IANS) Serbian world No.1 Novak Djokovic launched his title defence at the Wimbledon tennis championships with a win against Britain’s James Ward by 6-0, 7-6 (7-3), 6-4 here on Monday. Djokovic, who…

London, June 27 (IANS) Croatian tennis player Marin Cilic entered Wimbledon’s second round with little difficulty on Monday after beating American Brian Baker 6-3, 7-5, 6 -3 in an hour and 50 minutes. Cilic will…

London, June 26 (IANS) Most of Rafael Nadal’s fans were not alive when Manolo Santana became the first Spanish tennis player to win a title at Wimbledon 50 years ago, an accomplishment that he is…

London, June 26 (IANS) Swiss icon Roger Federer starts his Wimbledon campaign on a quest to win his eighth title at the All England Club and his 18th major tennis championship. The 34-year-old is taking…

London, June 26 (IANS) Swiss tennis icon Roger Federer has said that “at no time” has he reconsidered his decision to compete in the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games despite fears over the Zika virus….

Madrid, June 25 (IANS) Reigning French Open champion Garbiñe Muguruza said on Saturday she is not obsessed with being World No.1 and prefers to think about winning matches at the Wimbledon tennis championships that begin…

(160605) — PARIS, June 5, 2016 (Xinhua) — Novak Djokovic of Serbia returns the ball to Andy Murray of Britain during men’s singles final match at the French Open tennis tournament in Paris, France, June…

Minsk (Belarus), June 24 (IANS) Belarusian tennis player Victoria Azarenka will miss Wimbledon Open due to her knee injury, the official Twitter account of the tournament has said. Azarenka withdrew from the first round of…

London, June 23 (IANS) The Indian challenge in the singles qualifying event of the Wimbledon tennis tournament was over after Ramkumar Ramanthan lost 6-7(5) 6-7(3) to Germany’s Daniel Brands in the opening round here. In…

London, June 22 (IANS) The following are the women’s singles stars to watch out for at the Wimbledon tennis championships starting on Monday, according to Xinhua: Serena Williams, United States World ranking: 1 Age: 34…

London, June 21 (IANS) Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic and United States legend Serena Williams are heading into Wimbledon this year on the hunt for records. Djokovic, who won the Australian Open and French Open…

Halle (Germany), June 19 (IANS) German tennis player Florian Mayer defeated countryman Alexander Zverev 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 in the final of the Gerry Weber Open here on Sunday. Mayer, who has been plagued by injuries…

Birmingham, June 18 (IANS) Madison Keys of the United States and Czech Barbora Strycova entered the singles final of the Aegon Classic Birmingham women’s tennis tournament here on Saturday. Seventh-seeded Keys defeated Spanish Carla Suarez…

London, June 17 (IANS) Spanish tennis player Roberto Bautista Agut reserved his place in the Queen’s Club quarterfinals after defeating American Donald Young 6-4, 6-2 in one hour and eight minutes here on Friday. The…

Madrid, June 17 (IANS) Injury-battling Rafael Nadal and Garbine Muguruza will lead the Spanish tennis team at the Olympic Games in Rio, according to the list sent by the Royal Spanish Tennis Federation RFET, based…

London, June 15 (IANS) British wild card Kyle Edmund pulled off an upset, defeating eighth-seeded Frenchman Gilles Simon 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 at the Aegon Championships, a key Wimbledon tune-up tennis event here on Wednesday. After…