Tennis

Paris, May 22 (IANS) Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios advanced to the second round of the French Open defeating Italian Marco Cecchinato 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (8-6), 6-4 here on Sunday. During the encounter that lasted…

Paris, May 22 (IANS) World No.12 Petra Kvitova kicked off Day 1 action at the French Open narrowly avoiding an upset against Danka Kovinic 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 to reach the second round here on Sunday….

Geneva, May 22 (IANS) Switzerland’s Stanislas Wawrinka gave himself a much-needed boost as he prepares to defend his French Open tennis title, defeating Croatia’s Marin Cilic 6-4, 7-6 (13-11) to win the Geneva Open. The…

Paris, May 21 (IANS) India’s campaign in the third edition of Rendez-Vous — a Roland-Garros event — ended on a sour note as both Adil Kalyanpur and Mahak Jain failed to make it to the…

Paris, May 21 (IANS) World No.1 Serena Williams came into the French Open main draw with only one title in nine months but the American has said she’s confident of defending her title at Roland…

Paris, May 20 (IANS) World No.1 tennis star Novak Djokovic has a potential semi-final encounter with clay expert Rafael Nadal, while defending champion Serena Williams could face Angelique Kerber on course to the women’s singles…

Paris, May 20 (IANS) World No.14 Gael Monfils will not participate in the French Open tennis tournament because of a viral infection that led to his hospitalisation, his agent announced on Friday. Monfils, 29, who…

Moscow, May 17 (IANS) The hearing of Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova’s doping case will not take place before June, Russian Tennis Federation president Shamil Tarpishchev has said. Sharapova is currently suspended from competitions for…

Madrid, May 16 (IANS) Serbian star Novak Djokovic held on to his place as world No.1 in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles rankings released on Monday, while Scottish Andy Murray advanced to the…

Madrid, May 16 (IANS) Polish Agnieszka Radwanska rose to the second place displacing German Angelique Kerber who was relegated to third position in the women’s tennis rankings released on Monday. Garbine Muguruza of Spain came…

Zhengzhyou (China), May 16 (IANS) Chinese star Peng Shuai will open against compatriot Zhao Di in an International Tennis Federation (ITF) women’s tournament here on Wednesday. The two-time Grand Slam doubles champion and 2014 US…

Rome, May 15 (IANS) Serena Williams advanced on Saturday to the Italian Open final with a 6-4, 6-1 win over Romania’s Irina-Camelia Begu and will try to clinch her first title of the season when…

Rome, May 13 (IANS) Scottish tennis star Andy Murray reached the Italian Open semi-finals on Friday by winning 6-1, 7-5 against Belgian David Goffin, and will face Frenchman Lucas Pouille on Saturday. Murray confirmed his…

Rome, May 13 (IANS) Spanish woman tennis player Garbine Muguruza advanced to the Italian Open semi-finals after defeating Swiss Timea Bacsinszky 7-5, 6-2 here on Friday. World No.4 Muguruza, who had never faced the Swiss…

Canberra, May 13 (IANS) Maligned Australians tennis player Bernard Tomic has ended speculation he might be barred from representing Australia at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games after voluntarily withdrawing from contention overnight. The 23-year-old, worth…

Rome, May 12 (IANS) Spain’s tennis star Rafael Nadal cruised into the third round of the Rome Masters with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Germany’s Philipp Kohlschreiber. He will next square off against young and…

Rome, May 11 (IANS) World No.2 Roger Federer got the better of Alexander Zverev 6-3, 7-5 at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia tennis tournament here on Wednesday. The third seed broke the 19-year-old Zverev for a…

Glasgow, May 11 (IANS) World No.3 tennis star Andy Murray is mulling roping in a former player as his next coach after parting ways with Amelie Mauresmo. The duo split on Monday after Murray’s loss…

Rome, May 10 (IANS) German tennis player Philipp Kohlschreiber defeated Spaniard Inigo Cervantes 6-4, 6-2 in the first round of the Italian Open here on Tuesday. World No.26 Kohlschreiber took one hour and 26 minutes…