London: Rafa Nadal continues the defence of his Wimbledon title on Wednesday with a second-round match against Ryan Sweeting, one of a number of Americans hoping to seize the limelight on the third day of the grasscourt grand slam. After... (Continue reading)
Sania Mirza stormed into her first Grand Slam doubles final as she and her Russian partner Elena Vesnina defeated American duo of Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond in a thrilling three-setter in the semi-finals of the French Open. Seeded seventh... (Continue reading)
Estoril: Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro won his first claycourt tournament in 22 months with a 6-2, 6-2 defeat of Fernando Verdasco at the Estoril Open. The victory was the second of the season for the 2009 US Open champion,... (Continue reading)
Riding on her Swiss Open triumph, ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal has regained the number three place in the latest world ranking. Saina, who missed a couple of tournaments early in the year because of a nagging ligament injury and... (Continue reading)
Indian Wells: India’s Sania Mirza and Elena Vesnina of Russia defeated eighth-seeded Americans Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Meghann Shaughnessy 6-0, 7-5 to claim the doubles title of the Indian Wells WTA event on Saturday. Sania and Vesnina had blasted past Daniela... (Continue reading)
Melbourne: Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi are on course for their maiden Australian Open title together as they advanced to the semi-finals after a hard-fought victory over the combine of Michael Llodra of France and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia here... (Continue reading)
Melbourne: Sania Mirza moved to the second round of the Australian Open qualifiers with a straight-set win over Belarusian Iryna Kuryanovich here on Friday. Ranked 145 on the WTA circuit, Sania scored a 6-4 6-2 win over Kuryanovich, ranked 61... (Continue reading)
Doha Bay: It was an unusual tennis experience as the world’s top two male tennis players, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, played on a special water court ahead of the season opener in Qatar. The water court had been constructed... (Continue reading)
London: Rafael Nadal and Caroline Wozniacki have been named ITF World Champions for 2010. Nadal, who won the French Open, Wimbledon and the U S Open, won the award given by the International Tennis Federation for the second time. Wozniacki,... (Continue reading)