Tennis

Djokovic beats Nadal to win Australian Open

Written on 30 Jan, 2012 at 10:48 in Sports, Tennis | viewed 70 times | 0 Comments

Melbourne: Serbian Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7, 7-5 to win the men’s singles title at the Australian Open here Sunday. It Djokovic’s third title at Melbourne Park. ... (Continue reading)

Sania reaches to quarters of women’s and mixed doubles

Written on 23 Jan, 2012 at 16:00 in Sports, Tennis | viewed 96 times | 0 Comments

Melbourne: Sania Mirza had a productive day at the Australian Open on Monday as the Indian ace reached the quarterfinals of both the women’s doubles and the mixed doubles events with Elena Vesnina and Mahesh Bhupathi respectively. Sania and Bhupathi came... (Continue reading)

Leander Paes-Stepanek reachs quarter-finals

Written on 22 Jan, 2012 at 16:23 in Sports, Tennis | viewed 86 times | 0 Comments

Melbourne: Leander Paes on Sunday inched closer to his first-ever Australian Open title by making it to the doubles quarter-finals along with Radek Stepanek but it was all over for his compatriots Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna. The unseeded Indo-Czech pair... (Continue reading)

Stockholm Open: Bopanna-Qureshi in men’s doubles final

Written on 21 Oct, 2011 at 18:37 in Sports, Tennis | viewed 248 times | 0 Comments

Stockholm: India’s Rohan Bopanna and Pakistan’s Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi rallied to enter the Stockholm Open men’s doubles final Friday, with a 2-6, 6-2, 10-8 victory over Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis and Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina. After losing the first set, the... (Continue reading)

Sania undergoes surgery, to be out of action for few weeks

Written on 8 Oct, 2011 at 14:09 in Sports, Tennis | viewed 318 times | 0 Comments

Hyderabad: Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza’s injury-forced sabbatical from the game will continue for a few more weeks as she today underwent an arthroscopic surgery on her left-knee at a hospital here. Elaborating on the surgery that was performed by an... (Continue reading)

Record prize money for 2012 Australian Open

Written on 4 Oct, 2011 at 10:15 in Sports, Tennis | viewed 368 times | 0 Comments

Melbourne: Next year’s Australian Open will be the richest tournament in Grand Slam tennis history, with the winners of both the men’s and women’s singles to pocket $2.3 million ($US2.2 million). Organizers announced Tuesday that a total of $26 million ($25... (Continue reading)

Federer beats Tomic to keep Swiss Davis dream alive

Written on 18 Sep, 2011 at 10:54 in Sports, Tennis | viewed 272 times | 0 Comments

Sydney: Roger Federer kept Switzerland in with a chance for a return to the Davis Cup World Group for 2012 as the number three pulled his nation to level 2-2 on Sunday against Australia. It was down to Stanislas Wawrinka to... (Continue reading)

Bhupathi-Bopanna win doubles; reduce the Japanese lead to 1-2

Written on 17 Sep, 2011 at 14:30 in Sports, Tennis | viewed 307 times | 0 Comments

Tokyo: India kept alive their hopes of staying in the elite Davis Cup World Group as Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna scored a hard-earned 7-5 3-6 6-3 7-6 (3) win over Yuichi Sugita and Tatsuma Ito in the marathon doubles... (Continue reading)

Serena escapes with USD 2,000 fine for US Open outburst

Written on 13 Sep, 2011 at 11:15 in Sports, Tennis | viewed 256 times | 0 Comments

New York: Serena Williams escaped with a fine of just USD 2,000 for her US Open final rant, when she launched an angry tirade against the chair umpire in Sunday’s title match. The American, who was under a Grand Slam probation... (Continue reading)

Sania breaks into top-10 in WTA doubles ranking chart

Written on 12 Sep, 2011 at 17:08 in Sports, Tennis | viewed 441 times | 0 Comments

New Delhi: Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza today broke into the doubles top-10 for the first time in her career as she gained a place after the US Open, where she made the third round along with Russian partner Elena... (Continue reading)

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