Germany’s rising star Alexander Zverev earned his third ATP title, but his first on home soil, with a straight sets win in the final of the Munich tournament on Sunday. The 20-year-old third seed needed just 72 minutes to seal a 6-4, 6-3 win over Argentinian qualifier Guido Pella, ranked 158th in the world.
» Read moreThis year’s Wimbledon singles tennis champions will receive 2.2 million pounds ($2.84 million) each – a hike of 200,000 pounds for both the men’s and women’s winner, organisers said on Wednesday (3rd May).
» Read moreNadal won in Barcelona between 2005-2009, 2011-13 and now in the last two years. The 14-time Grand Slam champion looks like the man to beat in Paris as on the court newly baptised in his name he failed to drop a set all week. Thiem had shocked world number one Andy Murray in Saturday’s semi-finals and showed some early resistance.
» Read moreVeteran Indian tennis player Leander Paes won his second Challenger-level title of the season but Ramkumar Ramanathan had to be content with a runner-up finish at the $75000 clay-court event. The top-seeded pair of Paes and American Scott Lipsky came from behind to pip Argentine third seeds Leonardo Mayer and Maximo Gonzalez 4-6, 7-6 (5), 10-7 in the summit clash. […]
» Read moreFormer world number one Maria Sharapova crashed out of the Stuttgart Grand Prix semi-final in her first event back after a 15-month doping suspension, losing to France’s Kristina Mladenovic 3-6 7-5 6-4 on Saturday. Wildcard entrant Sharapova, a five-time grand-slam winner, squandered a 6-3 2-0 lead as Mladenovic clawed her way back into the game to win after two hours […]
» Read moreRafael Nadal won the Monte Carlo Masters for a record-breaking 10th time with a dominant 6-1, 6-3 defeat of Spanish compatriot Albert Ramos-Vinolas on Sunday. The 30-year-old Nadal, who now has 50 clay court titles and 70 in all, will be aiming for a 10th French Open title as well next month. “I cannot explain the feelings that I have,” […]
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