India’s Rohan Bopanna and his Uruguayan partner Pablo Cuevas lifted their first ATP World Tour title together when they downed seventh-seeds Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez in a three-set battle in the final of the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters on Sunday. The unseeded Indo-Uruguayan pair outwitted the Spanish team in the Match tie breaker for a 6-3, 3-6, 10-4 win in […]
» Read moreAlbert Ramos-Vinolas continued his stunning run at the Monte Carlo Masters on Saturday by dispatching Lucas Pouille 6-3, 5-7, 6-1 to reach the final. The 29-year-old 15th seed had never before even reached a Masters 1000 semi-final.
» Read moreNine-time champion Rafael Nadal reached the Monte Carlo Masters semi-finals on Friday by seeing off Argentina’s Diego Schwartzman 6-4, 6-4. Nadal will next face David Goffin who stunned world number two Novak Djokovic 6-2, 3-6, 7-5.
» Read moreTennis superstar Serena Williams is pregnant and taking maternity leave through the rest of 2017, expecting to give birth this fall, her spokeswoman said on Wednesday in an announcement that upended a sport the 35-year-old athlete has dominated for the past decade. The confirmation came hours after Williams, due to regain to the No. 1 world ranking next week, set […]
» Read moreFourth-seeded American Steve Johnson shook off cramps and fought his way to a 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (7/5) over Brazil’s Thomaz Bellucci in the Houston ATP final on Sunday. Johnson, who arrived in Houston after a US Davis Cup tie in Australia, won his second career ATP title, and his first on home soil. “To win on US soil and win […]
» Read moreRussia’s Daria Kasatkina came up trumps in her first WTA final on Sunday, breezing past fellow 19-year-old Jelena Ostapenko 6-3, 6-1 to claim a maiden title in Charleston. “It’s very difficult to describe my feeling now,” Kasatkina said. “I feel I’m just sleeping and everything is not real. I’m so happy.” “Yesterday evening and all night I couldn’t sleep,” Kasatkina […]
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