India’s Leander Paes and his German partner Andre Begemann went down fighting against local hero Denis Istomin and Mikhail Elgin of Russia in the doubles finals of the ninth edition of the $125000 Tashkent ATP Challenger on Friday.
» Read moreMaria Sharapova set foot on a tennis court for the first time since her positive drug test at the Australian Open on Monday, smiling throughout an appearance in the World Team Tennis Smash Hits charity event in Las Vegas. The Russian star, who last week earned a reduction in her drug ban that will allow her to return to tennis in […]
» Read moreIndia were on Thursday drawn to play New Zealand at home in their next Davis Cup tie in the Asia/Oceania Group I competition, which is scheduled for February 3-5. It was after beating New Zealand 3-2 in an away tie that India qualified for the World Group Play-offs in 2015 season. India are back in the Asia Oceania zone after being whitewashed by […]
» Read moreIndia’s Sania Mirza and her partner Barbora Strycova entered the second round of the women’s doubles event at the Toray Pan Pacific Open on Tuesday, after registering a hard-fought three sets win over unseeded local duo of Misaki Doi and Kurumi Nara. The second seeded Indo-Czech pair had to sweat it out for exactly two hours to get better of the […]
» Read moreWorld number two Andy Murray made himself heard at the US Open on Thursday, downing tenacious Spaniard Marcel Granollers in straight sets to reach the third round. With pounding rain creating a din under the new $150 million roof of the Arthur Ashestadium, Murray battled through a tense first set to triumph 6-4, 6-1, 6-4. “We’re lucky that we get […]
» Read moreSerena beat Vania King 6-3 6-3 in a tidy 65 minutes to ease into the third round. Serena was extremely critical of her performance, convinced it should have been better. Serena has now racked up 86 victories at Flushing Meadows. “It was a little different playing with Ashe closed but it still feels great,” said Williams. “It’s very, very loud […]
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