Category: Tennis

Rohan Bopanna opened his grass court season with new partner Nicolas Mahut with a dominating 6-1, 6-4 win over Robin Hasse and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in the Ricoh Open on Wednesday. The top-seeded Indo-French pair needed just 50 minutes to dispatch their unseeded rivals in the opening round of the euro 635,645 ATP 250 event.

Maria Sharapova has been suspended for two years by the International Tennis Federation for testing positive for meldonium at the Australian Open. The ruling, announced Wednesday, can be appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The five-time Grand Slam champion was provisionally suspended by the ITF in early March, when she announced at a news conference in Los Angeles […]

German tennis legend Boris Becker has said he considers himself a better coach than player after overseeing Novak Djokovic’s victory in the French Open . “I have to admit that I am now better as a coach than a player,” said the 48-year-old Becker, who won six Grand Slam . (2 Australian Opens, 1 US Open and 3 Wimbledon titles) during […]

Novak Djokovic captured a first French Open at the 12th time of asking on Sunday, becoming just the third man in history to hold all four Grand Slam titles at the same time. The world number one downed old rival Andy Murray 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 to claim a 12th career major and join Don Budge in 1938 and Rod […]

Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic hold the trophy (AFP Photo) France’s Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic overcome their Russian opponents 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 on Sunday to take the French Open women’s doubles title, giving the home fans reason to cheer on the final day of a cold, damp tournament.

Leander Paes completed a ‘Career Slam’ in mixed doubles with Swiss partner Martina Hingis with a hard-fought win over compatriot Sania Mirza and Ivan Dodig, on Friday. The unseeded Indo-Swiss pair eked out a 4-6 6-4 10-8 win over the second seeds in the summit clash that lasted one hour and 28 minutes. Paes had won Australian Open, Wimbledon and […]