Category: Tennis

Australia’s world number 25 Samantha Stosur will face last year’s Roland Garros runner-up Lucie Safarova in the final of the Prague Open clay-court event after both progressed from the semi-finals on Friday. Stosur went through after top seed Svetlana Kuznetsova withdrew before their scheduled semi-final clash on Friday. The Russian world number 13 pulled out complaining of a thigh injury, […]

Women’s world number one Serena Williams has withdrawn from the Madrid Open because of flu, the organisers said on Friday. “Unfortunately, I have to withdraw from Madrid because I’ve been battling the flu and I’m not at 100 percent. I look forward to returning soon,” Williams said in a statement.

Novak Djokovic walked away with his third ‘Sportsperson of the Year’ trophy, while Serena Williams also bagged the women’s top honour for a third time as tennis became the toast of the 16th Laureus World Sports awards presented in a glittering ceremony here. Djokovic, who won this award in 2012 and ‘15, walked away with the ‘Oscar of Sports’ for […]

Rafael Nadal needed nearly three hours to defeat Gael Monfils 7-5, 5-7, 6-0 on Sunday and win a record ninth title at the Monte Carlo Masters. “It’s great to win a Masters title again,” Nadal said. “I had a tough season last years. but I’ve had better preparation this year, even with a tough start to the season. “I hope this […]

Netherlands’ dream run in the Fed Cup ended agonisingly short of the final when they lost the deciding doubles rubber of a thrilling semi-final against France in Trelaze. When Kiki Bertens beat Kristina Mladenovic to put the Dutch 2-1 ahead on Sunday the visitors had one foot in the final but Caroline Garcia levelled it up by beating 257th-ranked Arantxa […]

Andrea Petkovic battled back from surviving two match points against her to give Germany an unassailable 3-1 lead over Romania in the Fed Cup World Group play-off on Sunday. The 28-year-old showed an iron will after being demolished in the first set, then held her nerve to win the second-set tie-breaker and claim a 0-6, 7-6(7/1), 6-3 win over Monica […]