Category: Tennis

Former world number ones Venus Williams and Ana Ivanovic endured a humbling start to the season after the top two seeds were dumped out of the Auckland Classic in the first round by unheralded opponents on Tuesday. Russian teenager Daria Kasatkina, ranked 75th in the world, claimed arguably the biggest win of her career in taking out the seven-times Grand […]

Novak Djokovic took just 51 minutes to win his first game of 2016, easily beating Dustin Brown 6-2, 6-2 in the opening game of the Qatar Open on Monday. The world number one was rarely troubled by the German and barely raised a sweat in cruising into the second round with an ominous display for his rivals looking for any […]

Serena Williams withdrew from her opening match at the Hopman Cup due to a knee problem, an early setback in preparations for her Australian Open title defense. No. 1-ranked Williams practiced on Monday ahead of her scheduled season-opener for the U.S. team against Elina Svitolina of Ukraine in the international mixed team competition at Perth Arena, but withdrew from the […]

Leander Paes looks lean and fit as ever. It’s the Olympic year and Leander Paes declares that nothing tastes sweeter than winning a medal for the country. But his smile turns into a momentary frown when reminded of the controversies ahead of London Olympics in 2012 that led to a poor show by India in tennis. “I hope that we […]

Six weeks after completing one of the greatest seasons in tennis history, Novak Djokovic begins his 2016 campaign and warm-up for his Australian Open defence in Qatar. The Serbian, also current holder of Wimbledon and the US Open, heads a strong field at the Qatar Open starting in Doha on Monday, which also includes Rafael Nadal, Tomas Berdych and defending […]

Winning 10 WTA titles, including two Grand Slams (women’s doubles) Wimbledon and US Open – and finishing the year as the No. 1 doubles player in the world, Sania Mirza did her bit to take Hyderabad to the world. The 29-year-old is proud of what she achieved in what was the best year of her career. “It’s been an incredible […]