Category: Tennis

India’s Davis Cupper Somdev Devvarman crashed out of the $50,000 Air Asia Open against unseeded Italian Alessandro Bega even as his compatriot Sanam Singh made into the quarterfinals with a thrilling win over Belarusian Egor Gerasimov. Somdev lost to Bega through a tie-breaker in both the sets after he put up a rather inconsistent show, making far too many unforced […]

Jelena Jankovic made it a Serbian win double in Asia on Sunday as she fought back from a set down to beat Germany’s Angelique Kerber to take the Hong Kong Open title. The former world number one triumphed 3-6, 7-6(4), 6-1 to claim her 15th WTA title and second of the year. The success came shortly after compatriot Novak Djokovic […]

Beijing: World number one Novak Djokovic continued his recent dominance over Rafael Nadal when he beat the Spaniard in the final of the China Open to win the tournament for the sixth time on Sunday. The Serbian showed no mercy against world number eight Nadal, who was hampered by a foot problem in the second set, as he cruised to […]

TOKYO: Top seed Stan Wawrinka won the Japan Open after thrashing Frenchman Benoit Paire 6-2, 6-4 in a one-sided final to capture his fourth title of the year. French Open champion Wawrinka needed just 65 minutes to complete victory in Tokyo with Paire, who underwent a scan on his swollen left ankle before the match, clearly struggling. Fierce pressure from […]

BEIJING: Rafael Nadal stared down his nemesis Fabio Fognini on Saturday with a spirited 7-5, 6-3 victory to reach the China Open final and set up a shot at a redemptive title in Beijing. Nadal has lost three times to Fognini this year, including at last month’s US Open, but he redressed the balance with a tight win and will […]

BEIJING: Extending their incredible unbeaten record, Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis lifted their eighth trophy of the season and fourth in a row, winning the WTA China Open, here on Saturday. The top seeds faced stiff resistance from sixth seed Taipei girls Hao-Ching Chan and Yung-Jan Chan before winning 6-7 (9), 6-1, 10-8 in the final which lasted one hour […]