Category: Tennis

Beijing: The leading women’s tennis doubles pair of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis marched into the final of the China Open, thumping the Chinese duo of Chen Liang and Yafan Wang 6-2, 6-3 in a one-sided clash on Friday. The Indo-Swiss pair, the topmost team in the doubles circuit this year, needed one hour and seven minutes to claim the […]

BEIJING: Rafael Nadal fought back from a set down to beat hard-hitting American Jack Sock and reach his first hardcourt semi-final in more than a year at the China Open on Friday. The Spanish great, scrapping to recover his form after a tough year, was frequently outgunned by Sock’s howitzer forehand but he dug deep to see off the world […]

BEIJING: The Indo-Swiss tennis combine of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis were tested but eventually made their way through to enter the women’s doubles semifinals of the $5.7 million China Open on Thursday. The top seeds took an hour and 20 minutes to beat the German-Czech pairing of Julia Goerges and Karolina Pliskova 7-6(5), 6-4 at the Beijing Olympic Green […]

Beijing: Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis earned a hard-fought victory to move into the women’s doubles quarterfinals of the China Open, being played on the hard courts of the Beijing Olympic Green Tennis Center on Wednesday. The top seeds took an hour and 17 minutes to edge past experienced Italian pair of Sara Errani and Flavia Pennetta 1-6, 6-4, 10-6. […]

Beijing: Rafael Nadal moved into the quarterfinals of the China Open with a 7-6 (3), 6-4 victory over Canada’s Vasek Pospisil on Wednesday. Against Pospisil, Nadal only faced one break point – and he saved it. Also Wednesday, second-seeded Tomas Berdych lost 6-4, 6-4 to Pablo Cuevas in the first round, just two days after winning his first title of […]

MUMBAI: Young Indian talent Sumit Nagal, who won the Wimbledon junior men’s doubles title with partner Nam Hoang Ly, has become the first tennis player to be supported by JSW’s Sports Excellence Program (SEP). Nagal, whose Wimbledon success in July ended a six-year barren run for India at a Grand Slam’s junior competition, becomes the 40th athlete over six disciplines […]