India’s Saketh Myneni literally blew away Serbian Pedja Kristin 6-3, 6-0 in only 56 minutes to earn his maiden entrance into the men’s singles event of the upcoming US Open. To make it to the main draw, Saketh needed to win three rounds in the qualifiers and he made it with minimum fuss without dropping a single set. In the […]
» Read moreSri Lanka’s Tillakaratne Dilshan will quit international cricket after the ongoing limited overs series against Australia, the swashbuckling opener announced on Thursday. “I have decided to retire from the ODIs after the third match in Dambulla (on Sunday) and will play the two Twenty20s and then retire completely,” Dilshan told local media.
» Read moreLeander Paes joined hands with Germany’s Andre Begemann, his 108th partner on the ATP circuit, to enter the quarter-finals of the Winston-Salem Open with a straight set win over Chris Guccione and Andre Sa. The unseeded Indo-German pair won 6-4, 6-4 against the Australian-Brazilian combination in the opening round of the $720,940 ATP 250 event.
» Read moreMathew Wade’s rumbustious 88-ball 76, Australia slipped to a 82-run defeat in the second One-Day International (ODI) against Sri Lanka played at the R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on Wednesday (August 24). The home side with this comfortable win have now levelled the five-match series 1-1. Brief Scores: Sri Lanka 288 in 48.5 overs (Kusal Mendis 69, Angelo Mathews 57; Adam Zampa […]
» Read moreKarolina Pliskova won her biggest title and denied Angelique Kerber the world number one ranking with an emphatic 6-3 6-1 victory in Sunday’s final of the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati. The 15th-seeded Czech registered her sixth career title and second this year, following a win at Nottingham, with her total demolition of the second-seeded Kerber. Pliskova, who leads the […]
» Read moreIndia’s Sania Mirza took sole possession of the WTA doubles number one ranking after teaming up with Barbora Strycova to beat former partner Martina Hingis and Coco Vandeweghe 7-5, 6-4 in Cincinnati final. “The biggest quality we both have that we discovered together, is that we both fight no matter what the score is,” Mirza said.
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