Former top-ranked Ana Ivanovic swept past Daria Gavrilova 6-1, 6-0 on Tuesday to advance to the second round of the Dubai Tennis Championships. The 17th-ranked Ivanovic came to Dubai after having reached the semi-finals in St. Petersburg, Russia, where she lost to eventual champion Roberta Vinci. Ivanovic will play defending champion and top-seeded Simona Halep in the second round. “You […]
» Read moreIndia sailed into the quarterfinals of Badminton Asia Team Championship with a comprehensive 5-0 victory over Singapore in Hyderabad on Wednesday. India, thus, made a strong comeback after suffering a defeat to China in their first Group A tie on Monday. Each tie comprises three singles and two doubles matches. To begin with, Kidambi Srikanth scored a comfortable 21-16, 12-21, […]
» Read moreIndia, the hosts of the ICC World T20 2016, are scheduled to play their warm-up matches against West Indies and South Africa in Kolkata and Mumbai respectively. The warm-up against the West Indies will take place on March 10, while India and South Africa will face off on the 12th. The teams taking part in the first round will play […]
» Read moreGermany’s Julia Goerges crushed double Grand Slam winner Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-0, 6-1 to advance to the second round of the Dubai Tennis Championships on Monday. The 55-minute demolition was eight-seeded Kuznetsova’s heaviest defeat since suffering a similar scoreline last October in Wuhan, China.
» Read moreWTA world top 20 (as of February 15) S.No Name Points 1 Serena Williams (USA) 9,245 2 Angelique Kerber (GER) 5,700 3 Simona Halep (ROM) 5,545 4 Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 5,210 5 Garbine Muguruza (ESP) 4,991 6 Maria Sharapova (RUS) 3,672 7 Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 3,611 8 Petra Kvitova (CZE) 3,582 9 Belinda Bencic (SUI) 3,505 10 Lucie Safarova (CZE) […]
» Read moreIndian shooters made yet another clean sweep on the final day to sign off with a staggering 25 out of 26 gold medals on offer in the 12th South Asian Games in Guwahati on Monday. Rio Olympics bound Gurpreet Singh shot down the gold in men’s individual 25m rapid fire pistol with a total of 28 hits on target, while […]
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