Nadal maintains ATP rankings top spot
Madrid, Sep 17 (IANS) Spain’s Rafael Nadal maintained the No. 1 spot in the men’s Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world singles rankings released on …
Canada in Davis Cup final
Toronto, Sep 17 (IANS) Milos Raonic defeated Scott Griekspoor of the Netherlands in three sets, securing for Canada a berth in the Davis Cup final. …
Querry draws US level in Davis Cup semi with win over Croatia’s Cilic
Zadar (Croatia), Sep 16 (IANS) United States tennis player Sam Querrey on Sunday rallied from a set down to defeat Croatia’s Marin Cilic 6-7 (2-7), …
France takes 2-0 lead over Spain in Davis Cup semis
Lille (France), Sep 15 (IANS) Defending champion France is one win away from back-to-back Davis Cup final berths after Lucas Pouille defeated Spain’s Roberto Bautista-Agut …
Cilic tops Tiafoe, moves Croatia step closer to third Davis Cup final
Zadar (Croatia), Sep 15 (IANS) Marin Cilic eased past American Frances Tiafoe 6-1, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5) to move Croatia to within one win of its …
Paire gives France 1-0 lead against Spain in Davis Cup tie
Lille (France), Sep 14 (IANS) France took a 1-0 lead in its Davis Cup semi-final tie against Spain after Benoit Paire won 7-5, 6-1, 6-0 …
Coric gives Croatia 1-0 lead over US in Davis Cup semis
Zadar (Croatia), Sep 14 (IANS) World No. 18 Borna Coric of Croatia on Friday gave his country a 1-0 lead over the United States at …
Coric, Johnson to open Croatia-US Davis Cup semifinal clash
Madrid, Sep 13 (IANS) Croatia’s Borna Coric is set to take on Steve Johnson of the United States in the first of the semifinals of …
Spain’s Carreño, Frenchman Paire to kick off Davis Cup semifinal
Lille (France), Sep 13 (IANS) Debutant Benoit Paire of France and Spain’s Pablo Carreño are set to kick off the Davis Cup semifinal clash to …
Amalraj, Sutirtha win men, women singles titles in TT
Vijayawada, Sep 12 (IANS) Anthony Amalraj had to put up a fight to win the season’s first men single’s title as an enterprising Sudhanshu Grover’s …
Sherco TVS Factory Rally Team dominates Stage 1 of PanAfrica Rally
Erfoud (Morocco), Sep 11 (IANS) Sherco TVS Factory Rally Team had a successful outing post the Stage 1 of PanAfrica Rally with racers Adrien Metge …
Late Mohammedan comeback nearly end East Bengal’s title hopes
Kolkata, Sep 11 (IANS) Mohammedan Sporting Club virtually buried defending champions East Bengal’s title hopes in the ongoing Calcutta Premier Division ‘A’ league following a …
Divya’s last-ditch efforts of no avail as Sagarika enters semifinals
Vijayawada, Sep 11 (IANS) Fourth-seed Divya Deshpande bowed out of the National Ranking (South Zone) Table Tennis Championships after going down 3-4 to an enterprising …
Manika knocked out, three more perish in National TT meet
Vijayawada, Sep 10 (IANS) Top seed Manika Batra spent very little time at the table to bow out in the first round of the women’s …
Infosys to digitize Tennis Australia’s software tools
Bengaluru, Sep 10 (IANS) Software major Infosys on Monday said it has signed a three-year deal to digitize the software tools of Tennis Australia to …
Nadal stays atop ATP rankings, Djokovic jumps to 3rd
Madrid, Sep 10 (IANS) With 8,760 points, Spain’s Rafael Nadal remained in the No.1 spot in the Association of Tennis Professionals’ (ATP) men’s world singles …
Halep stays No. 1 in world tennis rankings, Osaka enters top 10
Madrid, Sep 10 (IANS) Romania’s Simona Halep continued to lead Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) rankings released on Monday, ahead of Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki. Japanese tennis …
Serena Williams fined for violating tennis code of conduct
New York, Sep 10 (IANS) Tennis star Serena Williams has been fined $17,000 by the organizers of the US Open for committing three violations of …
Epic saga: How India’s rowing-star Dattu overcame poverty to win gold (Sports Feature)
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) From digging wells to selling onions to working in a petrol pump to representing India at the Rio Olympics while …
Djokovic wins third US Open men’s singles title
New York, Sep 10 (IANS) Novak Djokovic of Serbia has defeated the third seed Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina in straight sets to claim …
Juniors Prapti, Deepit lift maiden TT trophies
Vijayawada, Sep 9 (IANS) Deepit Rajesh Patil and Prapti Sen won their maiden junior boys and junior girls titles in the National Ranking (South Zone) …
Junior paddlers leave on twin-tours of Croatia, Serbia
Vijayawada, Sep 9 (IANS) A 20-member Indian squad, comprising Junior and Sub-Junior boys and girls, who are competing in the ongoing South Zone National Ranking …
Osaka receives trophy in tears, amid audience boos
New York, Sep 9 (IANS) The young Japanese Naomi Osaka, champion of the US Open, received her trophy with tears before the booing of the …
Serena Williams points at sexism in controversial defeat in US Open final
New York, Sep 9 (IANS) Former world number one Serena Williams was the centre of all attention at Flushing Meadows despite having lost the US …
Djokovic, Federer to join Nadal in ATP Finals
Madrid, Sep 8 (IANS) Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic and Switzerland’s Roger Federer are set to join Spain’s Rafael Nadal in the ATP Finals, the …
Table Tennis: Payas wins sub-junior boys title, Suhana takes girls crown
Vijayawada, Sep 8 (IANS) Payas Jain of Delhi redeemed his talent to capture the Sub-Junior Boys title in the National Ranking (South Zone) Table Tennis …
Del Potro enters US Open final
New York, Sep 8 (IANS) The 2009 champion Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina made his second US Open final as defending champion Rafael Nadal …
Osaka downs Keys, becomes first Japanese woman to play a Grand Slam final
New York, Sep 7 (IANS) Japan’s Naomi Osaka has become the first Japanese woman ever to advance to the singles final of a Grand Slam …
Serena Williams beats Sevastova, reaches US Open final
New York, Sep 7 (IANS) Serena Williams has entered the US Open final for the ninth time in Flushing Meadows. She defeated Latvian Anastasija Sevastova …
Italian tennis player Schiavone retires
New York, Sep 6 (IANS) Francesca Schiavone, who became the first Italian woman to win a Grand Slam singles title when she captured the 2010 …
Top players set to battle it out in Wuhan Open qualifying rounds
Wuhan, Sep 5 (IANS) This month’s Wuhan Open is set to feature one of the strongest qualifying rounds of the WTA season as a host …
Manika makes up for Sharath, Sathiyan-less event
Vijayawada, Sep 5 (IANS) India’s top-ranked female paddler Manika Batra will be the cynosure of all eyes at the National Ranking (South Zone) Table Tennis …
Cabal, Farah enter doubles semis at US Open
New York, Sep 5 (IANS) Colombians Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah, the No. 5 seeds, defeated India’s Rohan Bopanna and France’s Edouard Roger-Vasselin, the …
No in-display fingerprint sensor for upcoming iPhones: Report
San Francisco, Sep 5 (IANS) Ahead of the launch of new iPhones next week, a famed Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has predicted that in-display fingerprint …
Nadal sets up semi-final clash with Del Potro
New York, Sep 5 (IANS) Spain’s Rafael Nadal defeated Austria’s Dominic Thiem in an epic five-set quarter-final at the US Open tennis tournament. The reigning …
Williams enters US Open semi-finals
New York, Sep 5 (IANS) American tennis player Serena Williams beat Czech Karolina Pliskova 6-4, 6-3 in the quarter-finals of the US Open in a …
France’s Noah recalls Pouille, Gasquet, Paire for Davis Cup semis vs Spain
Paris, Sep 4 (IANS) Yannick Noah, captain of the French tennis team at the upcoming Davis Cup, on Tuesday called up Lucas Pouille, Richard Gasquet, …
Suarez beats Sharapova at US Open
New York, Sep 4 (IANS) Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro defeated Russian star Maria Sharapova 6-4, 6-3 to earn her place in the quarter-finals of the …
Cilic to face Nishikori in US Open quarters
New York, Sep 4 (IANS) Seventh seed Marin Cilic of Croatia defeated Belgium’s David Goffin 7-6 (6), 6-2, 6-4, to enter the quarter-finals at the …
Federer crashes out of US Open
New York, Sep 4 (IANS) Twenty-time Grand Slam singles champion Roger Federer was stunned by unheralded Australian John Millman 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (3) …
Del Potro enters US Open quarters
New York, Sep 3 (IANS) Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro advanced to the US Open quarter-finals after an easy 6-4,6-3,6-2 win against Croatia’s Borna Coric. …