Category archives for: Tennis

Bhupathi and Bopanna enter Madrid Masters quarter-finals

Madrid: Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna overcame a late resistance of Santiago Gonzalez and Christopher Kas to move to the quarter-finals of the ATP The Madrid Masters, here. The 7th seeds Indian pair took one hour and three minutes to eke out a 6-1, 7-6 (2) win over the Mexican-German unseeded pair in the second [...]

Juan Del Potro wins second straight Estoril Open title

Oeiras, Portugal: Juan del Potro won his second consecutive Estoril Open title by beating Richard Gasquet in straight sets on Sunday. The top-seeded Del Potro used his powerful serve to win 6-4, 6-2 on the outdoor clay court in 1 hour, 27 minutes. It was the 12th-ranked Argentine’s Eleventh career title and second this year. [...]

Sania-Rodionova loses in semis of Estoril Open

Estoril (Portugal): Sania Mirza and her partner Anastasia Rodionova crashed out of the Estoril Open after losing to the Kazakh couple of Yaroslava Shvedova and Galina Voskobo 6-3 7-6 (6) in the women`s doubles semifinals here. The second seeded Indo-Australian combo fought hard before going down to third seed products in an hour and 24 [...]

Sania, Rodionova in Estoril Open quarters

Estoril, Portugal: Sania Mirza and her partner Anastasia Rodionova overcame a late resistance from Eleni Daniiliidou and Andreja Klepac to progress to the quarter-finals of the Estoril Open on Monday. The second-seeded Indian-Australia pair got the better of their unseeded competitors 6-2, 6-7(5), 10-5 in the opening round of the USD 220,000 clay-court event. It [...]

Maria Sharapova Win Stuttgart Open Title

Stuttgart: Maria Sharapova defeated world no. 1 Victoria Azaraneka 6-1, 6-4 in the Stuttgart clay final to clinch her first title of the year on Sunday. The second-ranked Russian had lost 2 finals–Australian Open and Indian Well– against the Belarusian and by winning the title broke Azarenka’s 26-match winning streak this year. In a match [...]

Nadal and Murray reach Barcelona Open quarter-finals

Barcelona: Rafael Nadal and Andrew Murray cruised into the Barcelona Open quarter-finals with straight-set victories on Thursday. Rafael Nadal broke John Farah of Colombia in the first game on his way to a 6-2, 6-3 victory for his 31st straight win at the competition. The six-time champion set up a last-eight match with fifth-seeded Janko Tipsarevic after [...]

Serbia reach first Fed Cup final, knocks off Russia

MOSCOW: Jelena Jankovic steered Serbia into their first Fed Cup final when she thrashed Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-1, 6-4 in the second reverse singles on Sunday. Jankovic’s win provided the guests an impossible 3-1 lead against Russia in their semi-final, performed on a red clay court set on top of the ice rink at Moscow’s Megasport arena. [...]

Novak Djokovic Enters Monte Carlo Quarters

Monaco: Novak Djokovic dropped to a crouch, his hands on his legs. He then appeared to wipe away tears with his forearm before pointing with both hands to the sky. Alexandr Dolgopolov, his beaten rival, was at the net and applauded.   Djokovic had just completed his third-round match at Monte Carlo Masters on Thursday, [...]

Rafael Nadal: Unfortunate to notice knee injury again

Monaco: Rafael nadal is worrying over his troublesome left as he attempts to win the Monte Carlo Masters for the eighth straight time to end a title drought stretching back to last year’s French Open. Rafael Nadal has only just began practicing again after pulling out of his semifinal against Andrew Murray at last month’s Sony [...]

Wozniacki advances in Copenhagen

Defending champ Caroline Wozniacki had to fight previous Poland’s Urszula Radwanska 7-6 6-2 in the starting round of her home tournament in Copenhagen. The former world number one has won the two previous editions of the indoor hard court event, but was in risk of losing the opening set to Radwanska, who made an early [...]

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