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Bopanna, Ankita to spearhead Indian challenge in tennis at Asian Games
June 20, 2023 17:54 IST
The Asian Games will begin in Hangzhou on September 23 with the men's team comprising Sumit Nagal, Sasikumar Mukund, Davis Cupper Ramkumar Ramanathan, Yuki Bhambri and Saketh Myneni besides the 43-year-old Bopanna.
Nick Kyrgios out of Halle Open with knee injury shortly after comeback
June 19, 2023 19:07 IST
Kyrgios, who had knee surgery in January, returned to action last week for the first time since October in a straight-set loss to Wu Yibing at the grass-court Stuttgart Open.
Carlos Alcaraz hopes to quickly adapt to grass after Paris disappointment
June 19, 2023 11:50 IST
Alcaraz will be playing in only the third grasscourt tournament of his career at tour level this week and he said his practice on the surface had been limited.
‘Super emotional’ Frances Tiafoe wins Stuttgart title to break into top 10
June 19, 2023 11:12 IST
The US Open semi-finalist survived a championship point in the third-set tiebreak to seal a thrilling 4-6 7-6(1) 7-6(8) win over German Jan-Lennard Struff for his first grasscourt crown ahead of next month's Grand Slam at Wimbledon.
Andy Murray wins 2nd straight grass-court title on Challenger tour ahead of Wimbledon
June 19, 2023 09:40 IST
The 36-year-old Murray withdrew from the French Open to prioritize Wimbledon, and has now won 10 straight matches on grass on the second-tier Challenger tour.
Emma Raducanu says she sometimes wishes she had not won US Open
June 18, 2023 23:15 IST
The win came with praise but also exposed Raducanu to a previously unknown world, often ruthless and paved with expectations.
Andy Murray wins in Nottingham to claim second straight grasscourt title
June 18, 2023 18:54 IST
The three-time Grand Slam champion put in a clinical performance, converting three of his four break points to claim the Challenger Tour title without dropping a set across his five matches in the tournament.
Andy Murray feeling his best since surgery as he gears up for Wimbledon
June 16, 2023 13:53 IST
Murray will play Swiss eighth-seed Dominic Stricker later on Friday before returning to the Queen's Club Championships on June 19.
Nick Kyrgios reveals he contemplated suicide, spent time in London psychiatric ward after 2019 Wimbledon defeat
June 15, 2023 09:02 IST
Kyrgios revealed he went to a hospital in London to “figure out his problems” after the loss to Rafael Nadal four years ago at Wimbledon, where he wore a compression sleeve over his right arm during his singles matches to conceal his scars.
Wimbledon prize money up more than 11 percent, winners of singles to get $3M each
June 14, 2023 17:36 IST
Those who lose in the first round will earn 55,000 pounds ($69,500), a 10% increase from last year.
Venus Williams loses to Swiss teen on return to competition
June 14, 2023 12:34 IST
Venus Williams won her last major singles title at the grasscourt Grand Slam in 2008. This year's Wimbledon tournament begins on July 3.
Venus Williams beaten by Swiss teenager Celine Naef in 1st match since January hamstring injury
June 13, 2023 23:16 IST
Wimbledon, the British grass-court major which Williams has won five times, opens on July 3. Williams' last singles major title was at Wimbledon in 2008.
Novak Djokovic returns to world number one, Rafael Nadal out of top 100
June 13, 2023 14:03 IST
Rafael Nadal, a 14-times French Open champion, has endured an injury-plagued season and not played since January because of a hip injury sustained during the Australian Open.
Novak Djokovic, the tiebreaker king and the clutch Ninja who knows how to win
June 13, 2023 07:31 IST
Djokovic has won his six tiebreakers at the French Open without making a single unforced error in 55 points. During his Australian Open triumph, he won three out of four breakers, including two in the final.
Why Carlos Alcaraz should try the pickle juice next time he suffers from cramps
June 13, 2023 07:33 IST
What’s common between tennis player Francis Tiafoe, Cheteshwar Pujara, the Indian women’s hockey team and Arsenal midfielder Lucas Torreira? All of them have used pickle juice to fight cramps.
Haddad Maia first Brazilian to reach WTA top 10
June 12, 2023 18:36 IST
The 27-yaer-old beat Tunisia's Ons Jabeur in the last eight in Paris to become the first Brazilian woman in 55 years to reach a Grand Slam semi-final.
Shaped by hardship, Djokovic grateful for ‘tennis mother’ and ‘tennis father’
June 12, 2023 10:54 IST
Djokovic reaped the rewards of spending time with another major figure in his life, Jelena Gencic, who he called his 'tennis mother', with Pilic being the 'father'.
The Grand Slammer: Grit and greatness of Novak Djokovic
June 13, 2023 11:22 IST
Novak Djokovic's childhood was marked by conflict, trauma. But it is how he made peace, learned to forgive, that is a true testament to his temperament.
Andy Murray wins Surbiton final to set age record ahead of Wimbledon
June 12, 2023 08:34 IST
Murray became the oldest grass-court champion at an ATP Challenger Tour event, beating Austrian Jurij Rodionov 6-3, 6-2 Sunday in the final of the Lexus Surbiton Trophy.
Another Grand Slam final lost, but Casper Ruud hopes he won respect at French Open
June 12, 2023 00:11 IST
Ruud lost 7-6(1) 6-3 7-5 against Novak Djokovic in his second straight final at Roland Garros on Sunday as the Serbian claimed a record-breaking 23rd men's Grand Slam title.
French Open toughest to win, making record in Paris all the more special- Novak Djokovic
June 11, 2023 23:24 IST
The Serbian has now won the most Grand Slams of any male player and is the only one to have won each of the four
French Open: How Novak Djokovic won the big moments to rout Casper Ruud in the final
June 12, 2023 07:10 IST
The Serb raises his game to stratospheric heights when the occasion demands yet again as Ruud is powerless to prevent a 23rd Grand Slam singles title.
Yours grudgingly, Grand Slam No. 23: Novak Djokovic settles debate with French Open win
June 12, 2023 07:10 IST
Serb categorically stamps his authority as the single most successful player men’s tennis has ever seen by winning a third title at Roland Garros.
Pole Star: Iga Swiatek survives scare to beat Karolina Muchova in three epic sets, becomes first woman to defend French Open title in 16 years
June 10, 2023 23:40 IST
Muchova, the unheralded Czech, was just five points away from the title before Swiatek made a comeback for the ages to win third title in four years at Roland Garros
French Open: Casper Ruud stands between Novak Djokovic and his quest for tennis immortality
June 10, 2023 21:50 IST
Last year’s losing finalist will hope to deny the Serb a record title while, at the same time, avoiding being a part of a dubious record himself.
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