Marinko Matosevic beats 6th-seeded Robin Haase in Vienna
Vienna: Marinko Matosevic of Australia rallied to defeat sixth-seeded Robin Haase of the Netherlands 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 on Monday in the opening round of the Erste Bank Open. Matosevic dropped serve three times in the opening set but didn’t face a break point afterward against Haase, whose two career titles were both won in Austria. Gilles Muller of More...
Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka, Julia Goerges into Linz final
Linz, Austria: Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka reached her ninth final of the season on Saturday and will play Julia Goerges for the title at the Generali Ladies. In the semifinals, Azarenka beat Irina-Camelia Begu More...
Sania Mirza helps women finalists get prize money equal to men
New Delhi: Acting swiftly on Sania Mirza’s suggestion, the organisers of the Fenesta Open, the national tennis championship, on Saturday, increased the prize money of women’s singles winner from Rs. More...
Injured Rafael Nadal hopes to resume practice soon
Rafael Nadal is eager to trade in his backstroke for his backhand. Swimming as part of his rehabilitation from a left knee injury, Nadal said he has been more encouraged recently about his progress and hopes to More...
Sanam Singh, Vishnu vardhan one match away from the main draw
Tashkent: Indian Davis Cuppers, Vishnu Vardhan and Sanam Singh scored contrasting victories to make it to the final round of the qualifying of the Tashkent ATP Challenger here on Sunday. In the second round qualifiers, More...
Andre Agassi inducted into US Open Court of Champions
New York: Andre Agassi reminisced about that first US Open trip 26 years ago, when he showed up “rocking a spiky, fluffy, two-tone mullet.” The teenager with a freshly minted driver’s permit caught More...
Jankovic struggles through to Carlsbad quarters
Jelena Jankovic overcame problems with her serve to claim a 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 win over Melinda Czink in the second round of the Mercury Insurance Open on Thursday. The third-seeded Serb had a first-round bye and the More...
Top-seeded Sara Errani into Budapest GP semis
Budapest: Top-seeded Sara Errani of Italy beat Alberta Brianti 6-4, 6-0 in an all-Italian quarterfinal at the Budapest Grand Prix on Thursday. Errani will play Anna Tatishvili of Georgia, who defeated Aleksandra More...
Slovakia beat Spain in Fed Cup World Group playoff
Marbella, Spain: Dominika Cibulkova and Daniela Hantuchova won their reverse singles matches to earn Slovakia a place in the Fed Cup World Group after building an insurmountable 3-1 lead over Spain on Sunday. Cibulkova More...
Andy Murray reaches quarterfinals in Monte Carlo
Monaco: Andy Murray reached the quarterfinals of the Monte Carlo Masters on Thursday after Julien Benneteau injured his ankle and retired near the end of a hard-fought first set with the score at 6-5. Benneteau, More...