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Bengaluru Open 2023 : Prajnesh Gunneswaran qualifies for main draw; Chun-Hsin Tseng, Luca Nardi,…
Bengaluru : Top-seed Chun-Hsin Tseng of Taipei and Australias Marc Polmans advanced to the Round of 16 of the Bengaluru Open 2023 with comprehensive wins, here on Monday.
There was some good news for local tennis fans as India's Pranjesh…
Argentina Open : Carlos Alcaraz breezes into his first final of the season, to face Norrie
Buenos Aires : World No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz secured his place in the final of the first tournament he has played in the last four months, cruising past compatriot Bernabe Zapata Miralles 6-2, 6-2 in 77 minutes in the Argentina Open semifinal,…
Iga Swiatek overcomes Jessica Pegula to clinch second straight Qatar Open title
Doha : World No.1 Poland's Iga Swiatek successfully defended her title at the Qatar Open, with a dominant 6-3, 6-0 win over fourth-ranked American Jessica Pegula in the summit clash, here.
Swiatek had already lost to Pegula this year at…
Tennis : Carlos Alcaraz beats Dusan Lajovic to reach Argentina Open semis
Buenos Aires : Top seed Carlos Alcaraz progressed to the Argentina Open semifinals with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Dusan Lajovic. The 19-year-old Spaniard won 70 per cent of his first serves and 53 per cent of his return points to prevail in one…
Argentina Open : Dominic Thiem earns first win of 2023 season
Buenos Aires (Argentina) : After a disappointing start of the season at the Australian Open, Dominic Thiem of Austria registered his first win of 2023, beating Slovakia's Alex Molcan 7-6(4), 6-3 in the Round-of-32 of the Argentina Open,…
Indian star Sumit Nagal gets wild card at Bengaluru Open 2023
Bengaluru : Star Indian tennis player Sumit Nagal was on Tuesday awarded a wild card entry into the singles main draw at the Bengaluru Open 2023, scheduled from February 20 to 26.
The 25-year-old former India No. 1 is the first wild card…
Tennis : Albert Ramos-Vinolas reaches last-four stage at Cordoba Open
Buenos Aires (Argentina) : Third-seeded Albert Ramos-Vinolas of Spain progressed to the semifinals of Argentina's Cordoba Open with a 6-4, 2-6, 6-1 win over Portugal's Joao Sousa.
Ramos-Vinolas' first-serve percentage was 93 per cent, and…
Ons Jabeur pulls out of Dubai and Doha events, to undergo minor surgery
New Delhi : World number three women tennis player Ons Jabeur of Tunisia on Wednesday announced her withdrawal from WTA tournaments in Doha and Dubai, slated to take place later this month.
Jabeur said she has to undergo a minor surgery…
Tennis : Jack Sock survives marathon opening round clash in Dallas
Dallas (USA) : Jack Sock rode a rollercoaster into the second round at the Dallas Open ATP 250 tennis event, getting the better of Ilyas Ivashka of Belarus in a first-round clash.
For the American, the up-and-down ride took him into the…
Sania Mirza suffers first-round exit from Abu Dhabi Open
Abu Dhabi : Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her American doubles partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands bowed out of the Abu Dhabi Open WTA 500 tennis tournament, which was the Indian star's penultimate event of the career.
Sania and Bethanie…