Grand Slam

Melbourne : India tennis star Sania Mirza on Friday wrapped up her legendary Grand slam career as Australian Open mixed doubles runner-up. The Indian ace and partner Rohan Bopanna lost to the all-Brazilian pair Luisa Stefani and Rafael…

Paris : As Rafael Nadal enhanced his reputation as the greatest clay-court player ever by winning his 14th singles title at Ronald Garros, not many knew that the Spaniard was playing the final against Casper Ruud virtually on one foot.…

Madrid : The 21-time Grand Slam winner Rafael Nadal has termed Wimbledon's decision to ban Russian and Belarusian players from this year's tournament as 'very unfair'. Speaking ahead of the Madrid Open, Nadal said he understands the reason…

Miami : Former world No.1 and winner of four Grand Slams, Naomi Osaka of Japan, lost only three games in her 6-2, 6-1 victory over No.9 seed Danielle Collins of the US to make it to her maiden Miami Open semifinal on Wednesday (IST).The…

Melbourne : Spanish stalwart Rafael Nadal was on the verge of Grand Slam history on Friday, making it to the Australian Open final by defeating Italian Matteo Berrettini 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 at Melbourne Park here.The 35-year-old, who…

Melbourne : Polish tennis ace Iga Swiatek dropped her first set of the Australian Open, but rallied to beat Sorana Cirstea of Romania 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 to reach her first quarterfinal at Melbourne Park here on Monday.Swiatek, the 2020 French…

Belgrade : Serbian President Aleksander Vucic has criticised the Australian government for "mistreating" world No.1 tennis player Novak Djokovic, saying that not just his family but the entire nation was being undermined by the treatment…

 Fourth seed Alexander Zverev of Germany began his quest for a maiden Grand Slam title with an easy 6-3, 6-4, 6-1 win over Dutch qualifier Tallon Griekspoor at the Wimbledon on Tuesday.The 24-year-old slammed 20 aces and won 77 per cent of…

 World No.2 Daniil Medvedev of Russia suffered a major blow to his Wimbledon preparations as world No. 45 Jan-Lennard Struff of Germany beat him 7-6(6), 6-3 in the opening round of Noventi Open, a grass-court tournament, on Tuesday. This…

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic attributed his comeback in French Open final from two sets down to winning the title to a small break that helped him bury self-doubts.After losing the first two sets 6-7(6), 2-6, the Serb left the Court…