Tennis

Tokyo : Reigning champion Naomi Osaka withdrew from the Toray Pan Pacific Open ahead of her second-round match against No.16 Beatriz Haddad Maia due to illness.Haddad Maia advanced to the quarterfinals by walkover and will face No.4 seed…

Tokyo : Mexican qualifier Fernanda Contreras Gomez defeated 2020 Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin 7-6(7), 6-4 in the first round of the Toray Pan Pacific Open here on Tuesday. The victory was Contreras Gomez's first career win in a…

New Delhi : After Roger Federer's announcement that next week's Laver Cup will be his final ATP event, his friend and rival Rafael Nadal said that it's a sad day for him personally and for sports around the world, adding that he wishes this…

New York : Her triumph in the U.S Open has helped Iga Swiatek open up a commanding lead in the rankings, taking her tally to more than twice as many rankings points as anyone else on the tour. By capturing her seventh singles title of…

New York : Considered the next big thing in men's tennis, Carlos Alcaraz used his combination of determination and maturity to beat Casper Ruud 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (1), 6-3 in the U.S. Open final on Sunday to earn his first Grand Slam title at…

New York : Polish tennis star and world No. 1 Iga Swiatek added a third Grand Slam singles trophy to her cupboard, defeating Tunisia's Ons Jabeur 6-2, 7-6 (5) to win the US Open crown for the first time on Sunday (IST). Following…

New York : Former India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni is enjoying some top-notch tennis at the US Open, with the legendary cricketer spotted watching the men's singles quarterfinal match between Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz and Italy's…

New York : World No. 1 and two-time champion at Roland Garros Iga Swiatek of Poland fought back from a 2-4 deficit in the third set to overcome Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus and secure a place in the US Open final for the first time in her…

New York : Carlos Alcaraz outlasted Jannik Sinner 6-3, 6-7(7), 6-7(0), 7-5, 6-3 in an epic five-hour, 15-minute long quarter-final to reach the semi-final of US Open 2022, here.The classic quarterfinal between Alcaraz and Sinner ended at…

New York : Spanish stalwart Rafael Nadal was sent packing from the US Open on Tuesday (IST) with Frances Tiafoe accounting for the 36-year-old winner of 22 singles Grand Slam titles, as the American secured a 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 win and a…