Tennis

Dubai : World No. 1 tennis player Novak Djokovic overcame world No. 58 Lorenzo Musetti of Italy 6-3, 6-3 at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships in his first match of the season following the deportation fiasco during the Australian…

Doha : Former World No.1 Victoria Azarenka of Belarus had to stage an incredible fightback in her opening match at the Qatar Open, outlasting Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan 5-7, 6-2, 7-5.Two-time Australian Open champion Azarenka will have…

Rio de Janeiro : Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz made history, becoming the youngest ATP 500 titlist since the category was created in 2009, defeating third-seeded Diego Schwartzman of Argentina 6-4, 6-2 on Monday (IST).Interestingly,…

Bengaluru : Aleksandar Vukic lived up to his top billing when he annexed the Bengaluru Open 2 ATP Challenger title in style brushing aside the challenge of Bulgarian Dimitar Kuzmanov in straight sets 6-4, 6-4 at the KSLTA courts here on…

Dubai : Latvian former French Open singles champion Jelena Ostapenko stormed to the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships title, dispatching Veronika Kudermetova of Russia 6-0, 6-4 for her fifth career crown.The world No. 31 Ostapenko, who…

Doha : Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut captured his 10th tour-level trophy, ending his dominant week in style with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Georgia's Nikoloz Basilashvili in the Qatar ExxonMobil Open final here.This was the 33-year-old world No.…

Dubai : World No. 1 tennis player, Novak Djokovic of Serbia, will be returning to competition on Monday when he begins his campaign at the Dubai Open on Monday (February 21), after courting controversy at the Australian Open last month.The…

Bengaluru : India's Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan will look to do an encore of their last week's performance when they take on the Indian-Austrian duo of Arjun Kadhe and Alexander Erler in the final of the doubles event after their…

Dubai : Jelena Ostapenko's remarkable week of comebacks at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships continued with a 2-6, 7-6(0), 6-0 victory over Simona Halep in the semifinals.She will play Veronika Kudermetova, who advanced after…

Bengaluru : Wild card entrants SD Prajwal Dev and Niki Poonacha brought cheers to the Indian camp when they overcame the better-ranked Canadian-Japanese combination of Steven Diez and Rio Noguchi to reach the doubles quarter-finals of the…