Tennis

Melbourne : Former Australian Open finalist Garbine Muguruza of Spain made a winning return to the Rod Laver Arena, defeating France's Clara Burel 6-3, 6-4, before Poland's Iga Swiatek followed suit, beating British qualifier Harriet Dart…

Melbourne : World No. 1 and top seed, Ashleigh Barty, began her quest for a maiden Australian Open title in emphatic manner, dropping just one game on way to beating Lesia Tsurenko of Ukraine in the first round of the year's first Grand…

Melbourne : Two-time former Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka of Belarus, along with No.4 seed of the Czech Republic, Barbora Krejcikova, joined Japan's Naomi Osaka in the second round of the year's opening Grand Glam, scoring easy…

Melbourne : Japan's world No. 14 Naomi Osaka kicked off her Australian Open title defence with a straight-sets victory over Camila Osorio of Colombia, while Greece's Maria Sakkari became the first top-10 seed to advance here beating Tatjana…

Melbourne : Spanish tennis stalwart Rafael Nadal began his quest for a 21st Grand Slam and his second Australian Open title in 13 years dismissing world No. 66 Marcos Giron of the US 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the second round at Melbourne…

Melbourne : Spanish teenager and last year's US Open quarterfinalist Carlos Alcaraz lived up to his status as a first-time Grand Slam seed as the world No. 31 scored a 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 win over Chilean qualifier Alejando Tabilo on Day One of…

Melbourne : World No.1 tennis player Novak Djokovic's last hope of defending his Australian Open singles title went up in smoke on Sunday after the Serbian lost his Federal Court appeal to have his visa cancellation overturned.The winner of…

Sydney : World No. 20 Aslan Karatsev got the perfect lift ahead of the Australian Open, beginning on Monday, as the Russian produced near-flawless tennis to defeat Great Britain's former world No.1 Andy Murray 6-3, 6-2 in the Sydney Tennis…

Mumbai :Indian tennis doubles player Purav Raja has called the Novak Djokovic visa saga ahead of the start of 2022 Australian Open as 'embarrassing for tennis'.Djokovic, who is an anti-vaccine advocate, had his visa cancelled upon his…

New York : Tennis great Chris Evert, the winner of 18 Grand Slam singles and three doubles titles, has said she has Stage 1C ovarian cancer and is undergoing treatment.The Hall of Fame member, whose rivalry with Martina Navratilova became…