Five-time Grand Slam champion Sharapova announces retirement
Maria Sharapova, the five-time Grand Slam champion and former No.1-ranked women’s tennis player in the world, has called it quits. The 32-year-old Russian enjoyed a glittering career that saw her complete a career Grand Slam, win 36 WTA titles, and spend 21 weeks as WTA World No.1. Her first major success arrived as a 17-year-old at Wimbledon in 2004 defeating
Vaishnavi Adkar, Dev Javia win ticket to Paris
Rank outsider Vaishnavi Adkar asserted her fighting qualities to get past Sanjana Sirimalla 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(3) in the girls final of the Roland Garros junior wild card tennis tournament on the clay courts of the DLTA Complex on Wednesday. There was no such contest in the boys final, as top seed Dev Javia exploded his way past Chirag Duhan 6-2,
Leander Paes knocks out second seeds in Dubai Open
Leander Paes in partnership with Mathew Ebden of Australia knocked out the second seeds Ivan Dodig and Filip Polasek in the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the $2,950,420 ATP-500 tennis tournament in Dubai on Tuesday. In the quarterfinals, Leander and partner, who got a wild card entry, will play qualifiers Henri Kontinen of Finland and Jan-Lennard Struff of Germany, who won their
Li Hanwen captured the Maiden Grade A Titles at Historic Banana Bowl
China’s Li Hanwen celebrated the maiden Grade A titles of his career as the historic Banana Bowl marked its 50th anniversary. The tournament was held from 10th – 16th Feb in Brazil. Li, who reached the second round of the boys’ draw at January’s Australian Open made very little impact at Grade A level previously. But this time, the 17-year-old
Hsieh Su-Wei and Barbora Strycova defends their Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships doubles title
Hsieh Su-Wei and Barbora Strycova defended their Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships doubles title by overcoming Barbora Krejcikova and Zheng Saisai, 7-5, 3-6, (10-5) in a nearly two-hour match. Scoring their second trophy of the season. The No.1 seeds had stormed through the draw without the loss of a single set to this point, sealing their second title of the
Pakistan’s Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi and British’s Dominic Inglot won their first ATP Tour doubles titles as a team at the New York Open 2020
Pakistan’s Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi and British’s Dominic Inglot won their first ATP Tour doubles titles as a team at the New York Open 2020 with a tight 7-6(5), 7-6(6) win over USA duos Steve Johnson and Reilly Opelka. “They put up an absolute fight and it’s never over until it’s over. We were panicking when they kept breaking us, so pulling
Jason Jung, Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi partner Dominic in Semifinals New York Open
Jason Jung of Chinese Taipei is blessed with Cheetah-like speed and also known as “the Chisel” due to his ability to file harder-hitting opponents down to size, defeated Reilly Opelka of USA in the quarterfinals 5-7, 6-4, 6-4. Jung will face Andreas Seppi of Italy in the Semifinals of the New York Open. While in the doubles, Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi of
Rohan Bopanna/Denis Shapovalov enters semi-finals at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
India’s favorite Rohan Bopanna and partner Denis Shapovalov of Canada edged their way into the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament semi-finals with a 6-2, 3-6, 10-7 victory over fourth seeds and 2015 champions Jean-Julien Rojer of Netherlands and Romania’s Horia Tecau in 74 minutes. Bopanna and Shapovalov, who reached their first ATP Tour final in June last year at the
Defending champion Prajnesh Gunneswaran loses to Benjamin Bonzi, Leander Paes advances to doubles Semi-finals, Bengaluru Tennis Open
The country’s No.1 singles player and defending champion, seventh seed Prajnesh Gunneswaran was beaten with surprising ease by Benjamin Bonzi of France 7-6(5), 6-0 in the pre-quarterfinals of the $162,480 Bengaluru Open Challenger tennis tournament at the KSLTA Stadium on Thursday. Sumit Nagal, who had won the title in 2017 was also beaten without much of a tussle by Blaz
Alex Eala and Priska Nugroho wins Junior Grand Slam title in the 2020 Australian Open
Alexa Eala made history with her maiden Juniors Grand Slam title with Indonesian partner Priska Nugroho in the 2020 Australian Open Juniors doubles tournament defeating Slovenia’s Ziva Falkner and Britain’s Matilda Mutavdzic, 6-1, 6-2. The 14-year-old Eala is the first Filipino to win a juniors Grand Slam since 2009 when Francis Casey Alcantara also captured the Australian Open boys doubles