Romania’s Simona Halep maintained the No. 1 spot in the Women’s Tennis Association rankings released on Monday, ahead of Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki. Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic climbed one spot up to seventh over Japan’s Naomi Osaka, after defeating her 6-4, 6-4 at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo,[Read More…]
Serena Williams swept past Anastasija Sevastova 6-3 6-0 on Thursday and into the final of the U.S. Open to sit one win away from a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title. Williams walked off Arthur Ashe Stadium court with a wave and twirl to await the winner of the other semi-final between Japan’s Naomi Osaka and American Madison Keys, who lost last year’s final to[Read More…]
Irked at not getting a “specialist” men’s doubles partner, 45-year-old Leander Paes has pulled out of the 18th Asian Games that begins in Jakarta-Palenbang in two days from now. “It is with a heavy heart that I have to say that I will not be playing the upcoming Asian Games[Read More…]
Serena Williams, aiming for an eighth Wimbledon title, tweeted that she missed baby daughter Olympia’s first steps due to training. Williams has travelled to the All England Club with Olympia, but her parental duties have to be put on hold while she prepares for her matches. Williams, who gave birth[Read More…]
Madrid: Switzerland’s Roger Federer returned to top spot in the men’s Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world singles rankings released on Monday after he won his 98th career title in Germany. The 20-time Grand Slam champion overtook Spain’s Rafael Nadal as world number one with a 6-4, 7-6(3) victory over[Read More…]
Paris: Top-ranked Romanian Simona Halep beat Sloane Stephens in full sets to claim her first Grand Slam title at the French Open here on Saturday. Halep extended her winning streak over her American opponent to five matches after triumphing at 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, reports Xinhua news agency. Halep recorded 0-3[Read More…]
Roger Federer once again produced master class to dismantle Milos Raonic and enter 2017 Wimbledon semifinals. It is only when tennis witnessed few of its fine players collapsing in the field, Roger Federer marched serenely on. He is the last among the big still standing. Swiss maestro Federer eased to[Read More…]
While the world was busy discussing the epic five-set defeat of Rafael Nadal to Luxembourg ace Gillis Muller in Wimbledon 2017. The news of Venus reaching semi-finals came as a breath of fresh air for tennis fans. Five-time champion Venus Williams won in her 100th singles match at Wimbledon to[Read More…]
On Wednesday, tennis necromancer Serena Williams announced on Snapchat that she is 20 weeks pregnant with her first child. Serena, who is expecting to give birth this fall, is taking a maternity leave through the rest of 2017. Serena, who is also one of the world’s highest-paid players, is engaged to[Read More…]
After winning silver in Olympic along with millions of heart, medalist PV Sindhu continued to reach new heights. The spirited sports player became the second Indian woman to break into the top 5 in the latest BWF World ranking. Sindhu attained the career-best ranking of World No. 5 and is[Read More…]
Serbian Tennis star Novak Djokovic lost the US Open title to Swiss professional Stan Wawrinka in the men’s singles final match. The third seed Wawrinka won the title by defeating World No. 1 Djokovic by 6-7 (1), 6-4, 7-5, 6-3. With this 31-year-old, Wawrinka became the oldest US Open men’s champion[Read More…]
German Tennis star Angelique Kerber became World No. 1 champion after defeating Czech’s Karolina Pliskova in US Open final. Kerber, 28, won the final match against Pliskova by 6-3 4-6 6-4. With this Kerber added second Grand Slam to her Australian Open title. The 10th seeded Pliskova, who reached finals[Read More…]
Serena Williams’s dream of winning her seventh US Open Grand Slam came to a halt after she lost the semi final match against Czech Republic’s Karolina Pliskova at Flushing Meadows. The 10th seed Pliskova defeated Williams in straight sets 6-2, 7-6 (5). This defeat also ended Williams’ 3-year reign as[Read More…]
World No. 1 Serena Williams on Monday registered her 308th Grand Slam win against 52-seeded Yaroslava Shvedova in the US Open, thereby breaking Roger Federer’s record by winning the most Grand Slam matches in her career. Serena had earlier tied her score of grand slams wins with Martina Hingis when she defeated Russia’s Yaroslava[Read More…]
World No 1 Serena Williams is now at par with Roger Federer with 307 wins in a Grand Slam after she defeated Johanna Larsson in the third round of US Open by 6-2, 6-1. With this win, Serena has broken Czech-American player Martina Navratilova’s record with her 307th win in a Grand Slam[Read More…]
Raefal Nadal and Andreas Seppi got themselves etched in history as they became the first tennis players to have played under closed roof at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Wednesday. To avoid any delay in matches due to rains, the US Tennis Association (USTA) has spent $150 million on the retractable roof at[Read More…]
