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Wawrinka wins Japan Open title, beats Paire in final 11 Oct 2015 - 02:39 pm

Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka holds the trophy after defeating Benoit Paire of France in the men's singles final of the Japan Open tennis championships...

Wawrinka crushes Paire to win Japan Open 11 Oct 2015 - 09:27 am

Tokyo: Top seed Stan Wawrinka won the Japan Open after thrashing Frenchman Benoit Paire 6-2, 6-4 in a one-sided final to capture his...

Nadal says no Fognini feud after seeing off nemesis 10 Oct 2015 - 12:34 pm

Rafael Nadal of Spain hits a return against Fabio Foginini of Italy during their men's singles semi-final match at the China Open tennis...

'Shoeless' Paire stuns Nishikori to reach Tokyo final 10 Oct 2015 - 11:42 am

Benoit Paire of France returns the ball to Japan's Kei Nishikori during their men's singles semi-final tennis match at the Japan Open championships...

Fog lifts as Nadal fires into Beijing quarters 08 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates after beating Vasek Pospisil of Canada during their second round men's singles match at the China Open tennis...

QTF launches Tennis 10s to produce future stars 07 Oct 2015 - 12:02 am

Doha: Qatar Tennis Federation (QTF) following the latest world class tennis methodology creates the new tennis developing programme “Qatar Tennis 10s”. Qatar Tennis10s...

Out-of-sorts Nadal struggles past former ball boy 06 Oct 2015 - 02:57 pm

Rafael Nadal of Spain in action against Wu Di of China during their first round match in the China Open tennis tournament at...

Halep injury plunges WTA Finals spot into doubt 04 Oct 2015 - 04:21 pm

Beijing: World number two Simona Halep lasted less than a set before retiring injured at the China Open on Sunday, plunging her appearance...

Ferrer wins 25th title at Malaysian Open 04 Oct 2015 - 04:04 pm

Kuala Lumpur: Top seed David Ferrer clinched his 25th title Sunday after beating fellow Spaniard Feliciano Lopez 7-5, 7-5 to win the Malaysian...

Kyrgios out, Ferrer and Lopez in Malaysian showdown 03 Oct 2015 - 04:58 pm

Kuala Lumpur: Top seeds David Ferrer and Feliciano Lopez set up an all-Spanish affair in the final while volatile Australian Nick Kyrgios fell...

Hingis, Mirza win third successive doubles title 03 Oct 2015 - 04:54 pm

Switzerland's Martina Hingis (R) and India's Sania Mirza (L) pose with their trophy after beating Romania's Irina-Camelia Begu and Monica Niculescu in the...

Venus wins Wuhan Open as Muguruza retires 03 Oct 2015 - 01:30 pm

Venus Williams of the US poses with her trophy after beating Garbine Muguruza of Spain during the women's singles final at the Wuhan...

Becker upsets Chardy in Malaysia 30 Sep 2015 - 01:22 pm

Kuala Lumpur: German Benjamin Becker persevered through early struggles to outlast his sixth seeded French rival Jeremy Chardy 5-7, 6-1, 7-5 in Kuala...

Serena coach hints at rest after US Open heartache 30 Sep 2015 - 08:32 am

New York: Serena Williams's coach raised the prospect of the world number one skipping the remainder of the season on Tuesday as she...

Venus chalks up 700th career victory 29 Sep 2015 - 04:50 pm

Former world number one Venus Williams claimed the 700th win of her career on Tuesday, beating Germany's Julia Goerges 6-4 6-3 in the...

Li Na thrills fans at Wuhan stadium opening 27 Sep 2015 - 03:06 pm

Former Chinese tennis player Li Na (L) smiles as she talks to defending champion Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic during the opening...

Radwanska wins Pan Pacific Open 27 Sep 2015 - 11:19 am

Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland kisses the trophy as she celebrates after defeating Belinda Bencic of Switzerland in the women's singles final match of...

Sharapova returns to court at Wuhan Open 26 Sep 2015 - 02:10 pm

Maria Sharapova of Russia attends a press conference at the Wuhan Open tennis tournament in Wuhan, China's Hubei province. WUHAN, China: World number...