Sports / Tennis

Stosur and Razzano advance with upset wins 04 Aug 2013 - 01:07 am

CARLSBAD, United States: Former US Open champion Samantha Stosur and Virginie Razzano notched upset victories yesterday to set up a semi-final clash at...

Del Potro wins twice to reach quarter-finals 03 Aug 2013 - 04:39 am

Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina returns a shot against Bernard Tomic of Australia during the Citi Open at the William HG FitzGerald...

Radwanska sisters in last-eight 03 Aug 2013 - 04:39 am

CARLSBAD, United States/California: Second-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska set up a quarter-final clash with former US Open champion Samanth Stosur at the WTA Southern California...

Ailing Federer withdraws from Montreal event 03 Aug 2013 - 04:39 am

MONTREAL, Quebec: Former world number one Roger Federer has pulled out of next week’s Montreal Masters, organisers said yesterday. Federer, who recently said...

Isner wins but rain hits Nishikori, Del Potro 02 Aug 2013 - 03:52 am

Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia and Martina Hingis of Switzerland react to a point during their first round doubles match against Julia Goerges of...

US Open boosts prize money to record $34m 02 Aug 2013 - 03:52 am

NEW YORK CITY, New York: US Open prize money will jump to a record $34.3m this year and could reach a record $36.9m...

Tsonga withdraws from Montreal ATP event 02 Aug 2013 - 03:51 am

MONTREAL: World number eight Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France has withdrawn from next week’s ATP Rogers Cup, organizers said yesterday, due to a left...

Hingis says singles not in comeback plans 02 Aug 2013 - 03:51 am

CARLSBAD: Former world number one Martina Hingis may not be contemplating a return to WTA singles play, but she got her doubles comeback...

Devvarman stuns Dolgopolov 01 Aug 2013 - 05:06 am

Germany’s Angelique Kerber returns a serve to USA’s Irina Falconi during their singles match at the Citi Open WTA tennis tournament in Washington,...

Hantuchova opens Carlsbad campaign with a bang 01 Aug 2013 - 05:05 am

CARLSBAD, United States: Daniela Hantuchova roared into the second round of the WTA Southern California Open yesterday with a 6-0, 6-0 thrashing of...

Azarenka continues to raise the bar for herself 31 Jul 2013 - 12:52 am

CARLSBAD, California: After a rough past couple of months that included a tight loss to Maria Sharapova at the French Open and an...

Argentina’s Del Potro looks to rebound from epic Wimbledon loss 31 Jul 2013 - 12:52 am

WASHINGTON, United States: Juan Martin Del Potro, coming off an epic Wimbledon semi-final loss to world number one Novak Djokovic, says he is...

Isner edges Anderson to clinch Atlanta Open title 30 Jul 2013 - 12:30 am

John Isner poses with the trophy after defeating Kevin Anderson of South Africa during the BB&T Atlanta Open in Atlantic Station in Atlanta,...

Cibulkova stuns Radwanska to capture Stanford crown 30 Jul 2013 - 12:30 am

STANFORD, United States: Dominika Cibulkova pulled off a gritty 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 victory over top-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland yesterday to win the...

Youzhny triumphs at Swiss Open 29 Jul 2013 - 01:21 am

Gstaad, Switzerland: World No. 33 Mikhail Youzhny became the first Russian champion in 18 years at the Crédit Agricole Swiss Open in Gstaad...

Isner edges Hewitt to book title clash with Anderson 29 Jul 2013 - 12:56 am

John Isner of the US celebrates after defeating Lleyton Hewitt of Australia during their semi-final match at the BB&T Atlanta Open at Atlantic...

Youzhny reaches his first Swiss Open final 28 Jul 2013 - 01:40 am

LEFT: Mikhail Youzhny of Russia reacts winning his semi-final match against Victor Hanescu of Romania at the Swiss Open in Gstaad, Switzerland, yesterday....

Croatia’s Cilic fails dope test, says report 28 Jul 2013 - 01:40 am

ZAGREB: Croatia’s Marin Cilic, currently world number 15, failed a drug test at the April Munich tournament and the International Tennis Federation (ITF)...