Sports / Tennis

Federer rules out end of season title flourish 24 Oct 2012 - 06:36 am

BASEL, Switzerland: Roger Federer has played down rattling off wins in the season’s closing three events as he did last year after reaching...

Bryan twins on top for record eighth time 23 Oct 2012 - 04:56 am

Singapore: American twins Bob and Mike Bryan will end the tennis season on top of the world for a record eighth time, the...

Stosur, Wozniacki to clash in Moscow final 21 Oct 2012 - 06:30 am

MOSCOW: Top seed Samantha Stosur of Australia battled back from a set down to beat fourth seed Ana Ivanovic of Serbia on her...

Del Potro to face Zemlja in Vienna final 21 Oct 2012 - 06:24 am

VIENNA: Top seed Juan Martin del Potro will face qualifier Grega Zemlja for the Austrian Open title today after the Slovenian world number...

Wozniacki to take on Sofia in Cup semis 20 Oct 2012 - 04:31 am

MOSCOW: Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki showed glimpses of her past form to beat last year’s champion Dominika Cibulkova 6-2, 6-7, 6-1...

Wozniacki advances; Bartoli knocked out in Moscow 18 Oct 2012 - 07:46 am

Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark returns to Urszula Radwanska of Poland during their match at the Kremlin Cup in Moscow, Russia, yesterday. MOSCOW: Former...

Ferrer books place in ATP World Tour London finals 17 Oct 2012 - 06:49 am

LONDON: Davis Ferrer has ensured Spanish representation at the ATP World Tour finals by booking his place at the eight-man finale taking place...

Djokovic closes gap on Federer 16 Oct 2012 - 04:25 am

SHANGHAI: As a vintage season in which the ‘Big Four’ of men’s tennis have shared the major prizes enters its final weeks, Novak...

Murray happy with performance 16 Oct 2012 - 04:25 am

SHANGHAI: US Open and Olympic champion Andy Murray (pictured) says his “big year” makes up for the disappointment of narrowly missing out on...

Watson ends Britain’s WTA title wait 15 Oct 2012 - 06:51 am

TOKYO: Heather Watson became the first Briton to win a WTA singles title in 24 years after she fought back from match point...

Djokovic thwarts Murray’s Shanghai hat-trick bid 15 Oct 2012 - 06:50 am

SHANGHAI: Novak Djokovic exacted revenge on Andy Murray for his US Open final defeat by saving five match points to outlast the Briton...

Murray humbles Federer 14 Oct 2012 - 03:41 am

Shanghai: Dominant Andy Murray outmuscled Roger Federer in the Shanghai Masters yesterday, taking advantage of a service meltdown by the Swiss great to...

Azarenka reaches Linz final 14 Oct 2012 - 03:40 am

LInz, Austria: World number one Victoria Azarenka kept on track for a sixth title this season when sweeping aside Irina Begu of Romania...

Murray battles into semis 13 Oct 2012 - 02:29 am

Andy Murray of Britain returns a shot against Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic during their quarter-final match at the Shanghai Masters in...

Federer ‘proud’ of reaching 300 weeks as World No.1 13 Oct 2012 - 02:28 am

Shanghai: Swiss legend Roger Federer has consistently ripped up the record books during his glittering career but his latest landmark -- 300 weeks...

Federer back from brink to seal No.1 record 12 Oct 2012 - 03:19 am

Switzerland’s Roger Federer hits a return during his single’s match against compatriot Stanislas Wawrinka at the Shanghai Masters tournament in Shanghai, yesterday. Shanghai:...

Nishikori, Isner advance 10 Oct 2012 - 09:42 am

Juan Monaco of Argentina returns a shot against Fernando Verdasco of Spain during their second round match at the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament...

Tsonga, Verdasco to play in Hopman Cup 10 Oct 2012 - 09:39 am

SYDNEY: French world number six Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will boost a strong line-up for this year’s Hopman Cup mixed teams event in Perth, organisers...