Pakuranga, Auckland: India beat US 1-0 to claim the bronze medal in the second-leg of the Four Nation Women's Hockey Tournament at the Llyod Elsmore Hockey Stadium here Sunday. Indian midfielder Deepika scored the all-important goal in the 40th minute after the two teams were locked goalless at half time. India showed good temperament and defended stoutly to deny goal scoring chances to US, who have already qualify to play...
09:01 PM, Apr 22, 2012
Melbourne: After Sania Mirza's comeback to competitive tennis from a knee injury ended in two consecutive defeats, including one at Australian Open on Monday, the Indian said her joint structure is such that she is more prone to injuries. Sania's 2011 season was cut short after the US Open due to a knee injury and she began the new season at Auckland where she lost in the qualifiers. On Monday,...
06:48 AM, Jan 17, 2012
Auckland: Top-seeded David Ferrer won the Heineken Open singles title for the third time when he beat unseeded Belgian Olivier Rochus 6-3, 6-4 in Saturday's final. World No. 5 Ferrer geared up for the Australian Open with an impressive performance, dropping only one set in four matches to add this year's title - the 12th of his career - to victories in Auckland in 2007 and last year. Ferrer beat...
02:02 PM, Jan 14, 2012
Auckland: Unseeded Zheng Jie claimed her fourth career singles title and her first since 2006 when Flavia Pennetta was forced to retire injured in the third set of Sunday's ASB Classic final. The 28-year-old Zheng was leading 2-6, 6-3, 2-0 when fourth-seeded Pennetta, who required courtside treatment to a back injury, indicated she was unable to continue. It was Zheng's first title since 2006 at Estoril and the Chinese now...
11:31 AM, Jan 08, 2012
Auckland: Top seed Sabine Lisicki overcame a 90-minute delay for heavy rain that halted her momentum to scratch out a tough three-set victory over fellow German Mona Barthel in the second round of the Auckland Classic on Wednesday. The 22-year-old had broken Barthel to take a 6-5 lead in the first set and seemed to be getting on top of the match before rain swept across central Auckland and forced...
06:11 PM, Jan 04, 2012
Auckland: Top-seeded Sabine Lisicki of Germany beat French wildcard entry Virginie Razzano 6-4, 6-4 on Monday in the first round of the ASB Classic. The 22-year-old Lisicki, who lifted her world ranking from 218 to 15 in 2011 as she recovered from an ankle injury, struggled to assert her powerful service game before beating Razzano in 85 minutes. "It's always tough to play the first match of the season," Lisicki...
08:10 PM, Jan 02, 2012
Melbourne: Injury and illness may have affected their game but the Williams sisters, Venus and Serena, will play in the Australian Open next month, confirmed Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley. Venus will still come to Melbourne despite withdrawing from her scheduled warm-up tournament in New Zealand for health reasons, according to Tiley. American Venus, who has been receiving treatment for Sjogren's syndrome, an auto-immune disease, pulled out of the...
08:55 AM, Dec 23, 2011
Auckland: Venus Williams has pulled out of January's ASB Classic in New Zealand where she was due to play her first competitive match since August. The 31-year-old Williams is still recovering from the immune system disease Sjogren's syndrome, which can cause fatigue and joint pain. Williams has played in several exhibition matches recently, but organizers of the Auckland tournament on beginning January 7 said she was not yet ready to...
01:34 PM, Dec 21, 2011
Auckland: Champion Yanina Wickmayer joined an enigmatic top seed Maria Sharapova in the quarterfinals of the Auckland Classic on Wednesday, while Svetlana Kuznetsova squandered a three-games lead in the final set and crashed out. Sharapova mostly spluttered, but at times roared, to a 6-3, 7-5 victory over Renata Voracova of the Czech Republic, while second seed Wickmayer had to battle to beat German qualifier Sabine Lisicki 6-2, 3-6, 6-2. Third...
10:23 AM, Jan 05, 2011
Auckland: Maria Sharapova underlined her pulling power on Monday with Auckland Classic organisers confirming they had sold out all of the day sessions for the entire tournament just minutes before she stepped on court for her first round match. A limited number of tickets for the three night sessions were left available, though all of Sharapova's matches will be played during the day and organisers said it was the first...
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