Paris: Roger Federer dropped a set before earning his record-breaking 234th Grand Slam match victory to reach the third round of the French Open. Federer eliminated 92nd-ranked Adrian Ungur of Romania 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (6), 6-3 on Wednesday to break a tie with Jimmy Connors for most career wins at major tournaments in the Open era, which began in 1968. The 16-time Grand Slam champion is now 234-35 in tennis'...
07:02 PM, May 30, 2012
Doha: When top-ranked Victoria Azarenka thinks about her newfound success, she might want to thank Daniela Hantuchova. She was beaten in the first round by the Slovakian at the Qatar Open a year ago, causing a crisis of confidence in the 22-year-old Belarusian. She rushed home, ready to tell her family that she wanted to quit the sport she had grown to despise. "It was just not fun for me...
05:12 PM, Feb 18, 2012
Melbourne: Novak Djokovic dispensed with the band and the raucous dressing room celebrations. After the longest final ever in a Grand Slam, it was only fitting that he put on a solo act and then pulled the curtains on another Australian Open. He chose the AC/DC rock anthem 'Highway To Hell,' belting out a few lyrics and strumming the air guitar. After a couple of hours of sleep, Djokovic arrived...
01:34 PM, Jan 30, 2012
Melbourne: A turning point of the longest men's final ever at a Grand Slam came when 10-time Major winner Rafael Nadal went for a bit too much on a backhand after more than 5 hours on court. Novak Djokovic outlasted Nadal over 5 hours, 53 minutes to win a third Australian Open title, finishing off the 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7 (5), 7-5 win at 1:37am on Monday. It evoked memories...
10:07 AM, Jan 30, 2012
Melbourne: Novak Djokovic said Rafa Nadal had pushed him to the brink of exhaustion as his weary legs held him upright just long enough to see off the Spaniard in the longest Grand Slam final on record. The Serb finally prevailed 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7, 7-5 in five hours and 53 minutes to win the Australian Open for the third time. "I overcame everything, and that's the most important thing...
10:00 AM, Jan 30, 2012
Melbourne: Victoria Azarenka is fed up with the hubbub surrounding her serial grunting but admits the noise from her Australian Open final against Maria Sharapova will carry far and wide. The 22-year-old Belarusian has reached her first Grand Slam final on the back of a bruising baseline game coupled with a more mature mental approach that tamed her combustible temper. While Azarenka, who would become world number one with a...
02:23 AM, Jan 28, 2012
Melbourne: Having waited for years to shake up the tennis establishment, Novak Djokovic clung jealously to his throne as he marshalled his forces to put down an attempted coup by Andy Murray at the Australian Open on Friday. The Serbian's 6-3, 3-6, 6-7, 6-1, 7-5 semi-final win at the Rod Laver Arena ensured at least another few months of Grand Slam exile for the fourth-seeded Briton Murray, but also showed...
02:15 AM, Jan 28, 2012
Melbourne: World number four Andy Murray is convinced he is a better tennis player than last year and on an upward curve despite losing an epic five-set Australian Open semi-final to world number one Novak Djokovic in the early hours of Saturday. The 24-year-old Murray had been seeking a place in his third successive final at Melbourne Park, but failed to close out his opportunities against the Serbian, who won...
02:04 AM, Jan 28, 2012
Melbourne: After 25 Grand Slam tournaments, Victoria Azarenka is through to her first final. Maria Sharapova, her opponent in Saturday's Australian Open title decider, has been there five times before, and won three. That's all history from Azarenka's perspective. "It's no concern for me. I mean, I worked hard to be in this situation, so why stress about it?" Azarenka said on Friday of the match that has a Grand...
01:30 AM, Jan 28, 2012
Melbourne: Novak Djokovic overcame his breathing problems and a "physical crisis" to beat Andy Murray in an almost five-hour Australian Open semi-final on Friday night and move into his third straight Grand Slam final. Standing between Djokovic and a record shared by some of the greatest players of all time will be No. 2-ranked Rafael Nadal, a man he beat in six tournament finals in 2011. Despite appearing tired and...
07:22 PM, Jan 27, 2012
Melbourne: Indian doubles tennis player Rohan Bopanna said on Wednesday that the focus will be on all the Grand Slams ahead of the 2012 London Olympics. Bopanna, who teamed up with Mahesh Bhupathi last year keeping in mind the Olympics, said the Australian Open will be the pair's first step towards Olympic glory. Bopanna and Bhupathi, who are playing together for the first time in a Grand Slam, had to...
12:16 AM, Jan 19, 2012
Melbourne: A day after a rare crack opened up, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal quickly restored diplomatic relations. Nadal had criticized Federer for his unwillingness to speak out on issues affecting the men's game, allowing others to "burn themselves" as they seek improved conditions for players. After joining Nadal in the second round of the Australian Open with a win on Monday, Federer said "things are fine" between the two...
06:54 AM, Jan 17, 2012
Melbourne: Roger Federer's remarkable run of appearing at every Grand Slam since 2000 was closer to ending than ever after a back injury at the Qatar Open earlier this month threw his Australian Open participation into doubt. The 30-year-old Swiss withdrew from the Doha tournament before his semi-final against France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. "I could barely play," said Federer, who will be going for a 17th Grand Slam victory in Melbourne....
03:30 PM, Jan 14, 2012
London: Andy Murray hired eight-time Grand Slam winner Ivan Lendl as his coach on Saturday, in a bid to finally win a Major title. The fourth-ranked Scot will begin working with the Czech-born Lendl as he prepares for the Australian Open, which starts on January 16. "It was important to me that any new person joining my team was able to add fresh insight," Murray said in a statement. "Ivan's...
01:25 PM, Jan 01, 2012
Houston: British world number one Luke Donald added another accolade to his rapidly growing resume when he was named male player of the year by the Golf Writers Association of America on Thursday. Taiwan's world number one Yani Tseng, who triumphed 12 times across the globe in 2011, including two Majors, was the runaway GWAA female player of the year, while American veteran Tom Lehman was named senior player of...
03:21 PM, Dec 30, 2011
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