Paris: Top-seeded Maria Sharapova was ousted from the quarter-finals of Open GDF Suez on Friday, beaten by Angelique Kerber of Germany 6-4, 6-4. Kerber, a US Open semifinalist, will next play Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium, who defeated Mona Barthel of Germany 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-3. Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic also advanced, rallying past sixth-seeded Julia Goerges of Germany 3-6, 7-5, 6-1. Zakopalova will face second-seeded Marion Bartoli of...
09:08 AM, Feb 11, 2012
New Delhi: Veteran tennis players Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi are reportedly heading for another split, according to reports in a national daily. After having parted ways for more than a decade, Paes and Bhupathi had reunited last year in a bid to win the Australian Open, the only Grand Slam title that has eluded them. But according to the Hindustan Times, the two are looking to play with younger...
04:16 PM, Nov 15, 2011
New Delhi: Newly crowned Paris Masters champions, Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi have moved up two places to fifth in the latest ATP doubles rankings, issued on Monday. The Indo-Pak duo outplayed French wild cards Julien Benneteau and Nicolas Mahut 6-2, 6-4 in the summit clash on Sunday in the finals. They will now play in the season-ending finale in London starting from November 20. In the individual rankings, Bopanna...
12:36 AM, Nov 15, 2011
Paris: Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi won their first ever ATP Masters tournament after whipping away the challenge of Julien Benneteau and Nicolas Mahut in straight sets in the final here on Sunday. The seventh seeded Indo-Pak pair took just 65 minutes to defeat the French wild cards entries 6-2, 6-4 and pocket their third title of the season. They had won the Gerry Weber Open at Halle and the...
06:28 PM, Nov 13, 2011
Paris: Roger Federer played a masterful match against Tomas Berdych to set up a Paris Masters final against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who saved three match points against American John Isner on Saturday. Federer used his strong serve and did not face a break point in cruising past Berdych 6-4, 6-3. Tsonga edged the unseeded Isner 3-6, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (3) in a gritty contest lasting nearly three hours, a contrast to...
09:40 AM, Nov 13, 2011
The Indo-Pak duo of Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi are also enjoying a great run at the Paris Masters event. ...
09:36 PM, Nov 12, 2011
Paris: Rohan Bopanna and his Pakistani partner Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi are one step away from winning their third ATP title of the season as they stormed into the final of the Paris Masters after edging past Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor here on Saturday. The seventh-seeded Indo-Pak pair eked out a 6-3, 7-6 (7) win in the semi-finals over the third-seeded Belarusian-Candian combination in one hour and 27 minutes. On Friday,...
07:03 PM, Nov 12, 2011
Paris: Roger Federer earned his 800th career victory on Friday, beating Juan Monaco of Argentina 6-3, 7-5 to reach the semifinals of the Paris Masters. Federer hit seven aces and 25 winners " compared to only eight for Monaco " to become the seventh player to reach the 800-win plateau. He joins Jimmy Connors (1,242), Ivan Lendl (1,071), Guillermo Vilas (923), John McEnroe (875), Andre Agassi (870) and Stefan Edberg...
01:14 PM, Nov 12, 2011
Paris: Andy Murray's winning streak came to an end when the world number three slumped to a 4-6 7-6 6-4 quarter-final defeat at the Paris Masters after a three-hour tussle against the fifth-seeded Czech Tomas Berdych on Friday. British second seed Murray, who was on a 17-match winning run, was two points from victory at 5-5 in the second set tiebreak but Berdych kept his composure to set up a...
08:34 AM, Nov 12, 2011
Paris: The Indo-Pak duo of Rohan Bopanna and Aisam Ul-Haq Qureshi advanced to the semifinals of the Paris Masters after overcoming a stiff challenge from No 2 seeds Michael Llodra and Nenad Zimonjic on Friday. Bopanna-Qureshi prevailed over the French-Serbian pair 3-6, 6-4, 10-6 in one and half hours in a closely fought contest. The 7th seeds, who made it to their first ATP Tour Finals this year, struggled in...
11:15 PM, Nov 11, 2011
Paris: Novak Djokovic pulled out of the Paris Masters with a nagging shoulder injury before his quarter-final against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga on Friday. The top-ranked Djokovic announced on his website that the injury got worse after his third-round comeback win against fellow Serb Viktor Troicki on Thursday. "Sadly I have to inform you that I have withdrawn from the tournament. I have pushed myself to the limit by playing, and after...
06:48 PM, Nov 11, 2011
Paris: World number one Novak Djokovic still has some way to go before he can boast the same aura Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal have on the circuit, according to Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Tsonga, one of the few players with a positive head-to-head record against Djokovic, will face the Serb in the quarter-finals of the Paris Masters with nothing to lose after already clinching his place in the ATP World...
06:13 AM, Nov 11, 2011
Paris: Tomas Berdych, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Mardy Fish filled out the last qualifying berths for the eight-man ATP World Tour Finals on Thursday. All three earned their spots for the elite London tournament after Berdych beat Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia 7-5, 6-4 in the third round of the Paris Masters. Tipsarevic needed to win the title in Paris to qualify for the season-ending event, which starts on November 20. Novak...
05:56 AM, Nov 11, 2011
Paris: Top-ranked Novak Djokovic rallied from a set down on Thursday to beat fellow Serb Viktor Troicki 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 and reach the quarter-finals of the Paris Masters. Andy Murray of Britain, Roger Federer of Switzerland, Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic, David Ferrer of Spain and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France also advanced. Djokovic looked a pale shadow of the player who dominated the first half of the season, making...
05:46 AM, Nov 11, 2011
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