Bangalore: The only hiccup was when Leander Paes dropped his serve once, but the veteran guided his partner Sanam Singh led India to a 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 win over Indonesian pair David Agung Susanto and Elbert Sie as the hosts took an unbeatable 3-0 lead in the Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Group I relegation play-off here on Saturday. While the Indian victory was a foregone conclusion and was achieved in just...
08:48 PM, Apr 06, 2013
Bangalore: The current lot of players are good enough to take India into Davis Cup World Group next year but it requires special talent to be in top-100, yesteryear Indian tennis icon Anand Amritraj said on Saturday. Amritraj said the controversy involving the top Indian players and AITA was unfortunate but hopefully it will end completely so that the country could qualify for the World Group in 2014. "Hopefully in...
07:28 PM, Apr 06, 2013
Astana, Kazakhstan: Yuriy Schukin and Andrey Golubev beat Radek Stepanek and Jan Hajek 7-6 (2), 6-4, 6-3 in doubles on Saturday to cut the Czech Republic's lead against Kazakhstan in the Davis cup quarter-finals to 2-1. After rallying from a break down to win the first set, the Kazakh pair broke decisively in the ninth game of the second. They then won the next three games to take a 2-0...
04:27 PM, Apr 06, 2013
Boise: Sam Querrey helped the United States tie Serbia at 1-1 in their Davis Cup quarter-final with a 7-6 (1), 3-6, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 win over Viktor Troicki on Friday. In the first match, world No. 1 Novak Djokovic took care of 23rd-ranked John Isner 7-6 (5), 6-2, 7-5 at the Taco Bell Arena in Boise, Idaho. The 20th-ranked Querrey kept the Americans' hopes of winning a match on the...
08:07 AM, Apr 06, 2013
Charleston: Top-ranked Serena Williams and sister Venus both won twice on Friday to reach the Family Circle Cup semi-finals and set up their first sibling showdown since 2009. Serena won her 13th straight match by defeating sixth-seeded Lucie Safarova, 6-4, 6-1. Earlier, she topped Mallory Burdette in a third-round match moved due to Thursday's 7 -hour rain delay. Venus also had double duty, downing Varvara Lepchenko in three sets before...
08:05 AM, Apr 06, 2013
Bangalore: Yuki Bhambri is expecting that Leander Paes and Sanam Singh will do well in the doubles rubber as India will take a decisive 3-0 lead against Indonesia in the Asia Ocenia Group I tie at the KSLTA here Saturday. "I am expecting my team do well in tomorrow's doubles match. We have a good team," he told reporters in the post-match press conference. India's non-playing captain S P Misra...
10:19 PM, Apr 05, 2013
Bangalore: Expectedly, India romped to a 2-0 lead against Indonesia in the Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Group 1 relegation play-off after Somdev Devvarman and Yuki Bhambri won their respective singles ties in straights sets here on Friday. In two hopelessly one-sided contests, Devvarman routed rookie Wisnu Adi Nugroho 6-1, 6-2, 6-2, and then Bhambri got past Christopher Rungkat 6-3, 6-2, 6-2. India's overall dominance was never in doubt once the 28-year...
05:53 PM, Apr 05, 2013
Astana: Jan Hajek defeated Mikhail Kukushkin 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 in the opening singles Friday, giving the defending champion Czech Republic a 1-0 lead over Kazakhstan in their Davis Cup quarter-final. Kazakhstan's Andrey Golubev was scheduled to play Lukas Rosol in the second singles. Hajek saved a break point in the third game before breaking Kukushkin in the eighth and then serving out the first set. The Czech won five consecutive...
05:20 PM, Apr 05, 2013
London: Indian tennis ace Mahesh Bhupathi and renowned British entrepreneur and television producer Simon Fuller have joined hands and launched XIX Globosport, a new international sport and entertainment venture, that has signed up world No.2 Andy Murray as its first client. According to a joint statement, Fuller's XIX Entertainment and Bhupathi's Globosport have announced the new venture to capitalise on the two partners strengths in media, entertainment and tennis, XIX...
02:21 PM, Apr 05, 2013
Charleston: Australian tennis player Sam Stosur retired with a calf injury from her third-round match at a WTA tour event here in South Carolina. The third seed on Thursday was trailing Canadian qualifier Eugenie Bouchard by a set and was 0-2 down in the second when she felt she couldn't go on. "I was really excited to get out there and I felt like I played really well - it's...
01:42 PM, Apr 05, 2013
After the turmoil in the recent past, Indian tennis looks to revive itself and seek redemption in their Davis Cup clash against Indonesia in Bangalore. ...
09:41 AM, Apr 05, 2013
Charleston: Former world No. 1 Jelena Jankovic advanced to the quarter-finals of the Family Circle Cup after a 7-hour rain delay on Thursday that prevented a number of players from getting on the court, including Serena and Venus Williams. Serena, riding an 11-match winning streak in Charleston, was scheduled to play American qualifier Mallory Burdette, while Venus was to face Varvara Lepchenko for a spot in the quarter-finals. Both matches...
08:49 AM, Apr 05, 2013
Boise: Novak Djokovic believes he has left his recent poor form behind and will be in top shape when he leads Serbia in this weekend's Davis Cup quarter-final tie against the United States. The world number one, who was upset last month in the semi-finals at Indian Wells by Juan Martin Del Potro and then in the third round at Miami by Tommy Haas, will open Friday's play against American...
08:27 AM, Apr 05, 2013
Charlestown: Andrea Petkovic has withdrawn from the Family Circle Cup because of a right calf injury, moving second-seeded Caroline Wozniacki into the quarter-finals. Petkovic was scheduled to play Wozniacki to open Thursday's round of 16. However, she announced in the morning she could not play. Petkovic apologized for pulling out, but felt she might do more damage to her leg if she competed. Wozniacki, the 2011 Family Circle champion, will...
10:44 PM, Apr 04, 2013
Buenos Aires: Richard Gasquet of France has been replaced by Gilles Simon for singles on Friday against Argentina in the Davis Cup quarter-finals. France captain Arnaud Clement withdrew Gasquet, citing an unspecified injury, at the draw on Thursday. In Friday's opening singles, Carlos Berlocq will face Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France. Juan Monaco will play Simon in the second singles match on the outdoor clay at Parque Roca on the outskirts...
09:10 PM, Apr 04, 2013
Bangalore: Veteran Indian tennis player Leander Paes Thursday said his fitness is still good enough to carry him into Brazil Olympic Games in 2016. Paes' contemporary and estranged partner Mahesh Bhupathi has already made it clear that 2013 would be his last season as a professional player. Paes, who will turn 40 in June this year, though said he can still play another three-and-a-half years because his body feels great...
07:51 PM, Apr 04, 2013
Bangalore: India's number one singles player Somdev Devvarman will open country's campaign against Wisnu Adi Nugroho of Indonesia in the Asia/Oceania Group I first round relegation play-off tie, beginning here from Friday. India number two Yuki Bhambri will lock horns against Indonesia number one Christopher Rungkat in the second singles on day one of the tie at Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association (KSLTA) Stadium. On day two, Leander Paes and...
05:43 PM, Apr 04, 2013
Astana: Czech Republic have rested Radek Stepanek and chose Jan Hajek and Lukas Rosol to try to give the Davis Cup defending champions a good start against hosts Kazakhstan in the opening singles of their quarterfinal on Friday. The Czechs are already without injured world No. 6 Tomas Berdych, while Stepanek, who earned the winning point in the final against Spain last year, is coming back from neck surgery in...
04:09 PM, Apr 04, 2013
New York: Novak Djokovic's two recent defeats after a 22-match winning streak offer the United States hope of seeing off Serbia in the Davis Cup quarter-finals starting on Friday. The mere presence of the top-ranked Djokovic makes Serbia the slight favorite, but the Americans chose to play on an indoor hard-court at altitude in Boise, Idaho, to give their big servers a boost. It's a bonus to the US that...
08:45 AM, Apr 04, 2013
Charleston: An early exit at the Sony Open and a postponed humanitarian trip to Haiti left Caroline Wozniacki with a big hole in her schedule - something she was glad to fill with a trip to the Family Circle Cup. The 2011 Family Circle champion won her sixth straight match here with a dominating 6-1, 6-1 victory over Silvia Soler-Espinosa on Wednesday. The second-seeded Wozniacki didn't count on getting ousted...
02:24 AM, Apr 04, 2013
