Saeda outplayed Russian Evgeny Donskoy 6-1, 6-2, in just 59 minutes to enter the second round of the Chennai Open. ...
08:32 PM, Dec 31, 2012
Bopanna parted ways with his long-term mentor Bhupathi and paired up with American Ram for the 2013 season. ...
04:17 PM, Dec 31, 2012
A quarter-finalist at the 2012 Australian Open, Cilic had a good run in the second half of 2012. ...
10:08 PM, Dec 29, 2012
Yuki Bhambri was pitted against world number 56 Dutch Robin Haase while comeback man Somdev Devvarman will open his campaign against Czech Jann Hajek, ranked 106. ...
06:08 PM, Dec 29, 2012
Janko Tipsarevic, Marin Cilic and Stanislas Wawrinka are the other big names in the field. ...
02:45 PM, Dec 29, 2012
Indian tennis players, including Vishnu Vardhan and Sanam Singh, have been granted wild card entries into the doubles draw. ...
02:35 PM, Dec 28, 2012
Doubles World No.3 and defending champion Leander Paes of India will pair up with Edouard Roger-Vasselin from France for the 2013 edition of the Chennai Open which is to be held at the SDAT Tennis Stadium from Dec 31 to Jan 6. ...
02:38 PM, Dec 27, 2012
Bopanna and Ram had earlier appeared as a team at the Australian Open in 2008. ...
05:40 PM, Dec 26, 2012
Defending champion Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland has confirmed her participation in the Aircel Chennai Open. ...
04:16 PM, Dec 24, 2012
Chennai: Veteran tennis players Mahesh Bhupathi and Daniel Nestor will kickstart their doubles partnership with the Aircel Chennai Open beginning here December 31. The Indo-Canadian pair will be the top seed for the tournament. Bhupathi won his 50th career doubles title last season and will look at Chennai Open as the ideal platform to start the new year on a winning note. The 38-year-old Indian teamed up with countryman Rohan...
08:06 PM, Dec 21, 2012
Chennai: India's rising tennis player Yuki Bhambri has been awarded a wild card entry into the main draw of the 18th ATP Aircel Chennai Open to be held here from December 31 to January 6. Yuki joins an impressive field, which includes four players from the Top 20 in the world - Czech Republic's Tomas Berdych (No. 6), Janko Tipsarevic (No. 9), twice winner Marin Cilic (No. 15) and Stanislas...
03:48 PM, Dec 13, 2012
Chennai: India's No.1 singles player Somdev Devvarman was on Thursday accorded a wild card entry while World No.6 Tomas Berdych of Czech Republic has been given the top billing in the 18th ATP Aircel Chennai Open commencing here next month. Devvarman, who had pulled out of the previous edition because of a recurring shoulder injury, has been given the first of the two wild cards for the event to be...
05:51 PM, Nov 22, 2012
Chennai: Two-time former singles champion and world No.15 Marin Cilic and Stanislas Wawrinka are set to take part in the 18th Aircel Chennai Open, to be held here from December 31 to January 6. The confirmation from these two top-20 players along with participation from World No.6 Tomas Berdych and World No.9 Janko Tipsarevic have ensured that the tournament will have one of the strongest fields in its history. Cilic,...
05:19 PM, Nov 19, 2012
Chennai: Some of the top tennis players, including world No. 6 Tomas Berdych and No. 9 Janko Tipsarevic, are set to take part in the 18th Aircel Chennai Open 2013 to be held here from December 31. This will be 26-year-old Berdych's second visit to the tournament, while Tipsarevic will open his new season at the Chennai Open for the fifth successive year. "We are pleased to announce the participation...
03:58 PM, Nov 15, 2012
Chennai: Joshna Chinappa won her sixth title on the professional tour when she beat England's Sarah Jane Perry 9-11, 11-4, 11-8, 12-10, in the final of the Chennai Open squash tournament in Chennai on Saturday. On a comeback trail following knee injury, 25-year old Joshna displayed touches of her vintage form that had taken her to a high of 28 in World rankings two years ago as she overcame a...
06:05 PM, May 26, 2012
Chennai: The third seed Indo-Serbian pair of Leander Paes and Janko Tipsarevic on Sunday won the doubles title at the Aircel Chennai Open 2012, defeating fourth seed Israeli duo of Andy Ram and Jonathan Erlich 6-4, 6-4 in straight sets here. In a match the lasted 73 minutes, the local favourites won their first title together and Paes' sixth doubles title here. Tipsarevic played the match right after losing the...
11:11 PM, Jan 08, 2012
Chennai: Fourth seeded Canadian Milos Raonic played the game of his career to snatch the singles Chennai Open title from the jaws of defeat by beating top seeded Serbian Janko Tipsarevic 6-7, 7-6, 7-6 in the final on Sunday. The match also turned out to be the longest final in the history of the Chennai Open. Sending out 35 aces against Tipsarevic's eight, Raonic colleted 250 ATP points and a...
09:07 PM, Jan 08, 2012
Chennai: The top-seeded Indian duo of Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna said they were not rattled by their shock defeat at the hands of Israeli pair Andy Ram and Jonathan Erlich in the Chennai Open semi-final and had several positives to take home from their performance. The fourth-seeded pair of Ram and Erlich sent the Indian duo crashing out of the tournament with a 4-6, 6-3, 10-8 win on Saturday....
11:08 AM, Jan 08, 2012
Chennai: The top-seeded Indian pair of Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna crashed out of the doubles event of the Chennai Open in the semi-finals after losing to Israel's Andy Ram and Jonathan Erlich on Saturday. The fourth seeds came back from a set down to upset the title favourites in tie-breaker 4-6 ,6-3, 10-8. But India had something to cheer about as the third-seeded Indo-Serbian pair of Leander Paes and...
10:44 PM, Jan 07, 2012
Chennai: Fourth seeded Canadian Milos Raonic aced his way past World No.10 Nicolas Almagro 6-4, 6-4, to set up a title clash with top seed Janko Tipsarevic who ended the dream run of Japanese qualifier Go Soeda 6-1, 6-4, in the Chennai Open on Saturday. Raonic, the 20-year old ranked 31, slammed 17 aces that sent the second seeded Spaniard Almagro reeling to defeat in 72 minutes while the ninth...
06:22 PM, Jan 07, 2012
