Paris: Victoria Azarenka was knocked out of the French Open fourth round on Sunday and could now lose her world number one ranking, while Novak Djokovic narrowly avoided following her to the exit. Belarussian Azarenka was beaten 6-2, 7-6 by Slovakian 15th seed Dominika Cibulkova and must wait to see if Russian Maria Sharapova will claim the top spot. Sharapova, who meets unseeded Czech Klara Zakopalova in the last-16 on...
11:46 PM, Jun 03, 2012
Paris: The top-seeded players had early starts at the French Open on Wednesday, and both Novak Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka made it to the third round without a problem. Djokovic was first up on Court Suzanne Lenglen, and he was barely troubled by Blaz Kavcic, winning 6-0, 6-4, 6-4 for his 23rd straight Grand Slam victory. In the main stadium at Roland Garros, Azarenka defeated Dinah Pfizenmaier of Germany 6-1,...
06:07 PM, May 30, 2012
Paris: World number one Novak Djokovic showed great composure to beat Italian Potito Starace 7-6 6-3 6-1 and reach the second round of the French Open on Monday. The Serbian was dragged into a first-set tiebreak, which he won 7-3, before gradually outpacing the world number 97 as he bids to become the first man in 43 years to hold all four grand slams simultaneously. Starace put up a decent...
10:11 PM, May 28, 2012
Paris: Novak Djokovic, the World No. 1 tennis player, has backed himself to win the 2012 French Open though he conceded clay court expert Rafael Nadal remained favourite to bag his seventh title at Roland Garros. "My mindset is always positive and I always expect a lot from myself. I have had the best year and a half of my career. I believe that I am at the peak of...
05:52 PM, May 26, 2012
Rome: Top-ranked Novak Djokovic edged Roger Federer on Saturday to set up another meeting with rival Rafael Nadal in the Italian Open final. The defending champion at the Foro Italico, Djokovic beat Federer 6-2, 7-6 (4). Five-time winner Nadal eliminated fellow Spaniard David Ferrer 7-6 (6), 6-0 in the other semi-final. "We're both physically fit and fresh and ready to deliver our best tomorrow," Djokovic said. "We have a great...
09:25 AM, May 20, 2012
Rome: A week after Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal made early exits in Madrid on an experimental blue court, both showed they remain a force on red clay on Friday by reaching the Italian Open semi-finals. The top-ranked Djokovic struggled with his serve in the opening set but found his range to eliminate fifth-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-5, 6-1. Nadal defeated seventh-seeded Tomas Berdych 6-4, 7-5. "In the second set, I...
08:50 AM, May 19, 2012
Rome: Top-ranked Novak Djokovic overcame a poor first set and a smashed racket to beat Juan Monaco 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 and reach the Italian Open quarter-finals on Thursday. Also through at Foro Italico were five-time Rome champion Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Serena and Venus Williams and French Open champ Li Na. However, top-ranked Victoria Azarenka withdrew with a right shoulder injury. With the wind whipping the red clay into the...
08:55 AM, May 18, 2012
Madrid: Novak Djokovic needed three sets to win his first match on the blue clay at the Madrid Open on Tuesday and then stepped up his criticism of the new surface. Djokovic laboured to a 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 victory over Daniel Gimeno-Traver of Spain in his debut on the Magic Box's unorthodox surface, after top-ranked Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova both beat Czech opponents to advance in the women's event....
07:35 AM, May 09, 2012
Belgrade: World number one Novak Djokovic has pulled out of the Serbia Open following the death of his grandfather during the Monte Carlo Masters event last week, the Serbian said on Wednesday. "I've made a decision not to take part in the tournament this year," Djokovic, the title holder at the Belgrade clay-court event, said on his website. "This is certainly one of the toughest decisions in my career but...
10:53 PM, Apr 25, 2012
Madrid: Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, the world's top two players, will try to set a record attendance for a tennis match when they face off at Real Madrid's Bernabeu stadium in July, the club said on Tuesday. "The objective of this exhibition match is to set a spectator record for a game of tennis, exceeding 80,000," the nine-times European champions said on their website. The charity event, to be...
10:23 AM, Apr 11, 2012
Key Biscayne, Fla.: A marathon second set was all even in a tie-breaker on Friday night when Novak Djokovic found himself involved in yet another grueling point. He hit 13 shots, all smacked aggressively from the backcourt, many landing within a foot or two of the baseline at the far end. Finally Djokovic's dogged opponent cracked. Juan Monaco sailed a weary forehand long, and moments later the top-ranked Djokovic clinched...
10:44 AM, Mar 31, 2012
As painful as it might be for 10-time grand slam winner, Rafael Nadal who lost his seventh successive final to Novak Djokovic in the Australian ...
08:54 AM, Feb 04, 2012
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