The fifth-seeded Indo-Russian pair beat Katarina Srebotnik and Nenad Zimonjic 3-6, 6-2, 10-5 in the second round of the Australian Open. ...
01:41 PM, Jan 22, 2013
The 19th seed met Sharapova in the same round last year at Melbourne Park. ...
09:20 PM, Jan 21, 2013
Inter beat Bologna 3-2 in a thriller to set up a semifinal clash with either Fiorentina or Roma. ...
08:24 AM, Jan 16, 2013
Saurashtra will play Punjab at the SCA Stadium in Rajkot, while Services will host 39-time champions Mumbai at the Palam Cricket Ground in New Delhi. ...
05:02 PM, Jan 10, 2013
Lucknow: India's ace shuttler Saina Nehwal retained third position in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) women's singles rankings released on Thursday. Saina missed out on a chance of equalling her best ever ranking of No.2 when she lost in the semi-finals of the World Super Series Finals in China last week and after controversially retiring from the first round of the ongoing K.L.Garg-Syed Modi International India Grand Prix Gold here...
05:16 PM, Dec 20, 2012
Shenzhen: Chinese medal winners at the London Olympics Li Xuerui and Chen Long won their respective badminton finals at the $500,000 BWF World Super Series Finals here Sunday. Top seed and Olympic champion Li, who beat Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal in the semifinals, won the women's singles title against compatriot third seed Shixian Wang 21-9, 15-4 (retired) in 27 minutes to bag the title and 11,000 ranking points which will...
05:36 PM, Dec 16, 2012
Shenzhen: India's World No.3 shuttler Saina Nehwal ran out of steam in the semi-final against top seed and reigning Olympic champion Li Xuerui of China in the women's singles semifinal of the $500,000 BWF World Super Series Finals here on Saturday. Saina, who started the game in superb fashion, lost to the World No.2 Chinese 20-22, 21-7, 13-21 in 50 minutes in front of a hostile crowd at the China...
05:41 PM, Dec 15, 2012
Shenzhen: Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal reached the semi-finals of the $500,000 BWF World Super Series Finals after beating German Juliane Schenk in her women's singles Group B match here on Friday. After losing both her matches in the group of four, Saina qualified for the last four on the basis of having lost less number of games in comparison to Swiss Tine Baun and Schenk, both of whom having...
07:48 PM, Dec 14, 2012
Shenzhen: World No.3 shuttler Saina Nehwal of India lost her second consecutive women's singles Group B match in the BWF World Super Series Finals against Thai Ratchanok Intanon in straight games here on Thursday. This loss virtually puts the London Olympics bronze medallist out of contention for the semi-finals. She also lost her first group match against old rival Swiss Tine Baun Wednesday. Ratchanok won the match with much ease,...
12:07 PM, Dec 13, 2012
New Delhi: She is not quite fully there as far recovering from her knee injury is concerned, but London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal on Wednesday asserted that she would compete in the prestigious World Super series Finals in China next month. "The Super Series in China is coming up. The world's top players will be playing in that competition. I lost in the final last year, so, I am...
10:34 PM, Nov 28, 2012
New Delhi: Rohan Bopanna has confirmed his partnership with American Rajeev Ram for the next ATP season, the move comes in the wake of Mahesh Bhupathi-Bopanna combine deciding to part ways. While Bhupathi will be partnering Canadian Daniel Nestor, Bopanna will be seen pairing up with long-time friend Rajeev on the ATP circuit next year. The duo has a combined experience of 17 years on the professional circuit. "Rohan and...
10:26 AM, Nov 13, 2012
London: With the top defensive players increasingly getting the better of him often in recent years, Roger Federer would like to speed up the game of tennis. Or at least the courts the matches are played on. Federer lost to Novak Djokovic in the final of the season-ending ATP finals on Monday, and then praised the top-ranked Serb's ability to retrieve so many shots and keep the ball in play....
10:00 AM, Nov 13, 2012
London: Even when Roger Federer had the lead, Novak Djokovic had the answers. The top-ranked Serb recovered from early breaks in both sets and beat Federer 7-6 (8-6), 7-5 on Monday in the championship match at the ATP finals. Federer broke Djokovic's serve to take a quick 2-0 lead in the first set, and then again to open to the second, but both times the world's No. 1 player rebounded...
08:41 AM, Nov 13, 2012
London: Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez won the doubles title at the ATP finals by beating Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna of India 7-5, 3-6, 10-3 on Monday. The sixth-seeded Spaniards won their third title of the season. They also won in Rome and Gstaad, and will have a chance to add the Davis Cup title next weekend against the Czech Republic in Prague. The top-seeded Bryan brothers, Bob and...
01:54 AM, Nov 13, 2012
London: Roger Federer's unique appeal showed no sign of waning on Sunday as he gate-crashed what was supposed to be Andy Murray's party in the semi-finals of the ATP World Tour Finals. Up against Britain's first male grand slam champion for 76 years and an Olympic gold medalist for good measure, the 17,000 crowd at the O2 Arena should by rights have been roaring for Murray as he attempted to...
10:10 AM, Nov 12, 2012
London: For a set not even the granite defence of Novak Djokovic could withstand the irresistible brute force of Juan Martin del Potro on Sunday but the Serb then rode out the storm to win the opening semi-final at the ATP World Tour Finals. The world number one soaked up some wrist-bending blows from the inspired Argentine before turning the match in his favour to romp home to a 4-6,...
11:25 PM, Nov 11, 2012
London: Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna saved a match point to breeze into the title clash of the ATP World Tour finale after defeating Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek via Super tie-breaker, here on Sunday. The fifth seeded Indian pair halted the winning run of the Indo-Czech combination with a 4-6, 6-1, 12-10 win in the semi-finals and in the process avenged the defeat of the Shanghai Masters final last...
07:47 PM, Nov 11, 2012
London: Spain's David Ferrer defeated world No.9 Janko Tipsarevic in three sets in their last match at the $8.85 million ATP Tour Finals here. Neither of the tennis players could reach the semi-finals, but Ferrer's win Saturday meant that defending champion Roger Federer took first place in Group B, leaving Juan Martin del Potro second. In the semi-finals, Federer will encounter local star Andy Murray, while del Potro will play...
03:12 PM, Nov 11, 2012
London: Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek will go into the semi-finals of the ATP World Tour Finale as the unbeaten team as they pipped the top seeds Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan in their last Group A match, here on Saturday. Third seeds Paes and Stepanek held their nerves to beat three-time champions 6-4 6-7(6) 10-7 in one hour and 45 minutes. Now Bryans would be praying that seventh seeds...
08:58 PM, Nov 10, 2012
London: World number one Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray reached the last four at the ATP World Tour Finals on Friday after slicing through the various permutations of their round-robin group with matching wins at the O2 Arena. A day that began with all four Group A players in contention for the top two spots ended without the need for calculators as Djokovic beat Czech Tomas Berdych 6-2 7-6 and...
08:30 AM, Nov 10, 2012
