London: Whatever Rafael Nadal tried to throw at Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the ATP World Tour Finals on Thursday, the Frenchman always appeared one step ahead. Now Nadal is hoping he hasn't left his passion for the game behind him. Tsonga qualified for the semifinals at the expense of Nadal, beating the second-ranked Spaniard 7-6 (2), 4-6, 6-3 in a decisive round-robin match to join Roger Federer in the last four...
08:21 AM, Nov 25, 2011
London: Roger Federer finished the group stage at the ATP World Tour Finals with a perfect record after beating Mardy Fish 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 on Thursday for his third win at the season-ending tournament. Federer started the match with the same kind of ruthless efficiency that helped him beat Rafael Nadal in just one hour on Tuesday, breaking Fish three times in the first set. The Swiss star's accuracy and...
10:01 PM, Nov 24, 2011
Chennai: The Indian duo of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi will split again at the end of this season and will not compete together in the season-opening Chennai Open early next year, official sources said on Thursday. "Paes and Bhupathi have decided to part ways at the end of this season. And Bhupathi will be pairing with Rohan Bopanna at the Chennai Open," MA Alagappan, President of Tamil Nadu Tennis...
04:34 PM, Nov 24, 2011
London: David Ferrer's relentless hitting proved too much for Novak Djokovic on Wednesday, giving the Spaniard a 6-3, 6-1 victory and a spot in the semifinals of the ATP World Tour Finals. Djokovic lost for only the fifth time in a season in which he has won three Grand Slam championships and 10 titles overall. He can still advance to the semifinals of this season-ending tournament if he beats fellow...
03:24 AM, Nov 24, 2011
London: Tomas Berdych saved a match point in a third-set tiebreaker against Janko Tipsarevic to win 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (6) in his second Group A match at the ATP World Tour Finals on Wednesday. Berdych wasted a match point in his opening match against Novak Djokovic, but he escaped when Tipsarevic put a difficult volley just wide when leading 6-5 in the tiebreaker. Tipsarevic, who replaced the injured Andy Murray,...
11:10 PM, Nov 23, 2011
London: Roger Federer raced to one of his easiest wins over rival Rafael Nadal on Tuesday, routing the Spaniard 6-3, 6-0 to book his place in the semifinals at the ATP World Tour Finals. The 26th match between the two greats was of the game was over in exactly one hour. Federer finished with 28 winners to Nadal's four. "I've definitely seen Rafa play better, but I've also definitely played...
03:26 AM, Nov 23, 2011
London: French showman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won a few thousand more admirers as he got off the mark at the ATP World Tour Finals with a virtuoso display against Mardy Fish on Tuesday. Tsonga, who reached the last four at Wimbledon this year with his dazzling brand of attacking tennis, stayed in the hunt for a semi-final place with a 7-6, 6-1 defeat of the American who has now lost both...
12:25 AM, Nov 23, 2011
London: Andy Murray's hopes of winning the ATP World Tour Finals on home soil ended on Tuesday when he was forced to withdraw from the season-ending tournament with a groin injury. The 24-year-old world number three had laboured to a 6-4, 7-5 defeat against David Ferrer in his opening Group A match on Monday, after which he revealed that he had suffered a groin strain while practicing for the prestigious...
12:12 AM, Nov 23, 2011
London: Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-haq Qureshi lost their second match of the ATP World Tour Finals after suffering a defeat at the hands of Michael Llodra of France and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia in their Group A match here on Tuesday. Fifth seeded Indo-Pak duo lost in straight sets, 6-7(6) 3-6 to second seed French-Serbian pair. Bopanna and Qureshi, who are now left with just one match in their group,...
09:29 PM, Nov 22, 2011
London: Andy Murray could pull out of the ATP World Tour Finals after just one match because of a groin injury, the Briton said on Monday after slumping to defeat against Spain's David Ferrer. The world number three suffered a first defeat on a surface other than clay against the tenacious Ferrer, losing 6-4, 7-5 at the O2 in his opening Group A match. He required treatment after losing the...
09:32 AM, Nov 22, 2011
London: Novak Djokovic saved a match point in the third set against Tomas Berdych before winning 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3) on Monday to avoid becoming the second upset of the day at the ATP World Tour Finals. Third-ranked Andy Murray struggled through an earlier 6-4, 7-5 loss to David Ferrer with a groin injury he fears could end his tournament. Murray said he would decide on Tuesday whether he will...
08:43 AM, Nov 22, 2011
London: Andy Murray could find no way through the formidable defences of Spain's David Ferrer as the home favourite slumped to a 6-4, 7-5 defeat in his opening group match at the ATP World Tour Finals on Monday. The world number three had won all five previous meetings with Ferrer on hardcourts but produced a flat, error-strewn performance to leave his hopes of reaching the semi-finals at the season-ender in...
11:21 PM, Nov 21, 2011
London: India's Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi lost their first round Group A encounter against Swede Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecau of Romania 6-7(6), 1-6 in the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London here on Monday. The fourth seeds from India converted only two of the 11 break points, all in the first set. Sixth seeds Lindstedt and Tecau were both making their first appearance at the World Tour...
08:34 PM, Nov 21, 2011
London: Rafael Nadal branded comments made by former French tennis player Yannick Noah about doping as "stupid" on Sunday, saying they were the words of a "kid". In an interview in French newspaper Le Monde, Noah said the best way to combat doping was to legalise the use of drugs and also appeared to accuse Spanish sport in particular of using "magic potions". Asked about Noah's comments at the ATP...
05:47 PM, Nov 21, 2011
London: An ailing Rafael Nadal toiled for nearly three hours before beating Mardy Fish 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (3) at the ATP World Tour Finals on Sunday to win his opening match. In a tense evening match at London's O2 Arena, Fish recovered from a nervous opening set on his debut at the tournament and saved two match points at 5-4 in the third set. Despite struggling with illness, Nadal was...
08:39 AM, Nov 21, 2011
London: Roger Federer weathered a barrage of big-hitting by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France to begin his title defence with a 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 win on Sunday in the opening match of the ATP World Tour Finals. Federer came into the tournament on a 12-match winning streak following titles in Basel and Paris, where he beat Tsonga in straight sets in the final a week ago. The 16-time Grand Slam champion...
11:56 PM, Nov 20, 2011
London: Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi began their ATP World Tour Finals campaign with a defeat against Daniel Nestor and Max Mirnyi, albeit after putting up a good fight in their Group B match in London on Sunday. The fifth-seeded Indo-Pak pair lost 6-7 (2), 6-4, 9-11 to the third-seeded Canadian-Belarus combo in one hour and 41 minutes at the O2 Arena. Bopanna and Qureshi will now have to win...
08:25 PM, Nov 20, 2011
London: His body creaking after a stellar season, Novak Djokovic insisted on Saturday he is fit enough for a shot at his 11th title of the year. The No 1-ranked Djokovic withdrew from the Paris Masters quarter-finals last week with a shoulder injury that has blunted his late-season form. He said he would be ready for his opening match at the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals against Tomas Berdych on...
09:08 AM, Nov 20, 2011
London: A year dominated by Novak Djokovic could end with yet another record racked up by the enduring Roger Federer. Victory at the ATP World Tour Finals beginning on Sunday will give Federer a sixth title at the season-ending event, putting him one clear of Ivan Lendl and Pete Sampras. "It's a motivation," Federer said on Friday ahead of the tournament for the year's top eight players. "That I've been...
06:15 PM, Nov 19, 2011
London: Roger Federer will aim to finish an off-key year on a high note by winning a record sixth title at the ATP World Tour finals, which start on Sunday at London's O2 Arena, a venue more famous for staging the biggest acts in the music business. The world number four, who opens the round-robin action in defence of his crown on day one against dangerous Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, is...
10:11 AM, Nov 18, 2011
