First Round

Andy Murray sweats to win at ATP finals round one

London: Andy Murray won his first match in Britain since claiming his maiden Grand Slam title, beating Tomas Berdych 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 Monday in the opening match of the ATP finals.

Murray wasted 10 break points in the match before finally converting to take a 3-1 lead in the second set. He won his only other break point in the third set to take a 2-1 lead.

After losing in the Wimbledon final, Murray won the gold medal at the London Olympics and then won the U.S. Open for his first major title.

Later Monday, top-ranked Novak Djokovic was to face Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the other Group A match at the season-ending tournament for the top eight players in the world....more    

Go for Glory: Mary Kom's experience helped her

Boxer Akhil Kumar reviews Mary Kom's first round win at the London Olympics on Sunday. ...

Sania-Bethanie lose in first round at French Open

Paris: India's Sania Mirza and American Bethanie Mattek-Sands were knocked out by Russian-Romanian combine of Nina Bratchikova and Edina Gallovits-Hall in the women's doubles first round at the French Open on Tuesday. The fifteenth seeds went down fighting. Recovering from a set down, they, however, failed to win points on their serve to finally lose 3-6, 6-4, 5-7 to the unseeded pair. The loss is a blow for the Indian,...  

Sania-Rodionova stunned in first round in Madrid

Madrid: Sania Mirza and Anastasia Rodionova suffered a shock first-round exit from the Madrid Open after losing to Anna-Lena Groenefeld and Shuai Zhang on Monday. The sixth-seeded Indian-Australian duo lost 3-6, 2-6 to the German-Chinese pair in the opening round of the 3,755,140 Euros clay-court event. Sania and Rodionova lost the match in under an hour as they failed to convert five breakpoints and lost their serve six times in...  

Chhattisgarh: Sukma collector safe, say mediators

New Delhi: The mediators holding the first round of talks with the Naxal abductors of Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon in Chhattisgarh on Sunday said the IAS officer was safe and in good health. The mediators returned to Chintalnar after holding the talks. They said they were hopeful of his early release. It has been eight days since Menon was abducted by the Naxals. This was the mediators' first...  

Injured Daly withdraws from Avantha Masters

New Delhi: American John Daly has withdrawn from the $2.4 million Avantha Masters golf tournament after an elbow injury sustained during the first round. Daly had said after his first round of 7-over 79 on Thursday that he had probably torn ligaments in his right elbow. The 45-year-old said on Twitter that his "elbow snapped" when he played a shot on the ninth hole. Daly posted a photo on his...  

Wozniacki ousted in Qatar Open, Azarenka wins

Doha: Caroline Wozniacki failed to convert three match points as she was ousted by Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3) in her opening match at the Qatar Open on Wednesday. Wozniacki, playing her first match since losing the No. 1 ranking after the Australian Open, received a bye into the second round. She had all three match points in the 10th game of the third set....  

Mathieu upsets Lopez in Rotterdam first round

Rotterdam, Netherlands: Paul-Henri Mathieu fought back from a set down on Monday to upset fourth-seeded Feliciano Lopez 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4 in the opening round of the ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament. Sixth-seeded Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine also went out in the first round, losing 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-2 to Lukasz Kubot of Poland. Mathieu, ranked 733 in the world after missing the entire 2011 season with a knee injury,...  

Davis Cup: Austria beat Russia, Serbia progress

London: Serbia did just fine without Novak Djovokic in the Davis Cup, while Russia's shorthanded team was surprisingly eliminated by Austria on Sunday. Serbia swept the reverse singles against Sweden to complete a 4-1 victory at home and set up a quarter-final against the Czech Republic, with Janko Tipsarevic clinching the win by beating Michael Ryderstedt of Sweden 6-2, 7-6 (5), 7-5. Dusan Lajovic then defeated Sweden's Filip Prpic 6-4,...  

Davis Cup: US win after Federer doubles loss

London: Roger Federer suffered defeat for the second day in succession as United States completed a surprisingly comfortable victory over Switzerland in the Davis Cup World Group first round in Fribourg on Saturday. Former world number one Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka needed to win the doubles to keep the tie alive after Friday's two singles went to the US, but after a good start the Swiss pair lost 4-6, 6-3,...  

Bopanna, Bhupathi aim to do well before Olympics

Melbourne: Indian doubles tennis player Rohan Bopanna said on Wednesday that the focus will be on all the Grand Slams ahead of the 2012 London Olympics. Bopanna, who teamed up with Mahesh Bhupathi last year keeping in mind the Olympics, said the Australian Open will be the pair's first step towards Olympic glory. Bopanna and Bhupathi, who are playing together for the first time in a Grand Slam, had to...  

Anand draws with Adams in London Chess Classic

London: Playing with black pieces, world Champion Viswanathan Anand managed an easy draw against top British player Michael Adams in the first round of the third Chess Classic. It was Anand's 10th draw in a row in classical chess. World Number one Magnus Carlsen of Norway snatched an early lead in the 160000 Pounds Sterling tournament after defeating David Howell of England in a tense game. With the soccer-like scoring...  

Karnataka polls hijack B'lore roads, create snarls

Dhaka: Duronto Rajshahi registered their first win in the inaugural Bangladesh Premier League beating Sylhet Royals by 16 runs at the Shere Bangla National Stadium on Tuesday. The Rajshahi elected to bat in their third match and posted 171 for eight in their 20 overs. West Indies bat Marlon Samules top-scored with a 48-ball 72, while Bangladesh's Mushfiqur Rahim and Pakistan's Abdul Razzaq chipped in with 33 and 30 respectively....  

Sania out of women's doubles

Sania Mirza's fortunes at the French Open took another knock as she exited the women's doubles with a first round loss ...  

French Open: Sania in second round

Sania Mirza has cruised into the second round of the French Open after defeating Alberta Brianti of Italy. ...  

Roddick exits French Open

Third seed Andy Roddick was beaten in the first round of the French Open for the fourth time in his career on Tuesday. ...  

Sania makes winning return in Morocco

Sania Mirza has returned to action with victory in the first round of her doubles match at the Morocco Open. ...  

Hewitt, Safin have it easy at Hamburg

Former world number ones Lleyton Hewitt and Marat Safin registered easy wins in the first round of the Hamburg Masters. ...  

Paes advances in mixed doubles

India's Leander Paes won his opening encounter in the mixed doubles with Samantha Stosur on Wednesday. ...