Its six-time champion Rafael Nadal against David Ferrer, while in the second match its world number one Novak Djokovic against Roger Federer. ...
04:31 PM, Jun 08, 2012
There are birthdays and then there are special birthdays. June 7, 2012 was one such day for Mahesh Bhupathi. The Indian tennis ace celebrated his 38th birthday by adding a 12th Grand Slam to his impressive career, as he and Sania Mirza captured their second mixed doubles title together by beating Klaudia Jans-Ignacik and Santiago Gozalez 7-6, 6-1 in the French Open final on Thursday. The seventh-seeded pair added the...
03:35 PM, Jun 08, 2012
Paris: After notching up their second Grand Slam title together at French Open, Indian mixed doubles pair of Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza said they will now look to make the transition from clay to grass to keep their Olympics preparation on track. Bhupathi and Sania's mixed doubles title triumph at the French Open has raised hopes of a medal in the Olympics and the Indian pair said they are...
03:23 PM, Jun 08, 2012
New Delhi: Sania Mirza after winning the mixed doubles title at French Open pairing with Mahesh Bhupathi terms this grand slam win as a special one. Talking to CNN-IBN, Sania said, Every grand slam is as special as the other. The first one was very special for its own reasons and this was special as it was on my least favourite surface and it comes on Mahesh's birthday and it...
10:43 AM, Jun 08, 2012
Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi defeated Klaudia Jans-Ignacik and Santiago Gonzalez 7-6 (7-3), 6-1 to lift the French Open mixed doubles title. ...
09:15 AM, Jun 08, 2012
Paris: Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi won the French Open mixed-doubles title, beating Klaudia Jans-Ignacik of Poland and her Mexican partner Santiago Gonzalez 7-6 (7-3), 6-1. The seventh seeded Indian pair took one hour and 13 minutes to win their second Grand Slam title together and first French Open trophy. It is the second career Grand Slam title for Sania, while 12th Major trophy for Bhupathi, who now has got...
12:20 AM, Jun 08, 2012
Paris: One victory on Thursday finished Maria Sharapova's climb back to the top of the tennis rankings. With one more on Saturday, she'll be the French Open champion and complete a career Grand Slam. Sharapova defeated Petra Kvitova 6-3, 6-3 in the windblown semi-finals at Roland Garros. She needs a victory over 21st-seeded Sara Errani, a 7-5, 1-6, 6-3 winner over sixth-seeded Samantha Stosur, to become the 10th woman to...
10:52 PM, Jun 07, 2012
Paris: Sara Errani of Italy beat sixth-seeded Sam Stosur of Australia 7-5, 1-6, 6-3 at the French Open on Thursday to reach her first Grand Slam singles final. The 21st-seeded Errani won for the second time in a row against a top-10 opponent after starting her career 0-28 in such matches. She beat No. 10 Angelique Kerber in the quarterfinals. Errani never made it past the third round at any...
09:20 PM, Jun 07, 2012
Watch all the action from the women's singles semi-finals live as Samantha Stosur takes on Sara Errani and Maria Sharapova is up against Petra Kvitova. ...
07:28 PM, Jun 07, 2012
Paris: Rafael Nadal is one win away from reaching a record seventh French Open title. The No. 2 seed powered past Nicolas Almagro in the quarter-finals at Roland Garros with a 7-6 (7-4) 6-2 6-3 victory which was his 50th win on the Paris clay, having lost only once in eight tournaments. Up next in the semi-finals is fellow Spaniard David Ferrer (No. 6) who has lost 15 of his...
01:45 PM, Jun 07, 2012
Paris: Such is Rafa Nadal's vice-like grip on the French Open that his semi-final opponent David Ferrer concedes beating him is "almost impossible". Ferrer is a claycourt specialist who has dropped only one set en route to the last four culminating in a straightforward victory over fourth seed Andy Murray on Wednesday. But such is the six-time champion Nadal's dominance in Paris, that Ferrer knows the odds are stacked enormously...
01:31 PM, Jun 07, 2012
Paris: India's Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi reached their maiden French Open mixed doubles final but Leander Paes and his Russian partner Elena Vesnina were knocked out of the event here on Wednesday. Mirza and Bhupathi outplayed Galina Voskoboeva and Danielle Bracciali 6-4, 6-2 to enter the mixed doubles final. They will face the Polish-Mexcian combine of Klaudia Jans-Ignacik and Santiago Gonzalez in the title clash at the Roland Garros....
08:34 AM, Jun 07, 2012
Paris: David Ferrer, nicknamed the wall, proved an impenetrable barrier for Andy Murray whose consistency deserted him during a four-set quarter-final defeat at the French Open on Wednesday. The Spaniard deflected everything the Scot could throw at him, before his metronomic reliability finally ground his opponent down in a 6-4 6-7 6-3 6-2 victory. "I played the important moments better," was Ferrer's simple explanation for his advance to the final...
08:24 AM, Jun 07, 2012
Paris: Rafael Nadal moved closer to a record seventh French Open title and improved to 50-1 for his career at the tournament by beating 12th-seeded Nicolas Almagro 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-3 in the quarterfinals Wednesday. Nadal has won all 15 sets he's played this year at Roland Garros. Only Nadal and Bjorn Borg have won six French Open championships. The 26-year-old Spaniard is also seeking his 11th Grand Slam trophy,...
10:25 PM, Jun 06, 2012
Paris: Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova reached the semifinals for the third time in the past four Grand Slam tournaments, ending 142nd-ranked qualifier Yaroslava Shvedova's upset-filled run at the French Open 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 Wednesday. Shvedova was trying to become the first qualifier in Roland Garros history to reach the semifinals " and only the third to get that far at any major tournament, joining Alexandra Stevenson at Wimbledon in 1999,...
07:59 PM, Jun 06, 2012
Paris: Paris: India's Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi reached their maiden French Open mixed doubles final but Leander Paes and his Russian partner Elena Vesnina were knocked out of the event here Wednesday. Mirza and Bhupathi outplayed Galina Voskoboeva and Danielle Bracciali 6-4, 6-2 to enter the mixed doubles final. They will face the Polish-Mexcian combine of Klaudia Jans-Ignacik and Santiago Gonzalez in the title clash at the Roland Garros....
07:59 PM, Jun 06, 2012
Paris: Maria Sharapova moved another step closer to filling in the last piece of the career Grand Slam, defeating Kaia Kanepi of Estonia 6-2, 6-3 on Wednesday to reach the French Open semifinals. The second-seeded Sharapova rolled through her 23rd-seeded opponent in 74 minutes, a much different scene than the three-set win in the fourth round that took more than three hours. Sharapova made the semifinals at Roland Garros for...
07:24 PM, Jun 06, 2012
