The Spaniard is also excited at the prospect of upcoming tournaments on grass, as it provides more scope of experimentation. ...
09:55 PM, Jun 06, 2011
The Spaniard is also excited at the prospect of upcoming tournaments on grass, as it provides more scope of experimentation. ...
09:55 PM, Jun 06, 2011
Talking to CNN-IBN, Nandan Bal expressed his views on the French Open final where Rafael Nadal beat Roger Federer. ...
09:49 AM, Jun 06, 2011
Paris: Rafael Nadal is still better than the best player of all time, beating Roger Federer for the fourth occasion in the French Open final 7-5, 7-6 (3), 5-7, 6-1 on Sunday. Nadal, who equaled Bjorn Borg's record of six French Open titles and earned his 10th major overall with the victory, dropped to his knees and covered his face after Federer sent a forehand long on match point. "To...
10:42 PM, Jun 05, 2011
Paris: Max Mirnyi of Belarus and Canadian Daniel Nestor beat surprise south American pairing Eduardo Schwank and Colombian Juan Sebastian Cabal 7-6 3-6 6-4 to win the French Open doubles title on Saturday. The second seeds, who had each won two Roland Garros and two U.S. Open doubles titles with other partners, broke serve just once in the match in the last game. "I would like to thank Max, he...
12:19 PM, Jun 05, 2011
Paris: China's long wait for a Grand Slam champion ended Saturday when Li Na beat Francesca Schiavone 6-4, 7-6 (0) in the French Open final. The Australian Open runner-up celebrated by falling flat on her back in the red clay after Schiavone hit a backhand long on match point. "I was nervous but I didn't want to show to my opponent," said Li, who appeared to be letting the match...
08:45 PM, Jun 04, 2011
Paris: Reports of Roger Federer's demise were as wide of the mark Rafa Nadal's own prediction he was not playing well enough to win a sixth Roland Garros title. The two greats of the modern era meet in Sunday's French Open final in yet another grand slam showdown after crushing the new wave which Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray represented. Paris is a place of traditions, from the pavement artists...
12:35 PM, Jun 04, 2011
New Delhi: The French Open final loss is hard to swallow, admits Sania Mirza, but the Indian tennis ace also has a sense of immense satisfaction at finishing runners-up in the women's doubles event given the way she was struggling for form and fitness a few months ago. "A loss is a loss at any stage and initially it hurts. But when I look back at where my career was...
11:29 AM, Jun 04, 2011
Karachi: Indian tennis player Rohan Bopanna's Pakistani doubles partner Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi says the pair will have to become mentally tougher to produce knockout performances that are required to win Grand Slams. Aisam and Bopanna earlier this week lost to world number one Bob and Mike Bryan 6-7 (7-4), 6-3, 7-6 (7-3) in the French Open quarterfinals in a match spread over two days. The defeat, according to Aisam, taught him...
09:32 AM, Jun 04, 2011
Paris: No go, Djoko. It's Roger vs Rafa in the French Open final once again. Novak Djokovic's perfect season and 43-match winning streak were ended by Roger Federer in the semifinals at Roland Garros. The 16-time Grand Slam champion beat the second-seeded Serb 7-6 (5), 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (5) on Friday and will face Rafael Nadal in the final for the fourth time in six years. "I've trained a lot...
01:22 AM, Jun 04, 2011
Paris: Rafael Nadal is still the "King of Clay" at the French Open, and he will be for at least another couple of days after beating Andy Murray 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 Friday to reach his sixth final in seven years at Roland Garros. The top-ranked Spaniard wasn't perfect against Murray, struggling at times with his serve and getting broken three times, but his play was consistent enough to take care...
10:11 PM, Jun 03, 2011
Paris: Sania Mirza and Elena Vesnina's dream run at the 2011 French Open came to an end at the last hurdle as they went down to Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka of the Czech Republic in the women's doubles final at Paris on Friday. The seventh seeded Indo-Russian duo was beaten in straight sets by the unseeded pair of Hlavackova and Hradecka 4-6,3-6. Sania who won the mixed doubles crown...
09:25 PM, Jun 03, 2011
Paris: Li Na is back in a Grand Slam final, reaching her second straight major championship match by beating Maria Sharapova 6-4, 7-5 Thursday in the French Open semifinals. The Australian Open runner-up, who became the first Chinese player to reach a Grand Slam final this year in Melbourne, was able to chase down nearly everything Sharapova had to offer on Court Philippe Chatrier. "I'm sure they showed the match...
11:04 PM, Jun 02, 2011
Sania Mirza spoke exclusively to CNN-IBN after reaching the finals of the women's doubles event of the 2011 French Open. ...
08:23 PM, Jun 02, 2011
New Delhi: Sania Mirza feels that she has a "50-50" chance of winning the women's doubles final at the French Open along with partner Elena Vesnina. Sania and her Russian partner, seeded seventh, will take on unseeded Czech duo of Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka in the final on Friday. Sania said since their rivals are also in good form, it would be a good battle on Friday and said...
07:47 PM, Jun 02, 2011
