India Davis Cup coach Nandan Bal said, Vesnina didn't serve well and missed too many easy volleys on Paes' serve. ...
01:48 PM, Jul 09, 2012
Wimbledon: Indian tennis ace Mahesh Bhupathi failed to notch up his third Wimbledon mixed doubles title as he and his partner Elena Vesnina were outplayed by Jurgen Melzer and Iveta Benesova in straight sets in the final here on Sunday. The fourth seeded Indo-Russian pair lost 3-6, 2-6 to their ninth seeded opponents in a 51-minute summit clash at the center court. Austrian Melzer and Czech Republic's Benesova, who had...
11:03 PM, Jul 03, 2011
Wimbledon: Novak Djokovic won his first Wimbledon title on Sunday, backing up his soon-to-be No 1 ranking by beating defending champion Rafael Nadal 6-4, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3. Djokovic, who was already guaranteed to take over the top ranking from the Spaniard on Monday, extended his mastery over Nadal this season with a fifth straight head-to-head victory. Djokovic assured himself of the No 1 ranking just by reaching the final. He...
09:20 PM, Jul 03, 2011
Wimbledon: American twins Bob and Mike Bryan won a record-tying 11th Grand Slam men's doubles title together on Saturday, beating Robert Lindstedt of Sweden and Horia Tecau of Romania 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (2) in the Wimbledon final. The Bryan brothers won at Wimbledon for the second time and matched Mark Woodforde and Todd Woodbridge's Open era record of 11 major titles. "To equal the Woodies " a team that we...
01:48 AM, Jul 03, 2011
London: India's Mahesh Bhupathi and his Russian partner Elena Vesnina moved into the mixed doubles final of Wimbledon with a hard-fought win over Australian Paul Hanley and Chinese Taipei's Su-Wei Hsieh in the semi-finals here on Saturday. Bhupathi and Vesnina won 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 in a match that lasted close to two hours. The fourth seeded Indo-Russian pair were rusty in the first half as they committed too many unforced...
12:17 AM, Jul 03, 2011
Wimbledon: Petra Kvitova won her first Grand Slam title on Saturday by beating Maria Sharapova 6-3, 6-4 in the women's singles final at Wimbledon. Kvitova was playing in her first major final, but it was three-time Grand Slam champion Sharapova that showed her nerves. The 2004 Wimbledon champion double-faulted six times, including twice to get broken to 4-2 in the first set. The 21-year-old Kvitova is the first left-handed woman...
08:35 PM, Jul 02, 2011
Wimbledon: India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Elena Vesnina of Russia raced to a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Israel's Jonathan Erlich and Shahar Peer to enter the semifinals of the mixed doubles event in the Wimbledon Championships on Friday. Bhupathi's win was the only good news for the Indians as rest of them failed to advance. Sania Mirza exited from the women's doubles semifinal and the mixed doubles quarters. Leander Paes, too,...
02:28 AM, Jul 02, 2011
Wimbledon: Having ensured his first trip to a Wimbledon final and first turn at No 1 in the rankings with a thrill-a-minute victory, Novak Djokovic dropped to his back at the baseline, limbs spread wide, chest heaving. Moments later, he knelt and kissed the Centre Court grass, while his entourage bounced giddily in unison, huddling in a tight circle up in Djokovic's guest box. Clearly, it meant so much to...
01:39 AM, Jul 02, 2011
Wimbledon: Novak Djokovic reached his first Wimbledon final and guaranteed himself the No 1 ranking by defeating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-7 (9), 6-3 on Friday in a match filled with diving shots by both players on Centre Court. Djokovic, a two-time Australian Open champion, improved his record to 47-1 this year. And although he won, it was Tsonga who entertained the crowd with his tennis skills and showmanship....
09:12 PM, Jul 01, 2011
Wimbledon: Maria Sharapova overcame 13 double-faults on Thursday to reach her second Wimbledon final, where she will meet Petra Kvitova. Sharapova, who won the first of her three Grand Slam titles at the All England Club in 2004, defeated Sabine Lisicki 6-4, 6-3. Kvitova reached her first major final by hitting nine aces in a 6-1, 3-6, 6-2 win over Victoria Azarenka. Sharapova had two double-faults in her opening service...
10:33 PM, Jun 30, 2011
Wimbledon: Roger Federer was eliminated in the Wimbledon quarterfinals for the second straight year on Wednesday, squandering a two-set lead for the first time at a Grand Slam tournament and losing to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 3-6, 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. The six-time Wimbledon champion barely looked challenged while winning the first two sets against the 12th-seeded Frenchman. But Federer, who had been 178-0 in matches in which he had won...
09:13 PM, Jun 29, 2011
Three-time runner up Roddick was upset by 82nd-ranked Yen-hsu Lu of Taiwan. ...
11:30 AM, Jun 29, 2010
Serena Williams greeted the queen with the curtsy she had been practicing. Roddick and Federer bowed. ...
04:45 PM, Jun 24, 2010
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