AITA said anyone who refuses to play for India will not be entitled for the financial support from the government. ...
08:25 PM, Jan 08, 2013
Indian tennis players, including Vishnu Vardhan and Sanam Singh, have been granted wild card entries into the doubles draw. ...
02:35 PM, Dec 28, 2012
Mumbai: Top seed J Vishnu Vardhan had to dig deep into his reserves to overcome a spirited challenge from a rival placed 500 places below him and enter the singles second round in the USD 15,000 CCI-ITF men's Futures tennis tournament on Tuesday. Vishnu, who took part in singles as well as doubles (with veteran Leander Paes) at the London Games and played a key role in piloting India past...
07:49 PM, Oct 23, 2012
London: India will host South Korea in a Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Group I first round tie, which will be held from February 1-3 next year. In the draw held here on Tuesday, India have been seeded fourth in the Group I while Australia got top billing in the eight-team Group. India had retained its place in Group I after routing New Zealand 5-0 in the play-off tie in Chandigarh last...
05:37 PM, Oct 23, 2012
Tashkent: India's campaign ended at the USD 125000 Tashkent ATP Challenger on Monday after Davis Cuppers, Yuki Bhambri, Vishnu Vardhan and Sanam Singh got beaten in their respective first round matches here. In the first round matches of the main draw, eighth seeded Karol Beck of Slovakia scored a comfortable 6-1 6-3 win over Yuki, while Russia's Igor Kunitsyn beat Vishnu 6-3 6-4, and in a battle of qualifiers, Oleksandr...
06:16 PM, Oct 09, 2012
Tashkent: Indian Davis Cuppers, Vishnu Vardhan and Sanam Singh made it to the main draw of USD 125000 Tashkent ATP Challenger after registering contrasting victories against their respective opponents, here on Monday. In the final qualifying round played today, Vishnu, ranked 267 and seeded third in the qualifiers draw, came back from a set down to score a 2-6 6-1 7-6(5) win over Germany's Martin Emmrich in two hours and...
03:45 PM, Oct 08, 2012
Chandigarh: Heavy showers have delayed the start of the Davis Cup tie between India and New Zealand on the second successive day at the CLTA Tennis stadium here on Saturday. The unfinished second singles between Vishnu Vardhan and Jose Statham was scheduled to start at 10 am this morning but now it would not start before 11:30 am, according to the officials. Vishnu was leading 6-2, 6-7(6), 6-4 when bad...
11:31 AM, Sep 15, 2012
In the absence of big names, the Indian hopes are now pinned on Yuki Bhambri, Vishnu Vardhan, Divij Sharan and Sanam Singh. ...
09:17 PM, Sep 13, 2012
Chandigarh: Yuki Bhambri will open India's Davis Cup campaign against New Zealand, drawn against Kiwi number two player Daniel King Turner for the first singles match of the Asia Oceania Group I relegation play-off tie, beginning here on Friday. Vishnu Vardhan will play on all three days, taking on Kiwi number one Jose Statham in the second singles on Friday before playing the doubles on Saturday, followed by the reverse...
02:48 PM, Sep 13, 2012
Chandigarh: India in the last two decades invariably went into a Davis Cup tie taking for granted a victory in doubles with Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi around. Now when they play New Zealand in their Asia-Oceania Zone play-off, starting here on Friday, they are looking for the right combination. There is no Leander, no Bhupathi, either Bopanna or Somdev Devvarman for varying reasons and non-playing captain Shiv Prakash Misra...
06:47 PM, Sep 12, 2012
Young sensation Vishnu Vardhan will lead Indian team in the upcoming Davis Cup in which AITA has decided to send young team after snubbing Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna for the tournament. ...
09:39 AM, Aug 28, 2012
London: Disappointed they might be after the second-round exit from Olympics but veteran Indian tennis star Leander Paes said he and his unheralded partner Vishnu Vardhan played "one hell of a match" against the fancied French combination of Michael Llodra and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga here. Paes and Vardhan lost 6-7 (3) 6-4 4-6 to Tsonga and Llodra in the men's doubles second round on Wednesday night in a gruelling contest that...
02:34 PM, Aug 02, 2012
CNN-IBN's experts analyse India's performances of Day 5 and discuss the prospects lie ahead on Day 6. ...
11:43 AM, Aug 02, 2012
London: Leander Paes and his inexperienced partner Vishnu Vardhan fought their hearts out before losing to second seeds Michael Llodra and Jo-Wilfred Tsonga of France in a gruelling men's doubles second round match, here on Thursday. Paes and Vardhan gave a torrid time to the formidable French combination before losing 6-7 (3), 6-4, 3-6 in two hours and seven minutes. With their defeat Indian challenge ended in the men's doubles...
02:00 AM, Aug 02, 2012
London: Indian tennis pair of Leander Paes and Vishnu Vardhan put up a spirited performance to see off Robin Haase and Jean-Julien Rojer 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-2 in the first round match here on Monday. India's warring duo of Paes and Bhupathi, who were locked in an ugly selection row in the build-up to the Olympics, advanced to the pre-quarters of the men's doubles competition along with their respective partners....
01:59 AM, Jul 31, 2012
