Tennis

Haddad Maia defeats Riske to claim maiden WTA singles title

Haddad Maia also won the doubles title alongside Zhang Shuai.

2022-06-13T09:01:05.805019+00:00 IST

Matteo Berrettini beats Andy Murray to claim Stuttgart title

Berrettini overcame former World No. 1 Andy Murray 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 in the summit clash.

2022-06-13T08:36:40.869468+00:00 IST

KIYG: Gujarat's Dhruv Hirpara pockets boys singles tennis gold

The boy from Tori Gaon in Amreli district of Gujarat had not even held a tennis racquet till he was 13. He would probably have never played the sport had his parents not taken the tough decision of sending him to a boarding school to ensure he gets a better education.

2022-06-12T08:38:35.761440+00:00 IST

Nottingham Open: Riske, Haddad Maia to clash in final

Alison Riske of the United States and Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil will square off for the first time.

2022-06-12T08:37:20.406901+00:00 IST

Andy Murray defeats Nick Kyrgios to reach Stuttgart Open final

It just took one hour and 33 minutes for Murray to register straight sets victory over Kyrgios by 7-6 (7-5) 6-2.

2022-06-12T05:41:37.673698+00:00 IST

Murray stuns Stefanos Tsitsipas, sets SF clash with Nick Kyrgios

With this win Andy Murray upped his preparation for Wimbledon 2022, beginning later in June, by wonderfully using his backhand slices to control the sets and outplayed Tsitsipas by 7-6 (4), 6-3.

2022-06-11T07:05:13.641009+00:00 IST

Iga Swiatek pulls out of Berlin event with shoulder issue

French Open champion Iga Swiatek to skip next week's Berlin Open WTA 500 tournament due to a shoulder issue.

2022-06-11T04:11:04.421268+00:00 IST

Wimbledon announces record prize money of 40.3 million pounds

The organisers made the announcement as The All England Lawn Tennis Club is all set for this year's Grand Slam event.

2022-06-10T07:33:54.979511+00:00 IST

Rafael Nadal jumps to No. 4; Ruud attains career-high 6th spot

Rafael Nadal has climbed to No. 4 spot in the ATP Rankings after he captured a historic 14th French Open title and record-extending 22nd Grand Slam trophy in Paris last week.

2022-06-07T09:41:18.879748+00:00 IST

Glasgow to host 2022 Billie Jean King Cup Finals in November

The Finals will be played on indoor hard courts at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Scotland, from November 8 to 13.

2022-06-07T09:03:54.350948+00:00 IST

WTA Rankings: Iga Swiatek extends lead, Pegula makes top 10 debut

Poland's Iga Swiatek expanded her lead at the top of the WTA rankings released on Monday after her French Open triumph in Paris over American Coco Gauff.

2022-06-07T05:53:06.120623+00:00 IST

Coach Dmitry Tursunov announces split from Anett Kontaveit

Newly ranked World No.2 Anett Kontaveit will head into the second half of her 2022 season without Dmitry Tursunov as her coach.

2022-06-07T05:43:13.890689+00:00 IST

Nadal will eat you alive: Ruud after defeat in French Open final

French Open men's singles runner-up Casper Ruud said he had no answers when Nadal stepped up his game midway in the second set of the summit clash on Sunday

2022-06-06T05:19:31.470334+00:00 IST

I will keep fighting: Rafael Nadal refuses retirement rumours

Apart from clinching a record-extending French Open crown, Rafael Nadal indicated that he is not going to retire anytime soon, rubbishing the rumours as he kept speaking about his chronic foot injury problem during the campaign in Paris.

2022-06-06T03:38:43.019569+00:00 IST

Sports fraternity hails Rafael Nadal's French Open victory

After Rafael Nadal's 14th French Open win, former Indian cricketers Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Ravi Shastri, and footballer David de Gea congratulated the 36-year-old tennis great for his historic 22nd Grand Slam win.

2022-06-06T02:59:41.010595+00:00 IST

Ruud cherishes memory of playing against Nadal in French Open

Despite suffering a defeat in his maiden Grand Slam final, Ruud remained optimistic about his campaign, stressing how playing Rafael Nadal in a French Open final will remain one of the most memorable and remarkable events of his career.

2022-06-06T02:25:58.104743+00:00 IST

Nadal drubs Ruud to claim record-extending 14th French Open title

Rafael Nadal registered a thumping straight set victory over Casper Ruud to win the final of French Open 2022. The Spaniard with his 14th French Open crown once again shows why he is called King of clay and he also extended his grand slam title tally to 22 going ahead of Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic who have won 20 each.

2022-06-05T15:58:17.448760+00:00 IST

Definitely a big surprise, says Garcia after French Open win

Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic of France on Sunday ended their French Open women's double campaign with a title win over 8th-seeded Americans Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula by 2-6 6-3 6-2.

2022-06-05T14:38:31.571738+00:00 IST

French Open champion Swiatek finds calm in Nadal's perspective

After claiming her 35th successive match victory and sixth consecutive title on Saturday against Coco Gauff in Paris, the Polish star Iga Swiatek said that watching how Rafael Nadal has met success and failure had helped to shape her own path to the highs and lows of life on tour.

2022-06-05T12:41:51.175829+00:00 IST

Garcia-Mladenovic win French Open 2022 women's double title

2016 champions Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic came back from a set down for the third time to win their home major, overcoming Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula in the Roland Garros women's doubles final.

2022-06-05T12:38:04.866665+00:00 IST