Tennis

Nordea Open: Nuno Borges wins after beating Rafael Nadal

The seventh-seeded Portuguese Nuno Borges eased past tennis royalty Rafael Nadal to win his maiden ATP Tour title at the Nordea Open in Bastad on Sunday.

2024-07-21T17:45:27.724036+00:00 IST

Paes, Amritraj get inducted in International Tennis Hall of Fame

On Saturday, in the ceremony, both players raised the tricolour high with honour as they were formally inducted into the Hall of Fame.

2024-07-21T15:08:06.094442+00:00 IST

Nordea Open: Rafael Nadal reaches final following hard-fought win

Nadal beat Ajdukovic in a two-hour, 13 minute affair by 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, as per the ATP's official website. He reached his first tour-level championship match since the 2022 French Open final, where he beat Casper Ruud to win his 14th title in Paris.

2024-07-20T17:19:22.370196+00:00 IST

Nordea Open: Rafa Nadal makes winning return

Borg, the 21-year old son of former world number one and tennis icon Bjorn Borg, lost to the 38-year-old veteran by 6-3, 6-4 in straight sets.

2024-07-16T17:27:00.882006+00:00 IST

Sumit Nagal achieves career-best world no. 68 ranking in singles

The 26-year-old Indian tennis player climbed five spots in the latest ATP rankings released on Monday, moving past former world No. 71 Sashi Menon to become the fourth highest-ranked Indian man since 1973

2024-07-16T12:03:29.504527+00:00 IST

"It's an unbelievable achievement for me": Carlos Alcaraz

The Spaniard dominated the game from the very first moment and won his second consecutive Wimbledon in straight sets by beating Serbia's legendary Novak Djokovic 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) at the centre court in London on Sunday.

2024-07-15T11:55:03.448278+00:00 IST

It is a dream for me, winning Wimbledon: Carlos Alcaraz

Spanish tennis star Carlos Alcaraz said that it is a dream for him to win the Wimbledon title. Alcaraz won his second consecutive Wimbledon title after beating Novak Djokovic 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) at the centre court in London.

2024-07-14T18:39:06.015651+00:00 IST

"Credit to Alcaraz for playing some complete tennis...": Djokovic

Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz won his second consecutive Wimbledon title after beating Novak Djokovic 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) in the rematch of 2023 Wimbledon final at the centre court in London on Sunday. The Spaniard became only the sixth man to win the French Open and Wimbledon back-to-back.

2024-07-14T17:41:56.961836+00:00 IST

Carlos Alcaraz beats Novak again to win second Wimbledon title

Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz won his second consecutive Wimbledon title after beating Novak Djokovic 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) at the centre court in London on Sunday.

2024-07-14T16:07:47.865864+00:00 IST

Alcaraz faces seven-time champion Djokovic in Wimbeldon final

Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz will take on Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon 2024 men's singles final on Sunday

2024-07-13T18:11:06.041578+00:00 IST

"One of the greatest 21 year olds....": Djokovic on Alcaraz

In a rematch of 2023 Wimbledon final, the young Spanish sensation Alcaraz and Djokovic will be looking horns, with the former aiming to join Rod Lever, Bjorn Borg, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Djokovic as winners of French Open and Wimbledon in same year and the latter aiming to equal Federer's record of eight Wimbledon singles titles.

2024-07-13T17:50:10.376339+00:00 IST

Carlos Alcaraz feels "ready" to achieve major career milestone

In a rematch of 2023 Wimbledon final, the young Spanish sensation Alcaraz and Djokovic will lock horns, with the former aiming to join Rod Lever, Bjorn Borg, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Djokovic as winners of the French Open and Wimbledon in the same year and the latter aiming to equal Federer's record of eight Wimbledon singles titles

2024-07-13T17:44:07.702015+00:00 IST

Wimbledon: Barbora Krejcikova secures second Grand Slam title

Krejcikova has now improved her win-loss record in the final to 12 out of 13 wins in majors, a record of 2-0 in singles, including a French Open title, 3-0 in mixed doubles and only one loss in eight doubles games overall. Along with this, she has also won an Olympic gold medal title in Tokyo.

2024-07-13T16:23:01.997968+00:00 IST

Nat'l U-18: Mor wins singles, doubles title with Aarav Chawla

In the boys' singles finals, 10th seed Aditya representing Haryana beat Punjab's Gurbaaz Narang, also from Roundglass Tennis Academy (RGTA) 6-1, 6-3. Aditya combined with Aarav Chawla to beat the fourth seed pair Jevin Kanani of Gujarat and Neeraj Ringangaonkar of Maharashtra 6-3, 6-2 in straight sets to win the title

2024-07-13T15:05:51.376039+00:00 IST

Wimbledon: Alcaraz advances to final after beating Medvedev

The defending champion Carlos Alcaraz advanced to the final match of the Wimbledon 2024 after defeating star Russian tennis player Daniil Medvedev 6-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 in the semi-final clash at the centre court on Friday.

2024-07-12T16:32:04.980536+00:00 IST

Leander Paes opens up about development of tennis in India

Former India tennis player Leander Paes gave the mantra that he feels can help an athlete achieve success amid the differnet levels of stress that one endures in their daily routine life.

2024-07-12T05:22:30.191065+00:00 IST

Djokovic has a “couple more" Grand Slam wins in him: Leander Paes

Former India tennis player Leander Paes believes that Serbia star Novak Djokovic has a 100 per cent chance to lift his eighth Wimbledon title, and despite being 38, he still has a couple of Grand Slams left in him.

2024-07-12T04:42:55.874402+00:00 IST

"In those off days when I don't have matches...": Djokovic

Djokovic will be playing against Lorenzo Musetti, who defeated Taylor Fritz in the quarterfinal clash on Wednesday.

2024-07-11T18:15:37.851889+00:00 IST

Wimbledon: Jasmine Paolini reaches second major final

Paolini defeated Vekic by 2-6, 6-4, 7-6[8] in a match that lasted for two hours and 51 minutes, becoming the first-ever Italian women to reach the finals of the competition in Open Era.

2024-07-11T17:38:53.789796+00:00 IST

"Have to play my best...": Defending champion Alcaraz

The third-seed and the defending champion, Alcaraz, will be playing Medvedev on Friday.

2024-07-11T16:02:57.171695+00:00 IST

Carlos Alcaraz enters Wimbledon 2024 semi-finals

The defending champion Carlos Alcaraz defeated United States Tommy Paul 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 and 6-2 in the quarterfinals on Tuesday to enter the semifinal of the ongoing Wimbledon 2024.

2024-07-10T03:19:35.270042+00:00 IST