Tennis

Casper Ruud looking to take positives from his Italian Open run

In a tight clash, Rune rallied from a breakdown in the second set to overcome Ruud 6-7(2), 6-4, 6-2.

2023-05-20T17:50:34.041567+00:00 IST

Italian Open: Holger Rune defeats Casper Ruud, reaches Rome final

In a tight clash, Rune rallied from a breakdown in the second set to overcome Ruud 6-7(2), 6-4, 6-2.

2023-05-20T16:18:35.860216+00:00 IST

Rybakina secures top five debut in WTA

Elena Rybakina a Kazakhstan tennis player has secured a Top 5 debut in the WTA Tour Rankings because of her recent great performance in recent tournaments. Born in Moscow, Russia but representing Kazakhstan, Elena is currently at the world No.6 spot in the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Rankings.

2023-05-20T08:49:16.390511+00:00 IST

Italian Open: Elena Rybakina storms into 3rd WTA 1000 final

Rybakina has advanced to her third WTA 1000 final of the season with this win by 6-2, 6-4 in a match that lasted for one hour and 33 minutes

2023-05-20T05:33:42.516106+00:00 IST

Italian Open: Medvedev beats Hanfmann to advance into SFs

Medvedev will continue the quest for his fifth trophy of the season when he takes on Stefanos Tsitsipas or Borna Coric in the semi-finals on Saturday.

2023-05-19T06:10:19.159286+00:00 IST

Italian Open: Gauff-Pegula beat Krawczyk-Schuurs to enter final

In the final, Gauff and Pegula will face either Storm Hunter and Elise Mertens or Marie Bouzkova and Bethanie Mattek-Sands.

2023-05-18T16:58:23.965463+00:00 IST

Rafael Nadal drops huge hint on retirement

The 14-time French Open champion Nadal has withdrawn from Roland Garros, he announced on Thursday at the Rafa Nadal Academy.

2023-05-18T16:25:05.458018+00:00 IST

Rafael Nadal withdraws from French Open 2023 due to injury

In a press conference, he stated that he will also miss the upcoming months on tour as he continues to recover from injury.

2023-05-18T14:35:52.238090+00:00 IST

Swiatek provides update after suffering injury in Italian Open QF

During the set break, Swiatek took a medical timeout and returned with strapping around her upper right leg.

2023-05-18T12:07:06.613443+00:00 IST

Italian Open: Swiatek retires due to injury, Rybakina moves to SF

Rybakina is now 3-2 versus reigning World No.1 after victories against Swiatek at the Australian Open and Indian Wells earlier this year. This is the 23-year-old's third WTA 1000 semifinal of the season. Swiatek's retirement ends her 14-match win streak at the Foro Italico venue.

2023-05-18T07:19:30.720919+00:00 IST

Italian Open: Casper Ruud advances to QFs

The Norway star has advanced to the final four of the tournament on three successive occasions and will take on Holger Rune.

2023-05-18T07:00:23.157776+00:00 IST

New generation is here already: Djokovic reflects on defeat

The 20-year-old Danish tennis player prevailed 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 to seal a win against the World No. 1 in a match that lasted for two hours and 19-minute triumph.

2023-05-17T17:30:09.265142+00:00 IST

Italian Open: Holger Rune outplays Novak Djokovic in QFs

The 20-year-old Danish tennis player prevailed 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 to seal a win against the World No. 1.

2023-05-17T15:26:32.109036+00:00 IST

Italian Open: Swiatek marches to QFs, Kalinina, Kudermetova win

Swiatek set up an exciting clash with Elena Rybakina for Thursday. The two-time defending champion has won 14 successive matches, 24 straight sets at the Foro Italico. The last player to win a set against her was Barbora Krejcikova during the third round of the 2021 edition of the tournament. Also, Swiatek's last defeat in the tournament was against Arantxa Rus back in the first round of the 2020 edition.

2023-05-17T06:40:21.307826+00:00 IST

Italian Open: Tsitsipas, Djokovic, Rune advance to quarters

Tsitsipas will be facing the current Cincinnati champion Borna Coric, who ended the dream run of Hungary's Fabian Marozsan 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 to reach his second straight ATP Masters 1000 quarterfinal.

2023-05-17T05:51:16.274549+00:00 IST

Indian badminton team storms out of Sudirman Cup 2023

After losing against Chinese Taipei in the opening Group C encounter on Sunday, India ended up out of the race to make the knockout rounds. India will face Australia in their final group tie on Wednesday but even a win won't help them make the top two.

2023-05-15T16:57:38.238215+00:00 IST

Italian Open: Djokovic fends off Dimitrov, reaches round four

The top seed and defending champion appeared to be on his way to a simple third-round triumph when he led Dimitrov 6-3, 4-2.

2023-05-14T17:06:55.809655+00:00 IST

Italian Open: Iga Swiatek defeats Lesia Tsurenko

The two-time defending champion will lock horns with either No.16 Liudmila Samsonova or No.21 Donna Vekic next.

2023-05-14T16:24:27.301136+00:00 IST

Alcaraz wins on his Italian Open debut

Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz won his debut match of the Italian Open against Albert Ramos-Vinolas in the second round. The World No.2 ranked tennis player Carlos Alcaraz started the match in a hazy manner by giving away silly points but still managed to win the match by winning the first game by 6-4 and the second game by 6-1.

2023-05-14T15:04:01.843021+00:00 IST