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Paes, Bopanna to begin Wimbledon campaign today
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
London [U.K], July 6 (ANI): India's Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna will begin their campaign at Wimbledon when they play their respective opening rounds of the men's doubles event later today.
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Murray eases into Wimbledon second round
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], July 3 (ANI): World number one Andy Murray began his title defense on a successful note as he defeated Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan in straight sets in the opening round of Wimbledon on Monday.
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Shocking! Murray suffers first-round exit at Aegon Championships
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
London [U.K], June 21 (ANI): World number one Andy Murray's troubled season continued as he slumped to a shocking straight-sets defeat at the hands of Australia's Jordan Thompson in the opening round of the Aegon Championships here last evening.
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Wawrinka, Nishikori battle into French Open second round
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Paris [France], May 30 (ANI): World number three Stan Wawrinka progressed through to the second round of the French Open following a straight-sets victory over Jozef Kovalik of Slovakia in the opening round of the men's singles event here on Tuesday.
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Djokovic, Nadal kick start French Open with a bang
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Paris [France], May 29 (ANI): World number two and defending champion Novak Djokovic kicked off his French Open campaign on a positive note as he thrashed Marcel Granollers of Spain in straight sets in opening round of the men's singles event here on Monday.
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Kerber suffers shocking first round exit at Roland Garros
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Paris [France], May 28 (ANI): World No. 1 Angelique Kerber on Sunday suffered a shocking straight-sets defeat Russian Ekaterina Makarova to bow out of the French Open in the opening round itself.
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Bopanna-Cuevas stunned in Madrid Open first round
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Madrid [Spain], May 10 (ANI): Indian tennis ace Rohan Bopanna and his Uruguayan partner Pablo Cuevas were knocked out of the Madrid Masters after being crushed in straight sets in the opening round of the men's double event here last evening.
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Maria Sharapova congratulates mother-to-be Serena Williams
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], Apr 27 (ANI): Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova, who marked her competitive return from a 15-month doping suspension with a straight-sets victory over Italy's Roberta Vinci in the opening round of the Stuttgart Open on Wednesday, has offered her congratula
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Stuttgart Open: `Wild-card` Sharapova marks winning comeback from doping b
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
London [U.K], Apr 27 (ANI): Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova marked her competitive return from a 15-month doping suspension with a straight-sets victory over Italy's Roberta Vinci in the opening round of the Stuttgart Open last evening.
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T-Sport confirm Karun Chandhok, Steve Tandy for LMP3 Cup opener
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 21 (ANI): T-Sport have confirmed that Karun Chandhok will team up with Steve Tandy for the opening round of the 2017 Henderson Insurance LMP3 Cup Championship.
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Serena Williams kicks off Australian Open with a bang
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], Jan.17 (ANI): World number two Serena Williams began her quest to surpass Steffi Graf's Open era record of 22 Grand Slam titles with a straight-sets victory over her Swiss opponent Belinda Bencic in the opening round of the Australian Open here on Tuesday.
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Nadal makes winning start in Brisbane with ruthless win over Ukraine'
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Brisbane [Australia], Jan. 3 (ANI): Fourteen-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal on Tuesday started his preparations for the Australian Open in impressive fashion with a straight-set victory over Ukraine's Alexandr Dolgopolov in the opening round of the at the Brisbane International.
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