Sports / Tennis

Serena enters Stanford last four, sister Venus not so lucky 02 Aug 2014 - 10:51 pm

Venus Williams of the United States reacts during her match against Andrea Petkovic of Germany during a WTA Stanford Classic match at the...

Goffin wins maiden ATP title 02 Aug 2014 - 10:49 pm

Kitzbuehel, Austria: Belgium’s David Goffin claimed his first ATP Tour title by beating local favourite Dominic Thiem to win the Kitzbuehel Cup yesterday....

Raonic, Gasquet advance to Washington semis 02 Aug 2014 - 10:48 pm

WASHINGTON: Wimbledon semi-finalist Milos Raonic and 2013 US Open semi-finalist Richard Gasquet advanced to the last four of the ATP and WTA Washington...

Venus topples birthday girl Azarenka 01 Aug 2014 - 10:46 pm

Venus Williams of the USA celebrates after defeating Victoria Azarenka of Belarus during a WTA Stanford Classic match in the Taube Family Tennis...

Nishikori fights into ATP clash with Gasquet 01 Aug 2014 - 10:44 pm

Kei Nishikori of Japan returns a shot to Lukas Lacko of Slovakia during a ATP Washington Open match at the William H.G. FitzGerald...

Serena on song at WTA return 31 Jul 2014 - 11:02 pm

Serena Williams of the USA hits a return against Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic during their tennis match at the Bank of...

Berdych, Raonic win at Washington Open 31 Jul 2014 - 11:01 pm

WASHINGTON: Czech top seed Tomas Berdych and Wimbledon semi-finalist Milos Raonic advanced while US fifth seed John Isner lost yesterday in second-round matches...

Lisicki fires fastest ever serve 31 Jul 2014 - 04:09 pm

Sabine Lisicki of Germany hits a return against Ana Ivanovic of Serbia during their match at the Stanford Classic in California on Tuesday....

Nadal withdraws from Toronto, Cincinnati with wrist injury 31 Jul 2014 - 04:07 pm

TORONTO: Rafael Nadal was forced to pull out of the Toronto and Cincinnati Masters with a wrist injury yesterday, just over three weeks...

Venus wins, Serena set for return 31 Jul 2014 - 04:05 pm

STANFORD: Seven-time Grand Slam singles champion Venus Williams advanced to the second round of the WTA Stanford hardcourt tournament on Tuesday by defeating...

Isner defeats Sela to retain Atlanta title 28 Jul 2014 - 10:44 pm

John Isner poses with the trophy after defeating Dudi Sela of Israel during the finals of the BB&T Atlanta Open at Atlantic Station,...

Andujar clinches Swiss Open title to break two-year drought 28 Jul 2014 - 02:37 am

Spain’s Pablo Andujar reacts after winning the final 6-3, 7-5 against Argentina’s Juan Monaco at the Swiss Open ATP 250 tennis tournament in...

Cuevas upsets Fognini to reach Croatian Open final 28 Jul 2014 - 02:34 am

UMAG, Croatia: Uruguayan qualifier Pablo Cuevas extended his run of shocks by beating number one seed Fabio Fognini to reach the rain-delayed Croatian...

Youzhny starts with win at Gstaad 25 Jul 2014 - 12:07 am

Mikhail Youzhny of Russia celebrates his victory against Kenny De Schepper of France during their second round match at the Suisse Open tennis...

Haase advances at Swiss Open 23 Jul 2014 - 09:44 am

GSTAAD, Switzerland: Last year’s finalist Robin Haase (pictured) had to fight through an extended case of first-match nerves to advance over Aleksandr Nedovyesov...

Wozniacki routs Vinci, Mayer stuns Ferrer 22 Jul 2014 - 08:31 am

Caroline Wozniacki (left) of Denmark raises the winner’s trophy while Roberta Vinci (right) of Italy poses with the runner-up’s trophy after the final...

Troicki celebrates return after suspension with win at Gstaad 22 Jul 2014 - 08:30 am

GSTAAD, Switzerland: Viktor Troicki made the most of his return to tennis after serving a one-year ban as the Serb defeated Austria’s Dominic...

Serena Williams heads women’s field for US Open 18 Jul 2014 - 01:41 am

New York: World number one Serena Williams (pictured), coming off a surprise third round loss at Wimbledon, heads the women’s field for the...