Tennis

Paris , September 30 (ANI): American tennis player Serena Williams has withdrawn from the French Open ahead of her second-round clash due to an Achilles injury.The 39-year-old tennis star was scheduled to face Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova…

New Delhi , September 30 (ANI): The All India Tennis Association (AITA) has announced the sub-committees for the term 2020-24 on Wednesday.To carry out the administrative, managerial, legal, financial, team selection, tournaments, coaches…

New Delhi , September 28 (ANI): The year was 1996 and no Indian had won an individual medal at the Olympics 44 years prior to the Atlanta Olympics, but that year proved to be decisive for India as tennis player Leander Paes beat Fernando…

New Delhi , September 23 (ANI): Canada's Bianca Andreescu will miss the remainder of the 2020 season including the upcoming French Open to focus on her 'health and training'."I have come to the difficult decision to skip the clay court…

Paris , September 21 (ANI): The organisers of the French Open on Monday confirmed that two players competing in the qualification tournament have tested positive for COVID-19.Along with these two players, one coach has also tested positive…

Rome , September 20 (ANI): Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal on Sunday bowed out of the Italian Open as he suffered a loss in the quarterfinals.Argentina's Diego Schwartzman defeated Nadal 6-2, 7-5 in the quarterfinals to progess ahead in…

New Delhi , September 18 (ANI): US Open champion Naomi Osaka on Friday announced that she will not compete in this year's French Open due to a hamstring injury.Osaka took to Twitter and wrote, "Hey guys, first and foremost thank so much for…

Florida , September 14 (ANI): The US Open title win has lifted Naomi Osaka back into the top 3 in the latest WTA Rankings on Monday.The 22-year-old won the US Open title on Sunday after securing a win over Victoria Azarenka in the final.…

New Delhi , September 14 (ANI): After winning his maiden US Open title in a historic five-set final on Monday, Austria's Dominic Thiem said the match 'truly deserved more than one champion'.Thiem defeated Germany's Alexander Zverev after…

New York , September 14 (ANI): Austria's Dominic Thiem defeated Germany's Alexander Zverev after making an unprecedented comeback in the five-set long marathon final 2-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6(6) to lift his maiden US Open title on Monday.This…

New York , September 13 (ANI): Japan's Naomi Osaka, who won the US Open title, wore a jersey of late former Basketball player Kobe Bryant during her post-match press conference."After winning the 2020 #USOpen title, @naomiosaka wore a Kobe…

New York , September 13 (ANI): Japan's Naomi Osaka on Sunday won her third career Grand Slam title after securing a win over Victoria Azarenka in the final of the US Open.Osaka registered a 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 win in the decider over Azarenka.…

New Delhi , September 13 (ANI): Basketball player Lebron James congratulated Naomi Osaka after the Japanese tennis player won her second US Open title on Sunday.James took to Twitter to write: "GREAT COMEBACK!! Congrats @naomiosaka!"Osaka…

New York , September 12 (ANI): Dominic Thiem on Friday (local time) became the first Austrian to reach the finals of the US Open.In the semi-final match against Russia's Daniil Medvedev, Thiem secured a 6-2, 7-6, 7-6, victory through…

New York , September 12 (ANI): German tennis player Alexander Zverev came back from two sets down to secure a dramatic 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-3, US Open semi-final win over Pablo Carreno Busta on Friday (local time).With this win, Zverev…

New York , September 12 (ANI): Playing in their first-ever tournament together, doubles duo Vera Zvonareva and Laura Siegemund clinched the US Open women's doubles title on Friday.The duo defeated United States' Nicole Melichar and Xu Yifan…

New York , September 11 (ANI): Former World No.1 Victoria Azarenka on Friday advanced into her first Grand Slam final since 2013 after winning her semi-final clash against Serena Williams in the ongoing US Open. Azarenka claimed a 1-6, 6-3,…

London , September 10 (ANI): Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) on Thursday announced the addition of four new ATP 250 events to the 2020 provisional schedule, as tennis continues its return following the suspension of the season due…