Returning to the court after more than a month, India’s ace shuttler Saina Nehwal will have to get into rhythm quickly when she begins her campaign in the World Badminton Championship starting in London on Monday. The 21-year-old, who reached the quarterfinals in the last two editions of the mega-event, has been troubled by an [...]
August 9th, 2011 | Posted in Tennis | Read More »
Melbourne, Jan 24: Indian tennis pair of Leander Paes and MaheshBhupathi entered the quarterfinals of the Australian Open with a fighting three-set win over Spanish combination of Marcel Granollers and Tommy Robredo in the third round of the men’s doubles event here today. Paes and Bhupathi, who teamed up together after nine years in a [...]
January 24th, 2011 | Posted in Sports,Tennis | Read More »
London, Nov 27 (Delhi Metro Nation)Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi sealed a semifinal place in the World Tour finals for the first time in their careers after beating Wesley Moodie and Dick Norman 6-4, 6-4 to grab the last available spot. They had qualified for the season-ending finale after six years and have cleared the [...]
November 27th, 2010 | Posted in Sports,Tennis | Read More »
Unseeded Sania, a silver medallist at the 2006 Asian Games, scored a 6-2 6-2 win in the second round at the Aoti Tennis Centre. Contrary to what the scoreline suggests, Sania was quite rusty during the one hour and 17 minutes match and had to battle hard against her Chinese opponent. However, for Somdev and [...]
November 19th, 2010 | Posted in Other Sports News,Tennis | Read More »
Asia defeated Europe in the finals of the Cadet Boys Team Championship of the ongoing 2010 Global Cadet Challenge and Global Junior Circuit Finals table tennis championship here today. Earlier in the semifinals, Asia beat Pan America 3-0 while Europe defeated Africa 3-0. In the quarterfinals, Pan America beat Oceania 3-0 and Africa beat India [...]
November 4th, 2010 | Posted in Tennis | Read More »
Top seed and defending champion Andy Murray moved into the second round of the Valencia Open after beating Feliciano Lopez. Murray took the first set against the former Wimbledon quarter-finalist then had to save two set points on serve in the 10th game of the second before eventually triumphing 6-3 7-6 (7-1) Fourth seed David [...]
November 3rd, 2010 | Posted in News,Tennis | Read More »