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Denis Shapavalov ends Andy Murray's run at ongoing Wimbledon 2021

Canada's Denis Shapavalov on Friday (local time) ended Britain tennis player Andy Murray's run at the ongoing Wimbledon 2021.

Wimbledon: Djokovic cruises, Rublev leads Russian charge into 4th round

Top seed Novak Djokovic was in cruise mode as he handed a battling American qualifier Denis Kudla a straight-sets defeat in the men's singles third round of Wimbledon Championships on Friday.

Tokyo 2020: Coco Gauff, 17, Jennifer Brady lead US Olympic tennis team

Coco Gauff and Jennifer Brady will lead a US Olympic tennis team that will go to the Tokyo Games without any of the country's two highest-ranked women or four top men

Sania, Ankita set to represent India at Tokyo Olympics in Women's Doubles

Sania Mirza and Ankita Raina are all set to represent India in Women's Doubles Tennis at Tokyo Olympics 2021 after entries were officially announced on Thursday.

Wimbledon: Ankita Raina-Lauren Davis bow out of Women's Doubles

Ankita Raina's debut at Wimbledon's main draw in Women's doubles ended in disappointment as the duo of Ankita and American player Lauren Davis bowed out in straight sets

Sania Mirza, Ankita Raina to represent India at Olympics in Women's Doubles

Sania Mirza and Ankita Raina are all set to represent India in Women's Doubles Tennis at the upcoming Tokyo Olympics after entries were officially announced on Thursday.Sania will now become the first female athlete to represent India at four Olympics when she features at the Tokyo 2020, slated to get underway from July 23 while Ankita Raina will be making her debut at the showpiece event.Kiren Rijiju, the Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports congratulated the Indian duo and tweeted, "I congratulate @mirzasaniaand @ankitachamp, who will represent India in Women's Doubles Tennis at #Tokyo2020 after entries were officially announced. This will be Sania's 4th Olympics while it will be Raina's debut. All the best to them. #Cheer4India."Currently, Ankita Raina and Sania Mirza are playing in the ongoing Wimbledon and will compete against each other in the first round of the Mixed Doubles on Friday. Sania has paired up with Rohan Bopanna while Ankita has joined hands with Ramkumar ...

Wimbledon: Roger Federer breezes past Gasquet to reach third round

Swiss tennis maestro Roger Federer breezed past Richard Gasquet to reach the third round of the Wimbledon here at the center court

Wimbledon: Murray comes from behind to register thrilling win in 2nd round

Britain's tennis player Andy Murray came from behind to register a thrilling win in the second round of the ongoing Wimbledon 2021.Murray defeated Germany's Oscar Otte 6-3, 4-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 here at the Centre Court to progress to the third round. The 34-year-old Murray will now lock horns against Denis Shapavalov in the third round.The Britain tennis player made light work of his opponent Otte in the first set, and he ended up winning it 6-3.However, Otte came back strongly and the German went on to win the next two sets by 6-4 margin and as a result, Murray's back was against the wall, and he needed to win two sets to progress to the third round.At that stage, Murray showed his class and determination, and he went on to win the fourth and fifth set. In the fourth set, Murray dropped four games while in the fifth, he just dropped two.Earlier on Wednesday, world No.1 Novak Djokovic also progressed to the third round of the ongoing Wimbledon.Later in the day, Roger Federer will be in .

Bopanna, Divij miss cut for men's doubles event at Tokyo Olympics 2021

In a setback to India's medal chances in the tennis event of Tokyo Olympics, Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan have missed the cut for men's doubles

Serena Williams out of Wimbledon after suffering injury in 1st-round match

American tennis star Serena Williams on Tuesday was forced to retire during her opening match of the ongoing Wimbledon tournament

Olympics 2021: Ashleigh, Samantha to make formidable Australia tennis team

World No. 1 women's tennis player Ashleigh Barty and world No. 15 men's player Alex de Minaur will be part of the Australian contingent, which will compete at the Tokyo Olympic Games beginning July 23

Wimbledon 2021: Andy Murray makes winning return to the grass court

Britain's Andy Murray on Monday made a winning return to the grass-court as he won his first-round match of the ongoing Wimbledon

Wimbledon 2021: Andy Murray's return to action; Coco Gauff's second time

The former No. 1-ranked man returned to action at the Queen's Club tuneup after going three months between singles matches and is currently outside the Top 100.

Britain's Johanna Konta out of Wimbledon because of Covid-19 contact

Three-time Grand Slam semifinalist Johanna Konta, the only British woman seeded in singles at Wimbledon, was dropped from the tournament because a member of her team tested positive for Covid-19

Tsitsipas brothers join forces to play doubles at Wimbledon this year

World No. 4 Stefanos Tsitsipas apart from looking to win his maiden Grand Slam title at Wimbledon this year, will also team up with brother Petros Tsitsipas in the doubles event.

World number five Dominic Thiem withdraws from Wimbledon with injured wrist

World Number five Dominic Thiem on Thursday announced his withdrawal from Wimbledon due to a right wrist injury he suffered during his match Tuesday at the Mallorca Championships."I'm going to do everything the doctors say in order to recover as quickly as possible," Thiem said in the note which he posted on all social media platforms. "They've informed me that I might be out for several weeks, but I will do my best to be back on court soon."Tests in Barcelona found that the Austrian star has a "detachment of the posterior sheath of the ulnar side of the right wrist". He will wear a splint for five weeks, and Dr. Angel Ruiz Cotorro and his team will monitor Thiem's progress.Thiem is the second top 10 ATP player to pull out of Wimbledon after two-time champion Rafael Nadal said he was pulling out of the tournament and Tokyo Olympics to rest after the French Open. The 27-year-old is 9-9 on the season.The US Open, where Thiem is the defending champion, gets underway on 30 August.

Zhang Zhizhen first Chinese man to qualify for Wimbledon draw in Open era

Zhang Zhizhen is the first man representing China to earn a spot in the main draw at Wimbledon in the Open era, which began in 1968 when professionals were admitted to Grand Slam tennis tournaments. Zhang won three matches in qualifying rounds for Wimbledon, capped by a 6-0, 6-3, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (6) victory over Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina on Thursday. The 24-year-old Zhang is ranked 178th. He failed in three previous attempts to qualify at Grand Slam tournaments. China's greatest success in the sport came via Li Na, who won women's singles titles at the 2011 French Open and 2014 Australian Open and was inducted to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2019. Main-draw play at the All England Club begins Monday.

French Open 2021: Barbora Krejcikova wins maiden Grand Slam title

Unseeded Barbora Krejcikova won her first Grand Slam title by beating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-1, 2-6, 6-4 in the French Open final Saturday.

Tsitsipas beats Zverev to register a place in French Open 2021 final

Stefanos Tsitsipas went from way ahead to suddenly stuck in a five-set struggle against Alexander Zverev at the French Open on Friday before emerging to earn his first berth in a Grand Slam final

French Open 2021 women's doubles final: Barbora-Katerina vs Iga-Bethanie

Czech Republic's Barbora Krejcikova could become the first woman since Mary Pierce of France in 2000 to clinch both the singles and doubles French Open titles