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Ankita wins maiden WTA title, assured of doubles top-100 entry for 1st time

India's Ankita Raina on Friday claimed her maiden WTA title by lifting the Phillip Island Trophy along with Russian partner Kamilla Rakhimova

Fit-again Bhambri ready for another plunge after almost quitting tennis

An unresponsive treatment and the monotony of the long rehabilitation almost convinced Yuki Bhambri to hang his racquet for good but a voice within kept telling him that he could still pursue the game

Australian Open: Naomi Osaka crushes Hsieh, sails into semi-finals

Australian Open: Naomi Osaka crushes Hsieh, sails into semi-finalIn the other women's singles quarter-finals, American tennis player Serena Williams will face Romanian Simona Halep later today

AITA under-16 tennis: Dhruv Adiga scores lone upset of day

Dhruv Adiga scored the lone upset of the day when he sent eighth seeded Suchir Chethan home with a facile 6-3, 6-2 victory in the opening round of the AITA under-16 tennis tournament here on Monday.

Rafael Nadal into fourth round in Australian Open; back seems OK

Rafael Nadal extended his winning streak against fellow left-handers to 18 with a 7-5, 6-2, 7-5 victory over Cameron Norrie

The 'Next Rafa': Nadal's heir apparent is 17 and playing in Australian Open

Nadal's decision to practice with Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz last week, in the final days leading up to the year's first Grand Slam event, raised the volume of the hype surrounding the teenage prodigy

AITA Women's Tennis Championship: Fancied players have it easy

Fancied players stuck to their biling while advancing to the quarterfinals of the Rs.1 lakh AITA Women's Championship being played at the PBI-CSE Tennis Academy

Australian Open: Thiem cruises to second round after beating Kukushkin

US Open champion Dominic Thiem on Monday cruised to the second round of the Australian Open after beating Kazakhstan's Mikhail Kukushkin in the first round clash

Serena, Venus, Osaka cruise into Australia Open 2021 second round

Serena Williams started her Australian Open campaign in an emphatic manner as she zipped past Laura Siegemund of Germany, 6-1, 6-1, on to notch her opening-round win on Monday

Paes eyes French Open comeback in record eighth straight Olympics bid

Indian tennis icon Leander Paes on Monday said he is eyeing a French Open comeback this year in his quest to make a record eighth appearance at the Olympics in Tokyo. Paes, 47, said he skipped the Australian Open as he is apprehensive of playing in a bio-bubble but is looking ahead to the French Open. "Playing sport in a bio-bubble is very tough and may not be the best thing to do. I got a grand farewell at the Australian Open last year so I felt this year I would be sitting out and watching," Paes said. The Olympic bronze medallist in singles and multiple-time doubles Grand Slam winners was speaking during the launch of a cricket tournament named after his father Dr Vece Paes, a bronze winner at the 1972 Olympics. "I hope that by the time of French Open, by the end of May, Europe will get to a better position than now." On the Christmas Day of 2019, Paes had announced his "One Last Roar" tagline, calling 2020 to be his last season as a professional player, culminating with the T

Tennis players forced into a 14-day quarantine ahead of Australian Open

Some of the athletes, including Swiss player Belinda Bencic and Romania's Sorana Cirstea, posted messages to Twitter arguing they'll be disadvantaged by a lack of training

Tennis players arrive for Australian Open; sent straight into quarantine

Two-time Australian Open champion Azarenka was among the earliest arrivals into Melbourne on one of the 15 charter flights bringing players into the city for the first Grand Slam tennis tournament

All top four seeds in men's semifinals in AITA championship

All the top four seeds in the men's category marched into the semifinals of the AITA championship at the Rohan Bopanna Tennis Academy here on Thursday

Tennis players mull competition or rest at start of new season

Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, ranked No 1 and No 2 among the men, remained on their practice courts rather than venturing to Turkey or Florida for the first events on their tour

Andy Murray receives wild-card entry into next year's Grand Slam tournament

Five-time Australian Open finalist Andy Murray has been given a wild-card entry into the first Grand Slam tournament of next year

Roger Federer withdraws from Australian Open 2021 to allow knee recovery

Six-times champion and Swiss tennis maestro Roger Federer has withdrawn from the Australian Open 2021

None congratulated me when I won bronze at 2017 Deaflympics: Prithvi Sekhar

Indian tennis star Prithvi Sekhar has revealed that no one congratulated him when he won the bronze medal at the 2017 Deaflympics held in Samsun, Turkey.

Game for three sets

Beyond demands on players from the crowded tennis calendar, two arguments have been forwarded in defence of the three-set switch

Wasn't sure about playing again as I gained 23kg during pregnancy: Sania

Ace Indian tennis player Sania Mirza has opened up about her time during pregnancy and how she felt she could never return to the court again

Second straight runner-up finish for Prajnesh following defeat in Orlando

Early breaks pegging him back in both the sets, Prajnesh Gunneswaran ended runner-up at the Orlando Open, losing the summit clash of the ATP Challenger event to American Brandon Nakashima