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Nadal shrugs off Ljubicic loss at Indian Wells as a blip (21 March 10:30) |
| INDIAN WELLS: Rafa Nadal described his stunning semi-final loss to Ivan Ljubicic on Saturday as an "accident", and felt he had been playing close to his best at the Indian Wells ATP tourname... |
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Jankovic and Stosur advance to last four (19 March 05:07) |
| Indian Wells: Jelena Jankovic came from 2-4 down in the second set to book her place in the semi-finals of the Indian Wells WTA tournament with a 6-4 6-4 victory over Russian Alisa Kleybanov... |
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Ljubicic blasts past Monaco into last four (19 March 03:38) |
| Indian Wells: Big-serving Croat Ivan Ljubicic earned himself an early birthday present by powering past Argentina's Juan Monaco 4-6 6-2 6-1 into the semi-finals of the Indian Wells ATP tourn... |
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Ljubicic ousts Djokovic Nadal advances (18 March 04:57) |
| Indian Wells: Novak Djokovic tumbled out of the Indian Wells ATP tournament on Wednesday, upset 7-5 6-3 by big-serving Croat Ivan Ljubicic in the fourth round. |
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Federer suffers shock loss to Baghdatis (17 March 08:10) |
| Indian Wells: Roger Federer squandered three match points before suffering a shock 5-7 7-5 7-6 defeat at the hands of Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis at the Indian Wells ATP tournament on Tuesday. |
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Murray holds off dogged Russell to reach last eight (17 March 03:39) |
| Indian Wells: Fourth seed Andy Murray suffered a late wobble before beating American Michael Russell 6-3 7-5 to reach the Indian Wells ATP tournament quarter-finals on Tuesday. |
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Federer rues awkward moment between Sampras Agassi (16 March 03:22) |
| Indian Wells: Last Friday's verbal showdown between Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras has been described by world number one Roger Federer as an "awkward moment" and "a bit unfortunate". |
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Djokovic scrapes past Kohlschreiber (16 March 03:18) |
| Indian Wells: Second seed Novak Djokovic saved three match points before scraping past Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3 2-6 7-6 in the third round of the Indian Wells ATP tournament Monda... |
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Paes Bhupathi out of ATP World Tour Masters (15 March 03:32) |
| Washington: India's Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi bowed out of the |
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Murray eases into third round at Indian Wells (15 March 04:09) |
| Indian Wells: British world number four Andy Murray outclassed Italian Andreas Seppi 6-4 6-4 on Sunday to move into the third round of the Indian Wells ATP tournament. |
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Nadal cruises Djokovic toils at Indian Wells (14 March 10:46) |
| INDIAN WELLS, California : Twice champion and holder Rafa Nadal of Spain eased into the third round of the Indian Wells ATP tournament with a commanding 6-4 6-4 victory over Germany's Rainer... |
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Federer targets record fourth title at Indian Wells (13 March 09:23) |
| INDIAN WELLS, California: Back to full fitness after suffering from a lung infection last month, Roger Federer said on Friday he is ready to challenge for a record fourth title at the Indian... |
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Unified coaching the way forward for Britain says Murray (12 March 04:18) |
| Indian Wells: World number four Andy Murray has called for a more uniform coaching strategy at junior level in the wake of Britain's Davis Cup defeat at the hands of Lithuania. |
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Top ranking spot no immediate lure for Djokovic (12 March 04:13) |
| Indian Wells: Novak Djokovic climbed to a career-high second in the world rankings last month but the Serb is reluctant to dream about usurping Roger Federer at the top. |
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We need more singles players of Somdevs calibre Ramesh Krishnan (11 March 07:14) |
| MUMBAI: Tennis ace Ramesh Krishnan feels that the need of the hour for India to do well in the Davis Cup competition is to produce more quality singles players to compliment Somdev Devvarman... |
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Wildcard Henin casts shadow over Indian Wells seeds (10 March 04:05) |
| Indian Wells: Former world number one Justine Henin will have the top seeds looking warily over their shoulders when she continues her fairytale comeback at the Indian Wells WTA tournament s... |
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Shake-up looming after British Davis Cup disgrace (09 March 05:00) |
| London: Britain's 3-2 Davis Cup humiliation against lowly Lithuania looks likely to produce a major shake-up in the coaching ranks, with former player Greg Rusedski being tipped to replace d... |
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Somdev needs to add more to his armoury Misra (08 March 04:21) |
| Moscow: Disappointed with Somdev Devvarman's tame defeat against Mikhail Youzhny, India's Davis Cup captain S P Misra advised the youngster to add some more weapons to his game, saying a mer... |
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Somdev loses as India make exit from World Group (08 March 04:15) |
| Moscow: India were ousted from the elite World Group of Davis Cup following Somdev Devvarman's crushing defeat against Mikhail Youzhny as the visitors lost the first round tie 2-3 to Russia ... |
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France Czechs and Croatia through in Davis Cup (07 March 07:45) |
| Madrid: Doubles specialists Michael Llodra and Julien Benneteau combined to fire France into the quarter-finals of the Davis Cup on Saturday with a battling four-set win over Germany's Phili... |
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Somdev has nothing to lose can go all out Misra (07 March 03:47) |
| Moscow: Back in the tie after a "superlative" win by Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi, India's Davis Cup captain S P Misra has asked Somdev Devvarman to go all out in Sunday's tough reverse ... |
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Davis Cup Paes-Bhupathi win doubles keep India alive (06 March 01:09) |
| Moscow : Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi kept India alive in their Davis Cup World Group first round tie against Russia with an easy straight sets win over Teimuraz Gabashvili and Igor Kuni... |
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Davis Cup Somdevs best not enough Russia 2-0 up (06 March 03:13) |
| Moscow: Somdev Devvarman came close to giving India a point but the Russians wrapped up both the opening day singles to take a 2-0 lead in the first round of Davis Cup World Group at Luzhnik... |
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We are no pushovers can upset Russia Somdev (05 March 03:30) |
| MOSCOW: Packed with higher ranked players, Russia will start overwhelming favourite in the Davis Cup World Group tie on Friday but top Indian player Somdev Devvarman said his team is no push... |
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Davis Cup India take on Russia (04 March 07:03) |
| Moscow: Returning to the elite World Group of Davis Cup after 11 years, an acid test awaits India when they take on formidable Russia in their first round tie here on Friday. |
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Injured Sania confident of playing in Commonwealth Games (03 March 03:52) |
| Kolkata: Indian tennis sensation Sania Mirza, who is out with a troublesome wrist, is confident of playing in the Commonwealth Games, beginning October 3 in New Delhi. |
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Injured Davydenko doubtful for India Davis Cup clash (03 March 03:51) |
| Moscow: Injured Nikolay Davydenko has only an outside chance of playing for Russia in this week's Davis Cup first-round tie against India, team captain Shamil Tarpishchev said on Tuesday. |
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Djokovic channels anger to retain Dubai crown (01 March 03:53) |
| Dubai: World number two Novak Djokovic overcame a racket-smashing tantrum and a day-long rain delay to retain his Dubai Championships crown by beating Russia's Mikhail Youzhny 7-5 5-7 6-3 on... |
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Paes and Dlouhy beaten in Dubai final (28 February 06:56) |
| Dubai: India's Leander Paes and Czech Lukas Dlouhy lost to Swede Simon Aspelin and Australian Paul Hanley 2-6, 3-6, in the final of the $2 million Dubai tennis championships. |
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Paes-Dlouhy in doubles final in Dubai (27 February 10:37) |
| Dubai: India's Leander Paes and Czech Lukas Dlouhy rallied from a set down to register a 2-6, 7-6(6), 10-7 win over Germany's Christopher Kas and Belgium's Dick Norman in the doubles semifin... |
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Volatile Djokovic to play Youzhny in Dubai final (27 February 04:01) |
| Dubai: Second seed Novak Djokovic produced a few flashes of temper as he fought back from a set and a break down to beat Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis 6-7 6-3 6-4 in the Dubai Championships semi-... |
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Djokovic reaches Dubai semis Cilic departs (26 February 03:21) |
| DUBAI: World number two Novak Djokovic fought back from a set down to beat Croatia's Ivan Ljubicic 2-6 6-4 6-0 at the Dubai championships on Thursday, becoming only the second seed to make i... |
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Paes-Dlouhy in semis Bopanna Bhupathi bow out in Dubai (26 February 03:21) |
| Dubai: India's Leander Paes and Czech Lukas Dlouhy cruised into the doubles semifinals of the Dubai Tennis Championships while Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna bowed out with their partners... |
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Murray in shock second round exit in Dubai (25 February 04:53) |
| DUBAI: World number four Andy Murray made a shock exit from the $2 million Dubai championships on Wednesday after Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic defeated the Scot 7-6 4-6 6-4 in a thrilling secon... |
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Somdev loses to Baghdatis in Dubai (24 February 03:53) |
| Dubai: India's Somdev Devvarman went down fighting 3-6, 6-3, 1-6 to World No. 37 Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis in the second round of the Dubai Tennis Championships here on Wednesday. |
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Davydenko and Cilic win in Dubai (24 February 04:38) |
| DUBAI: Fourth seed Nikolay Davydenko overcame an early fright to beat France's Florent Serra 6-7 6-4 6-1 on Tuesday in an error-strewn first-round battle at the Dubai Championships. |
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Murray overcomes dogged Kunitsyn in Dubai (23 February 03:45) |
| Dubai: World number four Andy Murray overcame a gutsy display from Russian Igor Kunitsyn to win 6-2 6-3 in a floodlit first-round encounter at the Dubai tennis championships. |
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Complaint lodged against Sania Mirza (12 December 03:25) |
| The shooting of an advertisement featuring Sania at the Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad has sparked a row with the minorities welfare department lodging a complaint against her and an advertisemen... |
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No marriage plans for few years: Sania (03 December 03:06) |
| In an interview, Sania Mirza said she has no plans of getting married for the next few years. Sania also stated she has no plans of getting into Bollywood |
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Davis Cup final: US beats Russia 4-1 (03 December 02:53) |
| Blake defeated Tursunov 1-6, 6-3, 7-5 and the US wrapped up its Davis Cup final victory 4-1 over Russia. Andreev gave the Russians their only win by defeating Bob Bryan 6-3, 7-6 (4) in the f... |
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'No marriage plans for few years' (02 December 06:04) |
| In an interview, Sania Mirza said whenever she is asked if she is ready to marry, she politely says that she has no plans for the next few years. Sania also stated she has no plans of gettin... |
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US wins its first Davis Cup since 1995 (02 December 03:18) |
| The US won its first Davis Cup since 1995 with a doubles victory over Russia. In the doubles, the Bryans cruised past Nikolay Davydenko and Igor Andreev 7-6 (4), 6-4, 6-2 to in a shade unde... |
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'Foot injury won't affect Nadal's form' (01 December 02:31) |
| Rafael Nadal's foot injury will not keep him from continuing to perform at the top level, according to the Spaniard's doctor. The foot "is not at all a handicap", Dr Angel Ruiz Cotorro said |
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US takes 2-0 lead in Davis Cup final (01 December 02:25) |
| James Blake held off Mikhail Youzhny 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (3), 7-6 (3) to give the US a 2-0 lead over Russia in the Davis Cup final. Blake's victory moved the US within one win of its first Da... |
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Nadal surprised by trainer's comments (30 November 02:24) |
| Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal, world No 2, was surprised by comments from his uncle and coach Toni, who called a recurring foot injury "very serious" |
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Russia's lineup for Davis Cup final (30 November 02:18) |
| Russia pulled a surprise at the draw for the Davis Cup final, leaving Nikolay Davydenko out of the singles matches. Davydenko was relegated to playing doubles with Igor Andreev |
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No evidence that Haas was poisoned in Russia: ITF (29 November 03:43) |
| There is no evidence to substantiate allegations that German player Tommy Haas was poisoned before a Davis Cup match against Russia, the International Tennis Federation has said |
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Sampras says Federer more dominant than ever (29 November 03:43) |
| Sampras feels Federer is more dominant than he ever was and predicted the Swiss will surpass his record of 14 Slams. Still, Sampras isn't prepared to give up his place in history just yet |
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US hoping for vocal home support (29 November 03:33) |
| Andy Roddick expects some boisterous patriotic spirit when the United States hosts Russia this weekend for the Davis Cup. The US has not hosted the final in the Davis Cup since 1992 |
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Marat Safin out of Davis Cup final (28 November 02:54) |
| Russia captain Shamil Tarpischev was emphatic. Marat Safin wasn't going to suddenly appear for the Davis Cup final. There were questions whether Tarpischev, might bring in Safin at the last ... |
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