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Keys comes back from a set down, beats Svitolina to reach Australian Open semis
The American 19th seed moved into the last four at Melbourne Park for the third time, 10 years after her first.
Published on Jan 22, 2025 08:44 AM IST
AFP |
Teen star Korneeva is just getting started
She was the world No.1 junior last year, capturing the Australian Open and French Open girls’ singles crowns.
Published on Feb 07, 2024 10:19 PM IST
Rutvick Mehta
‘Iga Swiatek is too humble to say, too modest to say, but she’s…’: Djokovic
Novak Djokovic made a massive statement on Iga Swiatek during the ongoing US Open.
Published on Aug 31, 2023 11:23 AM IST
Emma Raducanu out of Transylvania Open due to wrist injury
Raducanu's season has been blighted by a series of different injuries, ranging from blisters to side strains and hip and back problems. Last month, the 19-year-old was forced to retire during the Korea Open semi-final.
Published on Oct 06, 2022 04:56 PM IST
Reuters |
Chennai back on the world tennis map
A WTA tournament returns to India after a four-year gap in the southern city that was home to a popular ATP event until 2017 that had featured Rafael Nadal and Carlos Moya.
Published on Sep 11, 2022 10:28 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Mumbai
Giorgi knocks out Pliskova to win title at Montreal
National Bank Open: Camila Giorgi, who was unseeded and came in ranked 71st, used a strong service game to best the sixth-ranked and fourth-seeded Pliskova, winning 71% of her first-serve points and finishing with seven aces.
Published on Aug 16, 2021 07:36 AM IST
AP | , Montreal
Becker applauds Osaka protest over racial injustice
The 22-year-old’s move prompted the WTA Tour and ATP Tour to pause the tournament for a day as a show of support.
Updated on Aug 27, 2020 10:20 PM IST
LONDON | Reuters
Tennis player tests positive for virus at Palermo Open
While noting that the player is asymptomatic, the WTA Tour said in a statement that she will remain in isolation “until cleared by a physician per the established protocols.
Updated on Aug 01, 2020 09:36 PM IST
PALERMO, Sicily | Associated Press
Samantha Stosur to skip rest of 2020 but vows to return
Stosur recently announced this month that her partner Liz Astling gave birth to daughter Evie in June.
Published on Jul 26, 2020 03:12 PM IST
Reuters
Tennis establishes virus player fund, raises $6 million
With the tennis season suspended until at least July 13, some “800 ATP/WTA singles and doubles players” are in need of financial support, the statement continued, with eligibility for the fund determined by a player’s ranking and previous prize money earnings.
Updated on May 06, 2020 08:58 AM IST
Paris | Agence France-Presse
WTA chief backs Roger Federer’s ATP merger suggestion
Federer’s statement drew enthusiastic support, with Nadal and trailblazing women’s tennis legend Billie Jean King among those aligning with the Swiss ace.
Updated on May 05, 2020 11:17 PM IST
New York | AFP
French Open date change over virus rocks tennis
The new French Open dates mean the tournament would start just one week after the US Open, if that event remained in its original slot. Organisers of the Grand Slam in New York acknowledged it might need to be moved but said they would not go it alone in a scarcely veiled dig at French chiefs.
Updated on Mar 18, 2020 05:47 PM IST
London | Agence France-Presse
Kim Clijsters sets sights on 2020 comeback after seven-year absence
Belgium’s former world number one Kim Clijsters announced on Thursday her return to competitive tennis in 2020, seven years after retiring.
Updated on Sep 12, 2019 07:10 PM IST
Paris | Reuters
Ankita Raina-Karman Kaur Thandi clinch WTA Taipei Open
Ankita Rana and Karman Kaur Thandi clinched the title when Russia’s Olga Doroshina and Natela Dzalamidze opted out of edge-of-seat contest due to latter’s injury.
Updated on Nov 18, 2018 08:35 PM IST
Pune | Press Trust of India
Evergreen Venus Williams advances in San Jose
Heather Watson could not halt the march of veteran two-time winner Venus Williams at the WTA Tour’s Silicon Valley Classic.
Updated on Aug 03, 2018 10:54 AM IST
Omnisport, Los Angeles | Omnisport
Maria Sharapova wishes Serena Williams ‘speedy recovery’ after French Open withdrawal
Serena Williams has been forced to pull out of the French Open through injury.
Updated on Jun 04, 2018 08:46 PM IST
Omnisport | Omnisport
Serena Williams to face Kristyna Pliskova in French Open first round
Serena Williams will open her campaign at the clay-court Grand Slam - French Open - against 70th-ranked Kristyna Pliskova of the Czech Republic.
Updated on May 24, 2018 11:22 PM IST
Agencies | HT Correspondent