Tennis

Nadal to play in Rio Open

RAFAEL NADAL said that he will play in February's Rio Open on his 'favourite' clay surface.

October 23, 2015

Somdev shocked, Sanam wins at AirAsia Open tennis

UNSEEDED ITALIAN Alessandro Bega ousted top seed Somdev DevVarman of India in straight sets to coast into the quarter finals of the AirAsia Open, $50,000 Challenger tennis tournament in Bangalore on Thursday.

October 22, 2015

Pennetta qualifies for WTA Finals in Singapore

FLAVIA PENNETTA of Italy secured her place in the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Finals in Singapore after beating Russia's Daria Gavrilova 6-2, 6-4, in the second round of the Kremlin Cup in Moscow.

October 22, 2015

Bopanna-Mergea ousted from Vienna Open

ROHAN BOPANNA AND FLORIN MERGEA lost in the men's doubles first round of the Vienna Open to be ousted from the 1,745,040-euro tournament in Vienna.

October 22, 2015

Myneni enters quarters, Nagal dumped at Air Asia open

India’s no.2 singles player, Saketh Myneni has successfully booked his place in the quarter-finals of the Air Asia Open, ATP challenger tournament in Bengaluru.

October 21, 2015

Nadal’s recent performances give him the motivation to go on and bodes well for 2016

For the first time in 10 years, the Spaniard has not won a Slam or 1000 Masters. That said, Nadal’s performance in the recently concluded tournaments in Beijing and Shanghai (his only two semi-finals on the hard courts thus far in 2015) has once again generated interest and expectation amongst his fans. With the season drawing to a close, the World no.7 has already set his sights on 2016 and has been pretty vocal about it.

October 21, 2015