Tennis
Melbourne, (UNI) Novak Djokovic reached the semifinals of the Australian Open after defeating American Taylor Fritz 7-6 (7-3), 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 in the quarterfinals here on Tuesday. This 33rd consecutive triumph at the first Grand Slam of the year equaled the record of legendary women’s player Monic Seles. “I didn’t know that I was sharing…
By BD Naraayannkar Bengaluru, Jan 20 (UNI) India’s Rutuja Bhosale crashed out of the KPB Trust ITF Women’s Open after she was defeated by Carole Monnet of France at KSLTA Stadium here on Saturday. This was Rutuja’s tough draw against the No.6 seed of the tournament as she was thumped in two sets by Monnet…
Melbourne, Jan 19 (UNI) Daniil Medvedev beat Emil Ruusuvuori before coming back to win 3-6, 6-7 (1), 6-4, 7-6 (1), 6-0 at Rod Laver Arena in a match that lasted almost 4 in the morning. The match ended at 3:39 am Friday and started at 11:07 pm on Thursday after women’s No.3 Elena Rybakina lost…
Melbourne, Jan 18 (UNI) World No. 1 Iga Swiatek advanced to the third round after surviving a major scare from former finalist Danielle Collins in a three-set thriller on Thursday at the Australian Open. Under the closed roof at Rod Laver Arena, Swiatek snatched a remarkable 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 victory in three hours and 14…
Bengaluru, Jan 17 (UNI) India’s leading star Ankita Raina rallied brilliantly to come back from the brink of defeat after trailing 1-5 in the second set to come up trumps against Viktoria Morvayova in a first-round encounter of the KPB Trust ITF Women’s Open played at the KSLTA Stadium here on Wednesday. The eighth seed,…
Melbourne, Jan 16 (UNI) Carlos Alcaraz made a punching return at the hard-court major at Rod Laver Arena after beating Richard Gasquet here on Tuesday. The second-seeded Spaniard won the match 7-6(5), 6-1, 6-2 against Gasquet after a gap of two years at the Australian Open. Alcaraz lapped up the match in a two-hour and…
Melbourne, Jan 14 (UNI) Novak Djokovic beat Dino Prizmic 6-2, 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-4, but not before the teenaged Croatian gave a hard time for the celebrated Serb in the first-round meeting on Da 1 of the Australian Open here on Sunday. In the longest first-round match of his distinguished career spanning 4 hours and a…
Perth, (UNI) World No.1 Iga Swiatek led top seed Poland into the semifinals of the mixed teams United Cup, while Serbia crashed out with an ailed Novak Djokovic suffering his first defeat in Australia since 2018. Swiatek swept past Zheng Qinwen 6-2, 6-3 at Perth’s RAC Arena on Wednesday to seal Poland’s quarterfinal victory against…
Bengaluru, Nov 24 (UNI) An unseeded and giant-killer Zeel Desai continued with her consistent show at the ITF Women’s Tennis World Tour by overpowering Germany’s Antonia Schmidt 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-4 in a hard-fought contest here on Friday. Before meeting the German, Zeel had trounced top-seed Uzbek Nigina Abduraimova at the Bowring Institute Clay Courts…
Madrid, Nov 23 (UNI) World number one Novak Djokovic said on Wednesday that he wants to end the season by leading Serbia to the Davis Cup in Malaga, Spain. Djokovic flew to Malaga after winning the ATP Finals in Turin and said he was looking for “one last push” before a well-earned rest. “It’s the…
