Wimbledon: Serena grabs 300th Slam win, Kyrgios sets up Murray duel
- 04-Jul-2016
LONDON: Serena Williams needed just 51 minutes to clinch the 300th Grand Slam win of her career on Sunday as the defending champion made the Wimbledon last 16.
Federer knocked out by Tsonga in Monte Carlo
- 16-Apr-2016
MONTE CARLO: Roger Federer was knocked out of the Monte Carlo Masters when he slumped to a 3-6 6-2 7-5 defeat by local favourite Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the quarter-finals on Friday.
Federer rolls on as Murray, Nadal tested in Monte Carlo
- 15-Apr-2016
MONTE CARLO: Roger Federer showed improving fitness during his comeback week after February knee surgery, with the four-time Monte Carlo Masters finalist rolling smoothly into the quarter-finals over Roberto Bautista Agut 6-2, 6-4 on Thursday.
Australian Open: Djokovic & Serena continue dominant form
- 22-Jan-2016
MELBOURNE: Novak Djokovic underlined his supremacy in men's tennis on Friday as he marched unstoppably into the Australian Open fourth round -- along with Serena Williams, who raced through in just 44 minutes.
Djokovic mauls Murray, Tsonga awaits in Shanghai final
- 17-Oct-2015
SHANGHAI: World number one Novak Djokovic continued his dominance of the Chinese hardcourts by swatting aside a mis-firing Andy Murray 6-1 6-3 to reach the final of the Shanghai Masters on Saturday.
Serena and Cilic advance in China, Nadal loses on return
- 29-Sep-2014
BEIJING: U.S. Open champions Marin Cilic and Serena Williams kicked off their China Open campaigns with straight sets victories against battling underdogs on Monday, but Rafa Nadal suffered defeat in a rare doubles outing on his return from injury.
U.S. Open: Dream run over for Bellis as big guns advance
- 29-Aug-2014
NEW YORK: Top seeds Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic were forced to take a backseat to America's latest tennis sweetheart on Thursday, as 15-year-old Catherine Bellis hogged the Flushing Meadows limelight once again.
Cincinnati Open 2014: Djokovic through, Tsonga faces early exit
- 13-Aug-2014
World number one Novak Djokovic needed three sets to get past Gilles Simon in the Western and Southern Open second round on Tuesday, but Jo-Wilfried Tsonga lost to Mikhail Youzhny in his opener two days after winning the Rogers Cup in Toronto.
Djokovic makes no Tsonga and dance about injury
- 01-Jul-2014
If there were fears Novak Djokovic’s double-fisted backhands may malfunction after a heavy fall on his shoulder three days ago, they were allayed on Monday by a show-stopping crosscourt service return on match point. That effort left Jo-Wilfried Tsonga praying for a Hawkeye miracle – after the linesman and umpire failed to agree on whether […]
Nadal fights off bogeyman Rosol, Serena on a roll
- 27-Jun-2014
LONDON: World number one Rafael Nadal pulled back from the abyss to reach the third round at Wimbledon on Thursday just when it looked as though bogeyman Lukas Rosol had returned to haunt him. Two years after being knocked out at the same stage by the hard-hitting Czech in a late night Centre Court horror […]