LONDON: India’s Prajnesh Gunneswaran admits that being his country´s top tennis star places him under an obligation to play a Davis Cup tie against Pakistan. India have been drawn to face their…
Roger Federer has a chance to take a measure of revenge against friend and fellow Swiss player Stan Wawrinka in the French Open quarterfinals. Wawrinka beat Federer in straight sets in their…
MADRID: Roger Federer says he doesn’t have high expectations entering his first clay-court season since 2016 but has enjoyed practicing on the red dirt sahead of this week’s Madrid Open. Seeded number…
MELBOURNE: Australia’s Davis Cup captain Lleyton Hewitt has criticised Barcelona soccer player Gerard Pique and his Spanish investment group Kosmos for making sweeping changes to the 119-year-old tennis competition. The Davis Cup…
MELBOURNE: Novak Djokovic struck back for the old guard at the Australian Open on Monday, soaking up the pressure from a willing Daniil Medvedev before crushing the young Russian 6-4 6-7(5) 6-2 6-3…
MELBOURNE: Serena Williams stepped up her drive for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam Thursday by swatting aside Eugenie Bouchard, as world number one Novak Djokovic won an emotional 2008 Australian Open final…
SYDNEY: Gutsy Andy Murray fought to the end before losing an epic Australian Open farewell match 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (5/7), 6-7 (4/7) at the hands of Roberto Bautista Agut Monday. The Scot, who…
Aisamul Haq Qureshi is Pakistan’s most successful and high-profile tennis player. For more than two decades, the 38-year-old athlete from Lahore has been flying his country’s flag on the sport’s highest professional…
BRISBANE: Russia’s Daniil Medvedev showed Andy Murray just how much work he still has to do, when he beat the former world number one in straight sets in the Brisbane International on…
NEW YORK: It took 43 Grand Slam triumphs and over two decades to set up the on-court meeting but when the moment finally arrived, Roger Federer and Serena Williams gave the capacity…
PERTH: Serena Williams has posted an inspirational New Year message to mums and dads juggling parenthood with work, saying “anything is possible”. The 23-time Grand Slam champion began 2019 in Perth at…
Pakistan’s female tennis players have written to the Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) to demand an increase in winning prize money in the countrywide tournaments. In a letter, the players argued, “How can…
PARIS: Former world number four Sebastien Grosjean was named as the new captain of France’s Davis Cup team, the national federation announced on Monday. The 40-year-old takes the role ceded by Amelie…
LONDON: Novak Djokovic and Simona Halep were Thursday named as the 2018 ITF world champions by the governing body of global tennis. World number one Djokovic receives the honour from the International Tennis…
Roger Federer must wait until 2019 for another chance to reach 100 career titles after semi-final defeat by Alexander Zverev at the ATP Finals. Zverev, 21, tipped by many as a future…
LONDON: Novak Djokovic has 834 Tour match wins in his storied career but the latest, a 6-4 6-1 rout of young German Alexander Zverev at the ATP Finals on Wednesday, will not…
Roger Federer is coming towards the latter end of his career and is expected to soon hang up his racket for good, a report claimed. However, the 37-year-old Swiss star signed a 10-year…
