Osaka battled on gamely before retiring while trailing Kaia Kanepi 7-6(4), 3-0.
'I'm happy to have the chance to try to stop, one more time, somebody from making history.'
Nadal plays Berrettini in one semifinal, knowing he's potentially two match wins from a 21st major title.
'Some Indians take the extreme view that everything was known to our ancients, but others go to the opposite extreme and consider everything Indian was superstition and rubbish.' 'Indian science was perhaps more rational than the European science of the time.'
Armed thieves looted a museum on Friday in Greece's Olympia, birthplace of the Olympic Games, stealing bronze and pottery artefacts weeks after the country's National Gallery was also burgled.
Coco Gauff rallied from a break down in the final set to beat Swede Rebecca Peterson and reach the Indian Wells quarter-finals for the first time
Cyprus inflicted more soccer pain on neighbours Greece on Thursday when Omonia Nicosia knocked out AEK Athens in the UEFA Cup second qualifying round.
Images from Day 6 of the 2021 US Open in New York on Saturday.
The WHO's move came nearly three weeks after India objected to the B.1.617 mutant of the novel coronavirus being termed an 'Indian Variant' in media reports with the Union Health Ministry pointing out that the UN's top health organ has not used the word 'Indian' for this strain in its document.
All-purpose recipe -- great for tiffins or for starters. Crispy and fun.
IMAGES from Day 3 of the 2022 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Tuesday.
The stars Rediff.com Contributing Photographer Pradeep Bandekar sighted over the weekend.
Pankaj and Nidhi presented a summer festive collection that women will instantly love.
Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee was on Tuesday awarded the gold medal of the Hellenic Parliament in Athens.
Perhaps it says something more deep and profound about the time we live in and how it has shaped us, observes Aakar Patel.
Adorable pics from a cafe in Dubai, where customers can not only chill with cats but also adopt them.
Images from Day 1 of the 2023 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Monday.
'If I were to say, I had the best vegetarian food in my life in Vietnam, nobody would believe me.' 'When I proclaimed this to my friends, they didn't believe me. I had to show them the pictures and make them drool!!'
Surprise package Davidovich Fokina, who knocked out top-ranked Novak Djokovic and Indian Wells champion Taylor Fritz in the earlier rounds at Monaco, drew first blood by breaking Tsitsipas to take a 2-1 lead in the opening set.
Next up for the 35-year-old will be another American in 39th-ranked Tommy Paul with a potential semi-final clash against top-seeded Russian Daniil Medvedev, who he defeated in the Australian Open final from a two-sets deficit.
Top seed Novak Djokovic beat Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime 7-5, 7-6(1) to reach the semi-finals of the Italian Open on Friday and move within one win of 1,000 career victories.
There are several more innovative ways to eat fries.
Coroners investigating the crash of a Cypriot airliner that killed all 121 people on board ruled out on Friday that some may have been made unconscious by carbon monoxide.
After dropping the third set, Tsitsipas took a medical timeout to receive treatment on his left foot. Following set four, in which he held a 5-0 lead before a late Murray charge, Tsitsipas took an extended bathroom break and changed his kit.
Andy Murray may have been the forgotten man at the US Open but gave the crowd and Stefanos Tsitsipas a match to remember, forcing the third seed to grind out a 2-6, 7-6(7), 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 win on Monday and avoid the opening round shocker.
World number one Carlos Alcaraz retired injured against Holger Rune at the Paris Masters on Friday, sending his fellow 19-year-old through to the semi-finals, while Novak Djokovic and Felix Auger-Aliassime also sealed places in the last four.
Images from Day 10 of the 2022 Australian Open in Melbourne on Wednesday.
Images from Day 8 of the 2021 US Open in New York on Monday.
'When I was around 6 years old, my brother was competing in Spelling Bee, so I wanted to do it too.'
Greece on Friday cancelled the remainder of the domestic Olympic torch relay through the country to avoid attracting crowds a day after the Tokyo Games flame was lit in ancient Olympia.
World number one Novak Djokovic began his quest for a sixth title at the season-ending ATP Finals with a 7-6(4), 6-2 victory over Norway's Casper Ruud in their round robin encounter in Turin on Monday.
'I think it will be environmentally very beneficial. Life is such a hustle, and you never get the time to spend with your family and connect with them'
Serena Williams likened the frustration she felt in Tuesday's shock defeat by Maria Sakkari at the Western and Southern Open to that of being stuck in a bad relationship.
Chef Kuldeep Garude, Executive Chef, Elior India shares his special winter recipe.
Greece's financial crisis has intensified.
Images from Day 7 of the 2022 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Saturday.
Supermodel Bella Hadid has been rated the world's most beautiful woman according to science.
Golden, deep-fried gulab jamuns in a pastry basket of rabdi are the perfect treat for any Indian festival.
Greek crisis is coming at a time when India is short of hard news on the domestic front.
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