Somdev Devvarman and David Martin bowed out of the doubles event of the South African Tennis Open after losing the closely fought quarter-final against Karol Beck and Dudi Sela.
Somdev Devvarman progressed to the singles quarter-finals of the ATP South Africa Tennis Open with a straight sets win over giant killer Jesse Huta Galung in Johannesburg, on Wednesday.
'They're just trying to shove us on the court because we're qualifiers'
India's Rohan Bopanna on Monday jumped four places to 12th in the latest doubles ranking chart. The soar in rankings was courtesy his title victory at the ATP Dubai 500 event.
Roger Federer sent a timely reminder to Rafael Nadal on Sunday, out-gunning the World No 1 to win the ATP World Tour Finals with an irresistible display of attacking tennis.
Roger Federer and Andy Murray avoided the need for fiddly mathematics on Thursday as they both produced dominant displays to qualify for the semi-finals of the ATP World Tour Finals.
Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi scored their second come-from-behind win to progress to the doubles semi-finals of the ATP Farmers Classic tournament in Los Angeles.
Rafa Nadal kept the one major title missing from his glittering CV firmly in his sights on Wednesday as he took brutal advantage of Novak Djokovic's eye problems to notch his second win at the ATP World Tour Finals.
Andy Murray put away an off-colour Robin Soderling in the opening match of the ATP World Tour Finals in London on Sunday.
Top seeds Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy on Friday earned a shot at the title of the season opener ATP Brisbane International event after overcoming a second set lapse against Jurgen Melzer and Philipp Petzschner in Brisbane.
Juan Martin del Potro survived a tight tussle to squeeze past Swede Robin Soderling 6-7, 6-3, 7-6. He will Nikolay Davydenko, who ended seven years of pain against Roger Federer on Saturday, beating the world number one 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 to reach the final of the ATP World Tour Finals for a second successive year.
Nikolay Davydenko ended seven years of pain against Roger Federer on Saturday, beating the world number one 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 to reach the final of the ATP World Tour Finals for a second successive year.
Indian Davis Cupper Rohan Bopanna is in line for his second ATP Challenger doubles title this season after making the final of the Aachen event in Germany along with his Pakistani partner Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi.
Somdev Devvarman fought an intense battle against Australian qualifier Samuel Groth but eventually lost 6-7(4), 7-6(10), 4-6 in the first round of the Nottingham Challenger. Rohan Bopanna, who entered the main draw via the qualifying event, beat Russian Alexandre Kudryavtsev 2-6, 6-3, 7-5.
The Indo-Pak pair laboured to a 7-5, 4-6, 10-3 win over the Czech-Austrian combination in the first round of the US $1,165,500 hard court event.
Alexander Zverev got the better of older brother Mischa at the Citi Open in Washington on Thursday, winning their first meeting at an ATP Tour event 6-3, 7-5.
A fit-again Rohan Bopanna and partner Frank Moser entered the second round of the ATP Challenger event in Italy with a straight-sets win over the wild card pair of Carlos Berlocq and Nicolas Todero. The top seeded Indo-German pair scored a 6-3, 6-4 win over the Argentine combination in the first round of the euro 42,500 clay-court event.
Prakash Amritraj stunned seventh seed Chris Guccione in a tight second round match to advance to the quarter-finals of the euro 42,500 ATP Challenger event in Nottingham, England. The unseeded Indian carved out a hard-fought 7-6(5) 7-6(4) win over his Australian opponent.
There are plenty of special effects inside the O2 Arena for the ATP Tour Finals but nothing could match the sight of Roger Federer in full flow as he beat Andy Murray on Tuesday to guarantee the year-end No 1 ranking.
Rohan Bopanna and his Pakistani partner Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi crashed out of the euro 42,500 ATP Challenger series tournament in Aachen, Germany, after losing a tough quarter-final to the German pair of Andreas Beck and Philipp Petzschner. The Indo-Pakistani duo won the first set but then lost their way as the Germans won 5-7, 6-4, 13-11 to advance to the semi-finals of the tournament.
Australian Nick Kyrgios was involved in a fresh dispute after being accused of swearing at the BNP Paribas Open in California.
Belgium's chances of claiming a maiden Davis Cup title against hosts France remained intact after Friday's opening singles, in which David Goffin made a huge impression, were tied 1-1.
US Open champions Marin Cilic and Serena Williams kicked off their China Open campaigns with straight sets victories against battling underdogs on Monday, but Rafael Nadal suffered defeat in a rare doubles outing on his return from injury.
Andy Murray begins his late-season assault on Novak Djokovic's world number one ranking at the China Open this week hoping to take a chunk out of the 4,695-point gap separating them.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
Local hero Kei Nishikori claimed his second Japan Open title on Sunday, overcoming familiar foe Milos Raonic 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-4 in the final under a closed roof at the Ariake Colosseum.
Images from Day 9 of the 2020 French Open at Roland Garros, in Paris, on Monday.
Stanislas Wawrinka should stop being so modest and put himself on a par with the so-called Big Four.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
India's Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna crashed out of the Japan Open following a straight set defeat against Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo, in Tokyo on Thursday.
Photos from matches played at the US Open in Flushing Meadows on Sunday
A hoped-for fight to the finish for the year-end number one ranking at next month's ATP World Tour Finals in London will likely be a coronation for Rafael Nadal, who is virtually guaranteed ending 2017 top of the pile.
The United States Tennis Association (USTA) will reveal plans to build a retractable roof over the centre court at Arthur Ashe Stadium as part of major changes to the U.S. Open venue in Flushing Meadows.
Indian challenge ended at the Hong Kong Open World Tour Super 500 tournament after Kidambi Srikanth and Sameer Verma lost their respective men's singles quarterfinal matches on Friday.
A struggling and edgy Rafael Nadal crashed out of the Miami Open.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Thursday
American swimmer Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, was suspended for six months by USA Swimming on Monday following his recent arrest on a drunken driving charge.
US Open champion Martin Kaymer sank an eight-foot birdie putt at the first extra hole to beat Bubba Watson in the four-man PGA Grand Slam of Golf in Bermuda on Wednesday.
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