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Why are Ashwin, Rahul creating a racquet?

Why are Ashwin, Rahul creating a racquet?

Rediff.com16 Nov 2020

'How is that for innovation?' BCCI asked.

Medvedev leads Russia to third Davis Cup crown

Medvedev leads Russia to third Davis Cup crown

Rediff.com6 Dec 2021

Russia took an unassailable 2-0 lead over Croatia in the Davis Cup final in Madrid on Sunday to secure their third title and first in 15 years, as Daniil Medvedev outlasted Croatian Marin Cilic 7-6(7), 6-2.

Aus Open PIX: Djokovic storms into quarters; Rublev survives scare

Aus Open PIX: Djokovic storms into quarters; Rublev survives scare

Rediff.com23 Jan 2023

Images from the men's singles fourth round matches on Day 8 of the 2023 Australian Open in Melbourne on Monday.

'Shocked' Kyrgios demands 'respect if not love' from Aussies

'Shocked' Kyrgios demands 'respect if not love' from Aussies

Rediff.com8 Jul 2015

'I'm not asking everyone to love me but at least know me as a person first before you judge me'

Relaxed Serena cherishing every victory

Relaxed Serena cherishing every victory

Rediff.com31 Jan 2015

Once a simmering volcano of emotions that could erupt at any moment, Australian Open champion Serena Williams appears to be heading down a path that may perhaps lead to her being renamed Serene.

Nadal feels lucky to be part of dominant 'Big 3'

Nadal feels lucky to be part of dominant 'Big 3'

Rediff.com1 Feb 2022

Rafael Nadal said he was lucky to be part of an era of tennis that included Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic after the Spaniard won a men's record 21st Grand Slam title at the Australian Open to move one ahead of his two great rivals.

Wimbledon PIX: Djokovic cruises; Raducanu ousted

Wimbledon PIX: Djokovic cruises; Raducanu ousted

Rediff.com29 Jun 2022

Images from Day 3 of the 2022 Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London, on Wednesday.

PIX: Tempers boil as Kyrgios stuns Tsitsipas; Nadal cruises

PIX: Tempers boil as Kyrgios stuns Tsitsipas; Nadal cruises

Rediff.com3 Jul 2022

Images from the men's singles action at the Wimbledon Championships on Saturday.

India to send 322-strong contingent for Commonwealth Games

India to send 322-strong contingent for Commonwealth Games

Rediff.com16 Jul 2022

Team India will compete in 15 sporting disciplines as well as four disciplines in the para sports category.

Aus Open: How WBBL helped Ashleigh Barty beat Maria Sharapova

Aus Open: How WBBL helped Ashleigh Barty beat Maria Sharapova

Rediff.com21 Jan 2019

Barty's best performance for Heat came against Melbourne Stars, scoring a quickfire 39 off 27 balls. She went onto amass 68 runs in seven innings in the tournament before switching her focus back to tennis.

PIX: Djokovic whips Tsitsipas to win 10th Australian Open crown

PIX: Djokovic whips Tsitsipas to win 10th Australian Open crown

Rediff.com29 Jan 2023

Novak Djokovic won a record-extending 10th Australian Open crown, beating Stefanos Tsitsipas in a generational clash in the men's singles final, at Melbourne Park, on Sunday.

Nadal not too worried by shaky start to season

Nadal not too worried by shaky start to season

Rediff.com2 Jan 2023

Nadal believes he had no reason to feel alarmed ahead of the season's first Grand Slam starting in two weeks.

Chennai WTA Open: India's Karman Kaur Thandi shocks No.8 seed

Chennai WTA Open: India's Karman Kaur Thandi shocks No.8 seed

Rediff.com13 Sep 2022

Canada's Eugenie Bouchard, on a comeback trail from injury, began her campaign in the tournament with a 7-5. 6-2 win over Joanne Zuger of Switzerland. She was joined in the second round by compatriot and seventh-seed Rebecca Marino.

US Open to hold wheelchair event after player backlash

US Open to hold wheelchair event after player backlash

Rediff.com25 Jun 2020

Australian Paralympic tennis champion Dylan Alcott, who led the player backlash and had described the exclusion as 'disgusting discrimination', thanked organisers for reversing the decision.

Hockey WC: Germany, Netherlands snatch semis slots

Hockey WC: Germany, Netherlands snatch semis slots

Rediff.com25 Jan 2023

Germany struck twice with two minutes left in the match to wipe out a two-goal deficit and then prevailed over England in the penalty shoot-out to make a dramatic entry into the semi-finals of the Men's Hockey World Cup, in Bhubaneswar, on Wednesday.

Tennis round-up: Defending champ Pouille out of Hungarian Open

Tennis round-up: Defending champ Pouille out of Hungarian Open

Rediff.com27 Apr 2018

Millman, ranked 80 places above world number 14 Pouille, needed 73 minutes to clinch a 6-3, 6-4 victory and the best win of his career by ranking position.

CWG 2022: How India fared on Friday, August 5

CWG 2022: How India fared on Friday, August 5

Rediff.com6 Aug 2022

A summary of Indian athletes showing on Friday, Day 8 of the Commonwealth Games.

Nadal asks for clarity in Djokovic case; players tired of saga

Nadal asks for clarity in Djokovic case; players tired of saga

Rediff.com15 Jan 2022

Rafael Nadal said on Saturday "too many questions" still needed to be answered concerning Novak Djokovic's bid to play at the Australian Open, while other leading players lamented how the saga had overshadowed the year's first Grand Slam.

PICS: Sania watches as husband Malik thumps Scot bowlers

PICS: Sania watches as husband Malik thumps Scot bowlers

Rediff.com8 Nov 2021

Malik was named 'Player of the Match' for his smashing half-ton.

Tennis Roundup: Ruthless Nadal storms into semis

Tennis Roundup: Ruthless Nadal storms into semis

Rediff.com6 Oct 2017

A ruthless Sorana Cirstea took full advantage of Karolina Pliskova's patchy form at the China Open on Thursday, reaching the quarter-finals as she consigned the recently dethroned world number one to a 6-1, 7-5 defeat.

CWG 2018: Check out India's schedule on Day 8

CWG 2018: Check out India's schedule on Day 8

Rediff.com11 Apr 2018

Check out India's schedule on Day 8 of the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, on Thursday.

'Tennis genius' chasing Davis Cup record

'Tennis genius' chasing Davis Cup record

Rediff.com28 Nov 2006

Russia are the overwhelming favourites when they host Argentina in this weekend's Davis Cup final.

'No Mean Feat': Tendulkar hails Novak Djokovic

'No Mean Feat': Tendulkar hails Novak Djokovic

Rediff.com11 Jul 2022

'He's a bit of God, I'm not gonna lie'

Meet Barty, once cricketer now French Open champ

Meet Barty, once cricketer now French Open champ

Rediff.com8 Jun 2019

Factbox on Australia's Ashleigh Barty, who beat Czech Republic's Marketa Vondrousova 6-1 6-3 in the French Open final on Saturday:

Kyrgios hits back at Olympic great Fraser after 'racist' slur

Kyrgios hits back at Olympic great Fraser after 'racist' slur

Rediff.com7 Jul 2015

Nick Kyrgios has accused Olympic great Dawn Fraser of being a 'blatant racist'.

Sania Mirza and Shuai Zhang knocked out in QF in Luxembourg

Sania Mirza and Shuai Zhang knocked out in QF in Luxembourg

Rediff.com17 Sep 2021

India's ace tennis star Sania Mirza and her partner Shuai Zhang were knocked out of the women's doubles event of the Luxembourg Open.

Tennis Roundup: Pliskova proves too strong for 'tired' Osaka

Tennis Roundup: Pliskova proves too strong for 'tired' Osaka

Rediff.com23 Sep 2018

Former world number one Karolina Pliskova utilised her big serve to full effect to ease to a 6-4, 6-4 victory over home favourite and U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka in the Pan Pacific Open final in Tokyo on Sunday.

'Indo-Pak Express' to be back on Tour

'Indo-Pak Express' to be back on Tour

Rediff.com2 Mar 2021

Bopanna and Aisam, known as 'Indo-Pak Express' will play together since they last competed at the ATP 250 event in Shenzen in 2014.

Ebden-Purcell win Wimbledon doubles after epic battle

Ebden-Purcell win Wimbledon doubles after epic battle

Rediff.com10 Jul 2022

Australia's Matthew Ebden and Max Purcell prevented the Croatian duo of Mate Pavic and Nikola Mektic from winning back-to-back men's doubles titles at Wimbledon with a 7-6(5), 6-7(3), 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(10-2) victory in the final on Saturday.

Tennis Roundup: Winning start for Prajnesh; Kerber fall at first hurdle in Brisbane

Tennis Roundup: Winning start for Prajnesh; Kerber fall at first hurdle in Brisbane

Rediff.com6 Jan 2020

Prajnesh, India's top-ranked singles player at 122, downed the local wild card Jason Kubler 7-5, 6-3 in the first round

Djokovic still coy about playing in Australian Open

Djokovic still coy about playing in Australian Open

Rediff.com4 Dec 2021

Novak Djokovic is still uncertain whether he will take part in the 2022 Australian Open but will soon make a decision, the World No 1 said after Serbia's 2-1 defeat by Croatia in the Davis Cup semi-finals on Friday.

Australia Open: Leaner, mature Osaka stays grounded

Australia Open: Leaner, mature Osaka stays grounded

Rediff.com12 Jan 2019

Naomi Osaka is no longer a shy, introvert youngster and the newest Grand Slam winner in women's tennis says she owes her maturity to last year's US Open triumph.

Tokyo Olympics: How India's athletes fared on Sunday, July 25

Tokyo Olympics: How India's athletes fared on Sunday, July 25

Rediff.com26 Jul 2021

A summary of Indian athletes' showing atthe Olympic Games in Tokyo on Sunday.

Djokovic's appeal against deportation to be heard Saturday

Djokovic's appeal against deportation to be heard Saturday

Rediff.com14 Jan 2022

Unvaccinated tennis star Novak Djokovic won the right to take his fight against deportation from Australia to a Federal Court on Saturday after the government cancelled his visa for the second time over COVID-19 entry regulations.

Chennai Open PIX: Bouchard sends Karman packing

Chennai Open PIX: Bouchard sends Karman packing

Rediff.com14 Sep 2022

Canada's Eugenie Bouchard quelled a second set fightback from India's Karman Kaur Thandi to win 6-2, 7-6 in the round of 16 and book a spot in the singles quarter-final of the Chennai Open WTA 250 tennis tournament.

'Cut it off': Williamson frustrated with nagging elbow injury

'Cut it off': Williamson frustrated with nagging elbow injury

Rediff.com11 Feb 2022

Williamson has been battling a tendon injury in his left elbow over the last 15 months

Aus Open PIX: Nadal battles into 2nd round; Azarenka through

Aus Open PIX: Nadal battles into 2nd round; Azarenka through

Rediff.com16 Jan 2023

Images from Day 1 of the 2023 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Monday.

Should ICC separate women's media rights?

Should ICC separate women's media rights?

Rediff.com3 Apr 2020

ICC shared impressive television broadcast, digital audience and attendance numbers from the tournament on Thursday, which it said have set 'new benchmarks'. According to ICC estimates, 70% of the game's billion-plus fans want to see more women's cricket, which resulted in 1.1 billion video views for the tournament in Australia.

Djokovic absence opens Grand Slam window of opportunity

Djokovic absence opens Grand Slam window of opportunity

Rediff.com16 Jan 2022

Djokovic will be nowhere near the centre court after losing his bid to overturn a second visa cancellation.

Revealed! What inspired Djokovic's dramatic comeback

Revealed! What inspired Djokovic's dramatic comeback

Rediff.com6 Jul 2022

Djokovic said it had been a friendly conversation.