Lindsay Davenport tasted defeat for the first time in a year on Saturday, losing 6-3 7-5 to second seed Jelena Jankovic in the China Open semi-finals.
Svetlana Kuznetsova beat Hungarian teenager Agnes Szavay 6-1 6-4 to reach the U.S. Open semi-finals on Wednesday and believes she is a better player than when she won the title in 2004.
Top seed Svetlana Kuznetsova won the New Haven Open when Hungarian qualifier Agnes Szavay retired with a back injury in the final.
Second seed Daniela Hantuchova suffered a setback before next week's U.S. Open when she was beaten by a Hungarian qualifier in the second round of the WTA event in New Haven on Wednesday.
The Indian had to share the title with Peter Acs after being held to a draw by Csaba Balogh in the final round.
Leander Paes and Martina Hingis thrashed Austrian-Hungarian fifth seeds Alexander Peya and Timea Babos 6-1, 6-1 to win the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon.
Images from Day 9 of the 2020 French Open at Roland Garros, in Paris, on Monday.
Fernando Alonso is no longer on speaking terms with British rookie Lewis Hamilton after the Hungarian GP.
He played out a fighting draw with Peter Svidler to remain in joint lead along with Magnus Carlsen.
Rediff.com presents India's Olympic wonder-women...
Viswanathan Anand scored 31 wins and eight draws in a simultaneous exhibition, but Pendyala Harikrishna proved disappointed in the Chess Classic World Rapid championship.
Images from Day 2 of the Australian Open in Melbourne on Tuesday
French Open finalist Ana Ivanovic overcame Hungarian Melinda Czink while Elena Dementieva beat France's Nathalie Dechy in the first round at Wimbledon.
The former World junior champion won the Marx Gyorgy international chess tournament after settling for an easy draw with GM Ferenc Berkes in the 10th and final round game.
The Indian ace, who is a full point clear of nearest rival Zahar Efimenko of Ukraine, needs only a draw in the final round to win the Marx Gyorgy memorial chess tournament.
Michael Schumacher won a point despite retiring as BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica was disqualified from the race.
Michael Schumacher blamed himself for a red flag error that wrecked his Hungarian Grand Prix hopes.
The Indian ace maintained sole lead in the Marx Gyorgy Memorial International chess tournament with an easy draw against Hungarian GM Ferenc Berkes.
The Austrian capital is famous not only for its grand architecture, music and art, but also for its open spaces and excellent public transport, points out Uttaran Das Gupta.
He registered a smashing victory over defending champion Almasi of Hungary in the third round.
The Hungarian won the final of the ACP World Rapid Cup in the second blitz game, after first two rapid games ended in draws and the first blitz game also fizzled out similarly.
This was Apurvi's second ISSF World Cup gold of the year followed by a world record score in New Delhi in February.
Former world number one Maria Sharapova lost her second consecutive first round match with a 6-4, 6-4 defeat to Japan's Naomi Osaka at the BNP Paribas Open in California on Wednesday.
Juventus progressed to the Champions League last 16 after a Cristiano Ronaldo goal and a late header from substitute Alvaro Morata gave them a comeback 2-1 home win over Hungarians Ferencvaros on Tuesday.
'ou need to find courage to beat this fear and I generally manage to do so. That's why I feel much stronger than people who say they are never scared'
Ferenc Puskas, the most mesmerising of the Magical Magyars, was the captain, inspiration and match-winner of a 1950s Hungarian national team.
Hungarian teenager Agnes Szavay beat injured Daniela Hantuchova 7-6, 6-1 on Friday to advance to the semi-finals of the Paris Open.
The Indian ace retains a half point lead after the 12th round in the Morelia-Linares Chess tournament.
A weekend that began at the top of the timesheets for Max Verstappen ended with the Dutchman out of the points and in a war of words with Ferrari rivals after a nightmare Belgian Formula One Grand Prix.
Germany overcame an early red card to Emre Can and eventually eased to a 3-0 victory away to Estonia on Sunday in a Euro 2020 qualifier to go joint-top of Group C.
Title contenders Fernando Alonso and Michael Schumacher were pushed out of the top 10.
The Australian would be favourite to replace Alonso at Renault if the world champions fail to secure Kimi Raikkonen from McLaren.
Robert Kubica will become the first Pole to start a Formula One race when he replaces Canadian Jacques Villeneuve in Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix.
The ace shooter shot an aggregate of 698.7 in the men's Air Rifle event at the Munich Air Gun Shooting Championships.
Hungary's Katinka Hosszu underlined her status as the leading all-round swimmer with a world record in the women's 200 metres individual medley at the world championships on Monday.
Glimpses from the Rubik's Cube World Championship that saw contenders speedily work their fingers, racing against the clock.
© 2026 Rediff.com - Investor Information - Advertise with us - Disclaimer - Privacy Policy - Sitemap - Feedback - About us - Terms of use - Grievances