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Asian TT: Indian women lose to Thailand, finish sixth

Asian TT: Indian women lose to Thailand, finish sixth

Rediff.com5 Sep 2023

The Indian women's team finished sixth in the Asian Table Tennis Championships after being blanked 0-3 by Thailand in Pyeongchang on Tuesday.

CCI Tennis: Yadlapalli shocks Snehadevi S Reddy

CCI Tennis: Yadlapalli shocks Snehadevi S Reddy

Rediff.com6 Dec 2012

Thirteen-year-old Pranjala Yadlapalli caused a major upset, defeating third seed Snehadevi S Reddy, in an all-India girls' singles quarter-final at the CCI-ITF Juniors (under-18) tennis championship at the Cricket Club of India courts in Mumbai on Thursday.

Somdev in NCAA championships final

Somdev in NCAA championships final

Rediff.com26 May 2008

Defending champion Somdev Devvarman entered the final of the NCAA championship with a straightforward win over Alex Clayton in the semi-final.

Gibbs tips Shubman Gill to shine under pressure

Gibbs tips Shubman Gill to shine under pressure

Rediff.com2 Jun 2025

Gibbs said leadership develops with time, and Gill possesses the composure to grow into the role.

Indian challenge ends at World TT championship

Indian challenge ends at World TT championship

Rediff.com17 May 2013

Ace Indian paddler Achantha Sharath Kamal lost to Germany's Timo Boll 1-4 in the second round to crash out of the World Table Tennis Championships in Paris.

Tennis should have banned Russian, Belarusian players: Swiatek

Tennis should have banned Russian, Belarusian players: Swiatek

Rediff.com7 Apr 2023

Tennis missed an opportunity to send a strong message to Moscow by failing to impose a blanket ban on players from Russia and its ally Belarus after the invasion of Ukraine, World No 1 Iga Swiatek said.

Rakhimova Stuns Paolini

Rakhimova Stuns Paolini

Rediff.com3 Jul 2025

Jasmine Paolini's exit means only one of the top five women's seeds -- world number one Aryna Sabalenka -- will be in the third round. It is only the second time that this has happened in the professional era after Wimbledon 2018.

PIX: Ferrari win test of endurance with Le Mans hat-trick

PIX: Ferrari win test of endurance with Le Mans hat-trick

Rediff.com15 Jun 2025

Kubica won the race in his fifth attempt, his first three in the second tier LMP2 category, to become Poland's first overall winner since Le Mans was first staged in 1923.

How LeBron James 'helped' Andreeva to Indian Wells win

How LeBron James 'helped' Andreeva to Indian Wells win

Rediff.com18 Mar 2025

The Russian teenager credited one of LeBron James' past interviews where he talked about the importance of mental strength for inspiring her to victory at Indian Wells on Sunday.

Wimbledon PIX: Alcaraz, Sabalenka survive heat, opponents

Wimbledon PIX: Alcaraz, Sabalenka survive heat, opponents

Rediff.com1 Jul 2025

IMAGES from Day 1 of 2025 Wimbledon Championships played at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, on Monday.

Nat tennis: Rawat rallies to overcome Munshaw

Nat tennis: Rawat rallies to overcome Munshaw

Rediff.com11 Oct 2012

The top seeds in the men's and women's singles advanced to the semi-finals of the Fenesta Open National Tennis Championships, in Delhi, on Thursday.

Bopanna-Vliegen in Atlanta Championship final

Bopanna-Vliegen in Atlanta Championship final

Rediff.com25 Jul 2010

Rohan Bopanna is one step away from winning his second ATP doubles title of the season after making the final of the Atlanta Tennis Championships in USA, along with partner Kristof Vliegen.

Pegula to meet Kenin in all-American Charleston final

Pegula to meet Kenin in all-American Charleston final

Rediff.com6 Apr 2025

Top seed Jessica Pegula survived a tough test to beat Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 in a topsy-turvy Charleston Open semi-final on Saturday and will face compatriot Sofia Kenin in her fourth championship match of the season.

Boniface Prabhu wins Wheelchair tennis

Boniface Prabhu wins Wheelchair tennis

Rediff.com24 May 2005

The Bangalore-based lad won the doubles title in the 2005 Japan Open Wheelchair Tennis Championships.

Wimbledon officials continue plans for June championships

Wimbledon officials continue plans for June championships

Rediff.com18 Mar 2020

Wimbledon officials on Tuesday said they are continuing plans for the grasscourt major to start on June 29 as scheduled even though French Open organisers postponed the claycourt Grand Slam to September due to the coronavirus pandemic.

CCI tennis: Top seed Reddy maintains winning run

CCI tennis: Top seed Reddy maintains winning run

Rediff.com5 Dec 2012

Top seed Sri Vaishnavi Peddi Reddy continued her winning run to progress to the girls' singles quarter-finals in the CCI-ITF Junior boys & girls' under-18 Tennis Championship in Mumbai on Wednesday. Reddy, who won the ITF junior title in New Delhi last month, wasted little time in taming unseeded compatriot Snehal Mane 6-1, 6-0 in a pre-quarter-final encounter at the Cricket Club of India courts.

Sharath emerges champion in TT Championship

Sharath emerges champion in TT Championship

Rediff.com8 Aug 2010

Top seed Achanta Sharath Kamal overcame a stiff resistance from unseeded Sanil Shetty of Air India to emerge champion in the Inter Institutional Table Tennis Championship at Ajmer on Sunday.

World TT Championships: Sharath wins, women falter

World TT Championships: Sharath wins, women falter

Rediff.com24 May 2010

Olympian Achanta Sharath Kamal's impressive form helped Indian men register their second successive victory, while their women counterparts continued their dismal performance in the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Moscow on Monday.

Pakistan's Aqeel Khan wins Nat. tennis title

Pakistan's Aqeel Khan wins Nat. tennis title

Rediff.com9 Oct 2004

Top seed Aqeel Khan beat second seed Vinod Sridhar in the final to become the first foreigner to win India's hardcourt tennis title.

Soumyajit makes the cut at World TT Championships

Soumyajit makes the cut at World TT Championships

Rediff.com15 May 2013

India's Mouma Das, K Shamini and Madhurika Patkar have entered the main draw of the women's singles event while Soumyajit Ghosh too made the cut in the men's competition at the World Table Tennis Championships in Paris.

An underwater tennis court? Now that's cool!

An underwater tennis court? Now that's cool!

Rediff.com18 May 2015

Dubai may become home to the first underwater tennis centre.

Para TT at CWG: Bhavina wins gold, bronze for Sonalben

Para TT at CWG: Bhavina wins gold, bronze for Sonalben

Rediff.com7 Aug 2022

Bhavina Patel wins gold in women's singles classes 3-5 category

Asian TT Championships: Indian men's team assured of bronze

Asian TT Championships: Indian men's team assured of bronze

Rediff.com4 Sep 2023

After a long time, Sharath and Sathiyan find themselves out of the top-100 in the singles rankings and would be looking to make amends in the individual events at the Asian Championships.

TOPS shake-up: Neeraj Chopra retained but big names axed

TOPS shake-up: Neeraj Chopra retained but big names axed

Rediff.com21 Feb 2025

Double Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra is among only three track and field athletes retained in the sports ministry's revamped TOPS core group.

Manika Batra's medal hopes in World TT over

Manika Batra's medal hopes in World TT over

Rediff.com28 Nov 2021

India's Manika Batra failed to win a medal at the World Table Tennis Championships after crashing out in the quarter-finals of the mixed and women's doubles, in Houston, on Saturday.

Sanam, Vishnu reach quarter-finals of Asian Tennis C'ship

Sanam, Vishnu reach quarter-finals of Asian Tennis C'ship

Rediff.com30 Nov 2013

India's Sanam Singh and Vishnu Vardhan have made their way into the quarter-finals of the Toyota Asian Tennis Championship at Bangkok, Thailand.

Henman reveals Why Wimbledon won't go beyond 14 days

Henman reveals Why Wimbledon won't go beyond 14 days

Rediff.com31 Jan 2025

Wimbledon organisers have 'zero appetite' to turn the Championships into a 15-day event

Djokovic set to return next month in Dubai

Djokovic set to return next month in Dubai

Rediff.com27 Jan 2022

Djokovic's official website also confirmed his participation in the Dubai tournament.

Not retiring yet, says TT legend Sharath Kamal

Not retiring yet, says TT legend Sharath Kamal

Rediff.com4 Sep 2024

'For the next nine months to one year I would still be an active player.'

Table Tennis: Gao Ning wins Indian Open

Table Tennis: Gao Ning wins Indian Open

Rediff.com11 Feb 2007

Top seed Gao Ning of Singapore proved his class to score a convincing 4-1 victory at the Indian Open Table Tennis Championship.

Sania-Bethanie crash out in first round of Abu Dhabi Open

Sania-Bethanie crash out in first round of Abu Dhabi Open

Rediff.com7 Feb 2023

Sania Mirza and her American partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands suffered a straight sets defeat against the pair of Kirsten Flipkens and Laura Siegemund in the first round of the Abu Dhabi Open.

After six decades, China, S Korea team-up for table tennis title

After six decades, China, S Korea team-up for table tennis title

Rediff.com2 May 2015

China's Xu Xin and Yang Ha-eun of South Korea have teamed up to become the first cross-border partnership to win the world mixed doubles table tennis championship.

Rishabh Pant nominated for Laureus World Sports Awards

Rishabh Pant nominated for Laureus World Sports Awards

Rediff.com3 Mar 2025

Rishabh Pant has been nominated for the prestigious Laureus World Comeback of the Year Award.

These sporting icons are Gukesh's role models

These sporting icons are Gukesh's role models

Rediff.com30 Nov 2024

He also spooke about the routine he does between moves -- closing his eyes between moves .

PIX: Sania-Bopanna lose in Aus Open mixed doubles final

PIX: Sania-Bopanna lose in Aus Open mixed doubles final

Rediff.com27 Jan 2023

Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna went down to the Brazilian duo of Rafael Matos and Luisa Stefani in the mixed doubles final at the Australian Open on Friday.

TT World C'ships: Sharath, Sathiyan off to a winning start

TT World C'ships: Sharath, Sathiyan off to a winning start

Rediff.com21 May 2023

Veterans Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyan made a winning start at the World Table Tennis Championships in Durban on Sunday.

Indian girls out of Melbourne tennis meet

Indian girls out of Melbourne tennis meet

Rediff.com24 May 2003

They lost their doubles match against Japan, G K Swetha and Ashmita Easwaramurthy going down to Ayumi Morita and Emiko in straight sets. The teams were tied 1-1 after the singles.

Security concerns plague women's sport

Security concerns plague women's sport

Rediff.com12 Mar 2025

'Although one-in-five women in the UK will experience stalking at some point in their lives, there are no scientific studies around the stalking of athletes.'

TT Worlds: Manika advances to Round 3

TT Worlds: Manika advances to Round 3

Rediff.com23 May 2023

While Sharath lost on Monday, Sathiyan could not do much against the mighty world number nine Dang Qiu of Germany, losing 6-11, 6-11, 5-11, 7-11 on Tuesday.