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Somdev loses in quarter-finals in Atlanta

Somdev loses in quarter-finals in Atlanta

Rediff.com23 Jul 2011

India's Somdev Devvarman on Saturday bowed out of the Atlanta Tennis Championships singles event after a straight-set defeat at the hands of defending champion Mardy Fish of the United States in the quarter-finals.

Indian paddlers fail to make the grade

Indian paddlers fail to make the grade

Rediff.com30 Apr 2006

India were ousted from the men's championship division when England beat them 3-2 in the pre-quarterfinals

Bopanna-Cuevas win Monte Carlo Masters

Bopanna-Cuevas win Monte Carlo Masters

Rediff.com23 Apr 2017

India's Rohan Bopanna and his Uruguayan partner Pablo Cuevas lifted the men's doubles crown at the Monte Carlo Masters.

India to meet Chinese Taipei in final

India to meet Chinese Taipei in final

Rediff.com25 Nov 2006

Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna continued with their blistering form as India thrashed Japan 3-0.

Hopman Cup: India beat China

Hopman Cup: India beat China

Rediff.com23 Nov 2006

Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza won their singles matches to give India a 2-0 lead over China.

Vardhan shocks Bhambri to enter ITF final

Vardhan shocks Bhambri to enter ITF final

Rediff.com18 Nov 2011

Third seed Vishnu Vardhan upset top seed Yuki Bhambri to set up a title-clash with qualifier Jeevan Nendunchezhiyan, in the US $15,000 Solaris ITF men's Futures Tennis Championships in Pune on Friday. Vardhan avenged his defeat at the hardcourt Nationals by scraping past title-favourite Bhambri 2-6, 7-6(5), 7-5, while Jeevan made it to the final after his opponent, sixth seed Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan, retired with a shoulder injury at 3-6, 6-4.

Bopanna crashes out

Bopanna crashes out

Rediff.com7 Sep 2005

The sixth seeded Indian ace was beaten by Alexey Kedriouk of Kazakhstan in the pre-quarter-finals of the Asian Tennis Championships.

Tomic not ready to mend fences with Tennis Australia

Tomic not ready to mend fences with Tennis Australia

Rediff.com18 Jul 2015

Bernard Tomic has swatted aside offers of help from Australian tennis officials following his arrest in Miami after a noisy hotel room party.

Amritraj in last eight

Amritraj in last eight

Rediff.com30 Mar 2005

However, his compatriots Vishal Uppal, Vinod Sridhar and Rohan Bopanna were eliminated from the ITF Futures Tennis Championship.

Henin, Safin inducted into Tennis Hall of Fame

Henin, Safin inducted into Tennis Hall of Fame

Rediff.com17 Jul 2016

Justine Henin, a shy, petite Belgian with a fierce desire to win, and big-serving Russian Marat Safin were honored as the new inductees into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island on Saturday.

Djokovic to face Murray in Dubai semis

Djokovic to face Murray in Dubai semis

Rediff.com2 Mar 2012

World number one Novak Djokovic beat fellow-Serb Janko Tipsarevic 6-1, 7-6 in the quarter-finals of the Dubai Tennis Championships on Thursday to set up a meeting with Andy Murray in the last four.

Sania-Vesnina in Dubai semi-finals

Sania-Vesnina in Dubai semi-finals

Rediff.com23 Feb 2012

India's Sania Mirza and her Russian partner Elena Vesnina on Thursday advanced to the women's doubles semifinals of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships with a hard-fought victory over Maria-Jose Matrinez Sanchez and Shahar Peer in Dubai.

Sania loses to Wozniak in Dubai WTA event

Sania loses to Wozniak in Dubai WTA event

Rediff.com20 Feb 2012

Sania Mirza squandered a one-set lead and crashed out in qualifying at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, losing to Canada's Aleksandra Wozniak 6-2, 3-6, 2-6.

John Isner wins at Newport after skipping wedding

John Isner wins at Newport after skipping wedding

Rediff.com11 Jul 2011

Big-serving American John Isner captured his second career ATP title after skipping his brother's wedding to beat Belgium's Olivier Rochus 6-3, 7-6 in the Hall of Fame Tennis Championship final on Sunday.

Sharath, Mouma win National TT

Sharath, Mouma win National TT

Rediff.com13 Mar 2007

The former beat defending champion Subhajit Saha to win the men's singles title while defending champion Mouma Das beat top seed Poulomi Ghatak to retain her crown.

Djokovic beats Ferrer to win Dubai Championships

Djokovic beats Ferrer to win Dubai Championships

Rediff.com28 Feb 2009

Novak Djokovic defeated fourth-seeded Spaniard David Ferrer 7-5 6-3 on Saturday to win the Dubai Championships.

Sania, Somdev lead India's challenge at Wimbledon

Sania, Somdev lead India's challenge at Wimbledon

Rediff.com19 Jun 2011

Sania Mirza and Somdev Devvarman would look to improve their Grand Slam singles records even as veterans Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi eye their first major title together after rejoining forces when the Wimbledon Tennis championships start in London on Monday.

Chennai Open: Raonic wins in a thriller

Chennai Open: Raonic wins in a thriller

Rediff.com8 Jan 2012

Fourth seeded Canadian Milos Raonic played the game of his career to snatch the singles title from the jaws of defeat in the $ 450,000 Chennai Open tennis championship by beating top seeded Serbian Janko Tipsarevic 6-7(4), 7-6(4), 7-6(4) in the final in Chennai on Sunday.

Tipsarevic crushes Sodea to enter Chennai Open final

Tipsarevic crushes Sodea to enter Chennai Open final

Rediff.com8 Jan 2012

Top seed Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia lived dangerously before making the final with a confident 6-1, 6-4 triumph over qualifier Go Sodea of Japan in the semi-final of the ATP Tour $450,000 Chennai Open Tennis championship on Saturday.

Bhupathi-Mirnyi lose in semis

Bhupathi-Mirnyi lose in semis

Rediff.com10 Oct 2004

They bowed out of the Lyon Grand Prix ATP tennis championship in France.

Sipaeya, Lakhani clinch titles

Sipaeya, Lakhani clinch titles

Rediff.com22 Oct 2005

The top seeds won the men's and women's singles titles respectively at the DSCL Open National Tennis Championships.

Spotlight turns on Sania again

Spotlight turns on Sania again

Rediff.com5 Sep 2004

The 17-year-old will lead the Indian challenge at the Asian Tennis Championships in Tashkent.

Bopanna-Kedriouk beaten in final

Bopanna-Kedriouk beaten in final

Rediff.com9 Sep 2005

The top seeded Indo-Kazakh pair lost to Denis Istomin and Murad Inoyatov of Uzbekistan in the men's doubles final at the Asian Tennis Championships.

Dubai title: Wawrinka wins after marathon tiebreak

Dubai title: Wawrinka wins after marathon tiebreak

Rediff.com28 Feb 2016

Stanislas Wawrinka edged out Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis in a nerve-jangling, near-30 minute tiebreak to secure the Dubai Duty Free Championship with a 6-4, 7-6(13) triumph on Saturday.

World Junior TT: Ankita goes down fighting in quarters

World Junior TT: Ankita goes down fighting in quarters

Rediff.com20 Nov 2011

India's Ankita Das fought valiantly and stretched World No 10 China's Ruochen Gu to six games before losing in the quarter-finals of the Volkswagen World Junior Table Tennis Championships, in Bahrain on Sunday.

These sports stars hung up their boots early...

These sports stars hung up their boots early...

Rediff.com24 Mar 2022

A list of high-profile tennis players and other sportspeople who called time on their careers at a young age.

Masters Cup returns to Shanghai

Masters Cup returns to Shanghai

Rediff.com3 Jun 2004

Gavaskar buys stake in International Premier Tennis League's Singapore franchise

Gavaskar buys stake in International Premier Tennis League's Singapore franchise

Rediff.com19 Jun 2014

A self-confessed tennis fan, former Indian cricket captain Sunil Gavaskar has bought stake in the the Singapore franchise of veteran Mahesh Bhupathi's ambitious brainchild -- the International Premier Tennis League.

Sania crashes out

Sania crashes out

Rediff.com22 Jun 2005

Sania Mirza lost her Wimbledon second round singles match against Svetlana Kuznetsova.

Wimbledon fights foxes and vixens for top lawns

Wimbledon fights foxes and vixens for top lawns

Rediff.com21 Jun 2010

Urinating vixens, greedy pigeons, May frost and idiosyncratic mowers are just a few of the problems facing Wimbledon's head groundsman in the run up to the world's most famous tennis championships.

Sania Mirza wins Asian junior crown

Sania Mirza wins Asian junior crown

Rediff.com14 Dec 2002

The Hyderabad girl beat compatriot Ankita Bhambri in the girls' final. Fai-Wai Liu of Chinese Taipei won the boys' title.

Somdev knocked out of Japan Open

Somdev knocked out of Japan Open

Rediff.com3 Oct 2011

Somdev Devvarman suffered yet another first round exit in an ATP event as he lost in straight sets to World No 24 Radek Stepanek of Czech Republic at the Japan Open Tennis Championships in Tokyo on Monday.

Madkekar to face Kirtane in final

Madkekar to face Kirtane in final

Rediff.com29 Apr 2005

Both registered straight sets victories in the semi-finals of the Hero-Honda Pune Open National Ranking Tennis championship.

Amritraj loses in semi-final

Amritraj loses in semi-final

Rediff.com1 Apr 2005

The Indian Davis Cupper was beaten by Simon Greul of Germany in the ITF Futures tournament.

Tennis round-up: Osaka on why she split with coach Bajin

Tennis round-up: Osaka on why she split with coach Bajin

Rediff.com18 Feb 2019

'Everyone thinks it was a money-related issue, but it wasn't'

US Open: Federer makes quick work of Geraldo

US Open: Federer makes quick work of Geraldo

Rediff.com30 Aug 2011

Roger Federer showed that time was still on his side as the Swiss master rang the closing bell on Monday's opening day at the US Open tennis championship with a quick victory at Arthur Ashe Stadium.

French tease crowd after doubles win

French tease crowd after doubles win

Rediff.com31 Jan 2004

Rupesh Roy wins in Pakistan

Rupesh Roy wins in Pakistan

Rediff.com6 Oct 2003

He beat second seed Sumit Gupta to win the ITF Pakistan International Junior Tennis championship.

Asian Games: Ramkumar-Saketh pair ensures medal; Nagal, Raina exit

Asian Games: Ramkumar-Saketh pair ensures medal; Nagal, Raina exit

Rediff.com27 Sep 2023

India's singles tennis players will return empty-handed from the Asian Games for the first time since 2006.

Paes-Dlouhy go down tamely in Dubai final

Paes-Dlouhy go down tamely in Dubai final

Rediff.com28 Feb 2010

Unseeded Swede Simon Aspelin and Paul Hanley of Australia captured their second ATP World Tour team title on Saturday evening, beating second seeds Leander Paes of India and Lukas Dlouhy of the Czech Republic 6-2, 6-3 in the final of the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships.