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Murray suffers Curse of the Casino

Murray suffers Curse of the Casino

Rediff.com16 Jul 2006

American Justin Gimelstob upset top-seeded Andy Murray 6-1, 7-6 in the Hall of Fame semi-finals

Sania drops to 40th spot in WTA rankings

Sania drops to 40th spot in WTA rankings

Rediff.com10 Jul 2006

The first round loss at the Wimbledon championships has pushed Sania Mirza two places down.

Sweet revenge for Sanam

Sweet revenge for Sanam

Rediff.com5 Jul 2006

Sanam Singh beat Roberto Bautista-Agut of Spain to enter the pre-quarter-finals of the boys' singles at Wimbledon.

Wimbledon: Why are Russians, Belarusians allowed to compete this year?

Wimbledon: Why are Russians, Belarusians allowed to compete this year?

Rediff.com26 Jun 2023

The decision to lift the ban was met with protest from Ukraine, whose Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said it was "immoral" and urged Britain to deny Russian and Belarusian players visas.

Bopanna-Matkowski reach semis in Dubai

Bopanna-Matkowski reach semis in Dubai

Rediff.com2 Mar 2017

India's Rohan Bopanna joined forces with Marcin Matkowski to reach the doubles semi-finals of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.

Sridhar, Rastogi in title clash

Sridhar, Rastogi in title clash

Rediff.com22 Apr 2005

Karan Rastogi of Maharashtra and Vinod Sridhar of Tamil Nadu will clash in the final of the National Ranking tournament.

Sridhar, Rastogi make last four

Sridhar, Rastogi make last four

Rediff.com21 Apr 2005

Nitin Kirtane of Maharshtra and Gautam Arjun of Karnataka also made it to the semi finals of National Ranking Tennis

Mankad gets wild card for Tata Open

Mankad gets wild card for Tata Open

Rediff.com3 Jan 2004

The Indian Davis Cupper filled the third and final wild card slot in the main draw of the ATP event, starting in Chennai on Monday.\n\n

Simon Greul lifts ITF title

Simon Greul lifts ITF title

Rediff.com2 Apr 2005

He scored a commanding 6-2, 6-4 win over Ivan Cerovic of Croatia, who had beaten top seed Aisam Qureshi earlier in the day.

Saiteja shocks second seed

Saiteja shocks second seed

Rediff.com17 May 2006

Unseeded Paladugu Saiteja shocked boys under-14 second seed Vaidik Munshaw in the National Series Tennis Championship.

Sharma stuns top seed Verma

Sharma stuns top seed Verma

Rediff.com16 May 2006

Unseeded Vinayak Sharma of Andhra Pradesh beat boys under-16 top seed Parul Verma of Chandigarh in the second round of the National Series Tennis Championship.

Roger Federer commits to keep playing in Basel until 2019

Roger Federer commits to keep playing in Basel until 2019

Rediff.com22 Feb 2017

Roger Federer has signed a three-year deal to play at his hometown event in Basel until 2019.

Indian paddlers lose to Bulgaria

Indian paddlers lose to Bulgaria

Rediff.com28 Apr 2006

India lost their last league match 1-3 to Bulgaria in the world table tennis championship

Singapore avenge Commonwealth Games defeat

Singapore avenge Commonwealth Games defeat

Rediff.com26 Apr 2006

The Indian men's team lost 2-3 to Singapore in the World Table Tennis Championships.

Ghatak's gallant win in vain

Ghatak's gallant win in vain

Rediff.com25 Apr 2006

India went down 1-3 to the Czech Republic in the women's division of the World Table Tennis Championships.

Miyamura, Luangnam in final

Miyamura, Luangnam in final

Rediff.com7 Apr 2006

The former beat Korea's Jeong A Cho while Luangnam overcame Natasha Khan of England in the semi-finals of the ITF women's tournament.

World TT: Indian men win

World TT: Indian men win

Rediff.com29 Feb 2008

Indian men and women experienced contrasting fortunes at the World Team Table Tennis Championships as the former blanked Nigeria 3-0 but the eves went down 2-3 to Australia.

Sania advances to second round

Sania advances to second round

Rediff.com27 Feb 2008

Sania Mirza overcame a stuttering start before packing off Russian qualifier Vera Dushevina 7-6 (5), 6-2 in the first round of the Dubai Tennis Championships.

Amritraj beats Bopanna to advance

Amritraj beats Bopanna to advance

Rediff.com10 Mar 2006

Prakash Amritraj will next face Kristian Pless of Austria in the quarter-finals of the Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships.

Sania, Bopanna to spearhead Indian challenge

Sania, Bopanna to spearhead Indian challenge

Rediff.com9 Sep 2003

Harsh Mankad, Sunil Kumar Sipaeya, Megha Vakharia, Isha Lakhani and Ankita Bhambri are the members of the team for the Asian Tennis Championship.\n\n

Raman cruises to second round

Raman cruises to second round

Rediff.com24 Feb 2006

The veteran defeated Prithviraj in the National Table Tennis Championship.

Agassi dumped at Delray Beach

Agassi dumped at Delray Beach

Rediff.com4 Feb 2006

The American ace lost 6-4, 6-2 to Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in his comeback tournament in Florida

Agassi makes confident start

Agassi makes confident start

Rediff.com31 Jan 2006

The 35-year-old beat Brazilian Ricardo Mello in the first round of the Delray Beach International.

Rastogi halts Sanam's march

Rastogi halts Sanam's march

Rediff.com22 Dec 2005

Karan Rastogi beat Sanam Singh 7-5, 6-3 to advance to the last four of the National Grass Court championship

Bopanna advances to 2nd round

Bopanna advances to 2nd round

Rediff.com21 Dec 2005

He lived up to his top billing as he scored a facile 6-2, 6-2 victory over Tushar Liberhan.

4 Indians in main draw: World TT

4 Indians in main draw: World TT

Rediff.com21 May 2003

Chetan Baboor, Mouma Das, Sharath Kamal and Montu Das scored their second wins to make the grade.

Paes-Rikl enter semis

Paes-Rikl enter semis

Rediff.com9 Sep 2004

The 13th seeded duo beat Feliciano Lopez and Fernando Verdasco of Spain to enter the last four at the US Open.

Bhupathi-Mirnyi enter pre-quarters

Bhupathi-Mirnyi enter pre-quarters

Rediff.com5 Sep 2004

The fourth seeds got a walkover after their opponents Rainer Schuettler of Germany and Mikhail Youzhny of Russia did not turn up.

Murray loses season opener to Goffin in Abu Dhabi

Murray loses season opener to Goffin in Abu Dhabi

Rediff.com31 Dec 2016

World No 1 Andy Murray started his new season with a surprise 7-6(4), 6-4 loss to David Goffin in the semi-finals of the Mubadala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi on Friday.

Sania enters Japan Open semis

Sania enters Japan Open semis

Rediff.com7 Oct 2005

The 18-year-old knocked out top seed Russian Vera Zvonareva 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 in the quarter-finals.

Sania cruises into quarter-finals

Sania cruises into quarter-finals

Rediff.com6 Oct 2005

The 18-year-old thrashed Aiko Nakamura of Japan 6-1, 6-4 in the second round of the Japan Open.

Wimbledon PIX: Vondrousova, Jabeur to face off in final

Wimbledon PIX: Vondrousova, Jabeur to face off in final

Rediff.com13 Jul 2023

Czech Marketa Vondrousova will meet Ons Jabeur in the women's singles final of Wimbledon 2023.

Bhupathi in mixed doubles quarter-finals

Bhupathi in mixed doubles quarter-finals

Rediff.com1 Jul 2004

The Indian ace and Elena Likhovtseva beat 15th seeds Daniel Nestor of Canada and Lina Krasnoroutskaya of Russia in the third round at Wimbledon.

Liberhan-Sharan enter semis

Liberhan-Sharan enter semis

Rediff.com3 Jun 2004

The unseeded Indian pair registered a comfortable 6-4, 6-2 victory over Phillip Simmonds of the United States and Fritz Wolmarans of South Africa.

Bhupathi-Mirnyi cruise into semis

Bhupathi-Mirnyi cruise into semis

Rediff.com31 May 2004

The third seeded pair registered a comfortable 6-3, 6-4 win against Karsten Braasch of Germany and Sargis Sargsian of Armenia.

China reign in Asian Junior TT

China reign in Asian Junior TT

Rediff.com28 Jul 2005

Chinese paddlers won the boys and girls' singles crowns and clinched the top spot in girls' doubles.

Indian girls reach semis, boys exit

Indian girls reach semis, boys exit

Rediff.com29 Jun 2005

Both the girls teams booked their berth in the semi-finals of the World Junior Circuit Table Tennis championship.

Sania to face Morigami first

Sania to face Morigami first

Rediff.com16 Jun 2005

The Indian ace will take on the 64th ranked Japanese in the first round at Wimbledon.

Sania fails to qualify in Eastbourne

Sania fails to qualify in Eastbourne

Rediff.com12 Jun 2005

The Indian went down to Thailand's Tamarine Tanasugarn in the first round qualifying match.

Sania slips to 75 in WTA rankings

Sania slips to 75 in WTA rankings

Rediff.com6 Jun 2005

The 18-year-old slipped five places in the WTA Tour Singles rankings after her first round exit at the French Open.