'The romanticism of late night tennis in New York, it's time to move past that'
Following is a list of biggest shocks in women's tennis after Italian outsider Roberta Vinci, ranked 43rd, beat world number one Serena Williams in the US Open semi-finals on Friday to deny the American a chance to complete a calendar year Grand Slam.
'Had anyone asked me if I was Aamir Khan, I would have admitted to it.' Senior movie journalist Roshmila Bhattacharya flips through the pages of her many interactions with Aamir Khan, who turned 60 on March 14.
The Indian men's table tennis team assured itself of its third consecutive bronze medal at Asian Championships.
Iga Swiatek has been not been at her world-beating best in the months leading up to the U.S. Open but the Pole has both the talent and mentality to lift her game for the final Grand Slam of the year, tennis great Chris Evert said.
Costantini, whose second stint saw India win two Asian Games medals in 2018, has an excellent rapport with the Indian squad and has been closely following the development of Indian table tennis over the years.
'I had some nerves but if you want to beat one of these guys you have to be unbelievably calm and keep your head there.'
The Paris Games will be his second stint in the Olympics, having also qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Games, where he made it to the second round.
Petra Kvitova turned back the clock to upset Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina 7-6(14), 6-2 on Saturday to win her first Miami Open crown and ninth WTA 1000 title.
Tiley denies reports Djokovic will sue Tennis Australia
Novak Djokovic said the pursuit of Olympic gold left him without much in the tank for his US Open title defence.
Jannik Sinner overpowered American Taylor Fritz in the final to become the first Italian man to win the US Open singles title.
No. 1 seed Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus had little trouble getting past China's Qinwen Zheng in a group-stage match at the WTA Finals on Saturday, prevailing 6-3, 6-4 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The Pole said she wanted to do better this time and felt the pressure.
Images from the US Open men's singles second round matches, at Flushing Meadows, New York, on Thursday.
A US Open full of upsets and hungry, young contenders offered the latest sign that men's tennis has entered a new era
Images from Monday's Round of 16 women's singles matches at the US Open.
Images from the US Open women's singles third round matches, at Flushing Meadows, New York, on Friday.
Indian Davis Cupper and third seed Rohan Bopanna was beaten in straight sets in the first round of the ITF Futures tournament.\n\n
World number one Jannik Sinner's bid for a second Grand Slam title continued to gain momentum as he thumped Christopher O'Connell 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 on Saturday to reach the US Open fourth round.
It is Sreeja's second WTT singles career title. She had won the Feeder Corpus Christi in January.
The Indian teenager upset world number 34 Jelena Kostanic 6-7, 6-4, 6-1 to enter the second round of the Dubai Open.
Manika Batra has become the first Indian woman table tennis player to enter the quarterfinals of an elite WTT event following her victory over world number 14 Nina Mittelham at the Grand Smash event in Jeddah.
'It's sad that I'm here protesting the same thing that she did 50-plus years ago'
Alexander Zverev has proven himself as the best of tennis' new generation of men's players
Images from Day 9 of the 2023 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis Club in London on Tuesday.
The unseeded Indo-Canadian combine beat the Romanian-Dutch pairing of Tecau and Rojer 6-2, 3-6, 10-7 in a quarters
The win at the Chennai Open challenger event on Sunday pushed Nagal to 98th in the latest singles rankings.
Norrie's semi-final opponent will be another American, fourth-seeded Tommy Paul, who crushed Stefan Kozlov 6-3, 6-1 in an all-US matchup.
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The 23-times Grand Slam champion looked a completely different player from the person who smashed her way into the semi-finals of the doubles with Caroline Wozniacki on Wednesday but managed to do just enough to beat the 86th-ranked McHale.
Carlos Alcaraz swatted aside a swarm of bees and world number six Alexander Zverev to reach the semi-finals at Indian Wells.
Two of India's leading players were shown the door in the first round of the ITF men's Futures tournament in Delhi.
Coco Gauff says she wasn't mad after calling 'foul' on USTA cartoon
He will commence his Australian Open campaign against Alexander Bublik in the first round.
The British qualifier will meet Isha Lakhani in the final of the NECC-ITF tournament.
Manika Batra won both her singles matches as the Indian women's team edged out Hungary 3-2 for its first win of the World Table Tennis Championships in Busan on Sunday.
Ajay Ramaswami had it easy against Germany's Peter Mayer-Tischer, while former Davis Cupper Vishal Uppal accounted for Alexandra Simon of Romania in the ITF Satellite tournament.
Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz has made it to the semi-finals on his Olympic Games debut.
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