The Indian pair defeated Dodig and Melo in straight sets to win the tournament.
Sofia Kenin, defending champion Belinda Bencic and third seed Elina Svitolina made swift exits at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships
'I wanted to fight until the last ball and that was the key.'
Russian and Belarusian flags have been banned from the Melbourne Park precinct during the Australian Open after a complaint from the Ukraine ambassador to the country.
World number one Iga Swiatek blasted past American Danielle Collins 6-3, 6-0.
Rediff.com presents matches that shook up US Open.
Korea's Ryu Seung-min upset Wang Hao to win gold in the men's singles final and disrupt China's domination of Olympic table tennis.
Former Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli just wants to enjoy herself and play big matches when she returns to competitive tennis in March after more than four years in retirement.
Images from Day 5 of the 2021 US Open in New York on Friday.
Richard Gasquet tamed Andy Roddick's power game with some brilliant all-court tennis to upset the American number three seed 4-6 4-6 7-6 7-6 8-6 and reach the Wimbledon semi-finals for the first time on Friday.
Matteo Berrettini won the Stuttgart Open for a second time after he beat Andy Murray 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 on Sunday to deny the Scot what would have been his first title on grass in six years.
The Scot lost 6-4, 6-4 to Richard Gasquet in his first singles match since January before saying he had turned down a wild card into the men's draw at the year's final Grand Slam.
Less than a month after her run to the Wimbledon final, where she lost to Spain's Garbine Muguruza, 37-year-old Williams again had to turn back time against a young challenger.
On Wednesday, Tendulkar had posted the message as part of identical tweets on India's unity sent out by celebrities in response to international pop star Rihanna expressing solidarity with the farmers' stir.
The reigning world champion duo of Chen Meng and Wang Yidi gasped in surprise seeing the backhand return of Ayhika Mukherjee, who, in part, engineered India's biggest triumph of the Asian Games thus far.
The returning Scot also announced his withdrawal from next week's Rogers Cup in Toronto.
The 28-year-old from Karvina broke the second-seeded American twice in the third set to seal victory in two hours 20 minutes at the Los Angeles Tennis Center.
'I don't know. It's tough to explain my emotion right now. Maybe tomorrow morning I can tell you something, but now it's amazing'
Osaka, 21, said she lacked maturity when as a relative unknown player she won the tournament last year to kick off her meteoric rise through the rankings.
Kyrgios did not face a single break point and hit 18 aces, including two to close out the final.
Bernard Tomic was sent packing early at the US Open and his minimal earnings were offset by a $10,000 fine levied on him for a crude on-court outburst he directed at a heckler during his first-round loss.
A round-up of tennis matches played on Tuesday.
Sabalenka overpowers Raducanu, Osaka falls
Rediff.com takes stock of the seeded casualties on the first day of the Australian Open.
World Number one Simona Halep and Japan's Naomi Osaka are among the players nominated for the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Player of the Year award.
Holger Rune rallied from a set down and saved a match point to defeat former champion Taylor Fritz 2-6 7-6(2) 6-3 on Wednesday and reach the Indian Wells quarter-finals where he will meet fourth seed Daniil Medvedev.
Peng Shuai of China upset fourth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 6-3, 6-4 in a shocking start to the women's second round of the U.S. Open on Wednesday.
Nadal, who got a first-round bye, defeated Richard Gasquet 6-3, 6-4 to advance.
World No 55 Haase improved to a 2-2 career record against Zverev, including victories in their last two meetings.
Factbox on Carlos Alcaraz, who beat seven-time champion Novak Djokovic
Following is a look at some new and the more unusual events in the schedule of the 19th edition of the Asian Games:
China's top men's doubles pair of Kong Linghiu and Wang Hao were upset in the third round of the Olympic table tennis tournament on Wednesday by the veteran Swedish duo of Jan-Ove Waldner and Jorgen Persson.
World number one Novak Djokovic blasted past qualifier Alexei Popyrin 6-4, 6-2 to reach the second round of the Japan Open Tennis Championships in Tokyo.
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic is determined to give it his best shot in Paris to win the elusive Olympic gold medal.
Murray was made to fight for two hours and 52 minute
Fourth seed Kei Nishikori's hopes of making another magical U.S. Open run came to a quick end on Monday as last year's runner-up fell at the first hurdle, falling 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4 to Frenchman Benoit Paire.
Angelique Kerber won her first Grand Slam by beating World No 1 Serena Williams 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 in Melbourne, on Saturday.
Roger Federer was made to work hard by Fernando Verdasco before beating the Spanish veteran 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 on Wednesday to reach the quarter-finals of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.
Check out the most shocking upsets at this year's Wimbledon.
Halep through but Stephens exits in Cincinnati
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