Sports / Tennis

El Bayoumy shines at Doha tennis 14 Oct 2015 - 12:20 am

Tariq Zeinal Doha: Amir El Bayoumy won the Men’s Singles title at the 8th QTF InterContinental Doha defeating Ghassen Salah Al Ansi in...

Venus battles to next round in Hong Kong 13 Oct 2015 - 04:40 pm

US tennis player Venus Williams returns a ball against Yuliya Beygelzimer of Ukraine during the WTA Hong Kong Open in Hong Kong on...

Nadal says getting to grips with 'mental injury' 13 Oct 2015 - 12:15 pm

Shanghai: Rafael Nadal on Tuesday said he had shaken off his foot problem from the China Open final -- and added that he...

Australian Open prize money boost as Hewitt honoured 13 Oct 2015 - 10:29 am

Melbourne: Prize money for next year's Australian Open will rise 10 percent to Aus$44 million ($32 million), organisers said Tuesday while revealing special...

Can anyone master Djokovic in Shanghai? 12 Oct 2015 - 06:13 pm

Shanghai: Novak Djokovic flew to the Shanghai Masters on Monday just hours after lifting his eighth trophy of the year in Beijing --...

Djokovic humbles Nadal to extend Beijing dynasty 11 Oct 2015 - 05:31 pm

Beijing: Novak Djokovic crushed his age-old rival Rafael Nadal 6-2, 6-2 on Sunday to seal his sixth China Open title and extend his...

Wawrinka wins Japan Open title, beats Paire in final 11 Oct 2015 - 02:39 pm

Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka holds the trophy after defeating Benoit Paire of France in the men's singles final of the Japan Open tennis championships...

Wawrinka crushes Paire to win Japan Open 11 Oct 2015 - 09:27 am

Tokyo: Top seed Stan Wawrinka won the Japan Open after thrashing Frenchman Benoit Paire 6-2, 6-4 in a one-sided final to capture his...

Nadal says no Fognini feud after seeing off nemesis 10 Oct 2015 - 12:34 pm

Rafael Nadal of Spain hits a return against Fabio Foginini of Italy during their men's singles semi-final match at the China Open tennis...

'Shoeless' Paire stuns Nishikori to reach Tokyo final 10 Oct 2015 - 11:42 am

Benoit Paire of France returns the ball to Japan's Kei Nishikori during their men's singles semi-final tennis match at the Japan Open championships...

Fog lifts as Nadal fires into Beijing quarters 08 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates after beating Vasek Pospisil of Canada during their second round men's singles match at the China Open tennis...

QTF launches Tennis 10s to produce future stars 07 Oct 2015 - 12:02 am

Doha: Qatar Tennis Federation (QTF) following the latest world class tennis methodology creates the new tennis developing programme “Qatar Tennis 10s”. Qatar Tennis10s...

Out-of-sorts Nadal struggles past former ball boy 06 Oct 2015 - 02:57 pm

Rafael Nadal of Spain in action against Wu Di of China during their first round match in the China Open tennis tournament at...

Halep injury plunges WTA Finals spot into doubt 04 Oct 2015 - 04:21 pm

Beijing: World number two Simona Halep lasted less than a set before retiring injured at the China Open on Sunday, plunging her appearance...

Ferrer wins 25th title at Malaysian Open 04 Oct 2015 - 04:04 pm

Kuala Lumpur: Top seed David Ferrer clinched his 25th title Sunday after beating fellow Spaniard Feliciano Lopez 7-5, 7-5 to win the Malaysian...

Kyrgios out, Ferrer and Lopez in Malaysian showdown 03 Oct 2015 - 04:58 pm

Kuala Lumpur: Top seeds David Ferrer and Feliciano Lopez set up an all-Spanish affair in the final while volatile Australian Nick Kyrgios fell...

Hingis, Mirza win third successive doubles title 03 Oct 2015 - 04:54 pm

Switzerland's Martina Hingis (R) and India's Sania Mirza (L) pose with their trophy after beating Romania's Irina-Camelia Begu and Monica Niculescu in the...