Sports / Tennis

Tsonga downs Nadal to reach Shanghai final 17 Oct 2015 - 02:58 pm

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France eyes the ball as he plays against Rafael Nadal of Spain in their men's singles semi-final match at the...

Jelena Jankovic edges past Venus Williams in Hong Kong semi-final 17 Oct 2015 - 02:52 pm

Hong Kong: Jelena Jankovic on Saturday edged past Venus William's in a two-setter Hong Kong Open's semi-finals to face Germany's Angelique Kerber. The...

Easy for Djokovic but Murray claws past Isner in Shanghai 15 Oct 2015 - 05:41 pm

Novak Djokovic of Serbia in action against Feliciano Lopez of Spain during their match in the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament. SHANGHAI: Novak Djokovic...

Tennis: Nadal wins thriller as Karlovic ace machine jams 15 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Shanghai: Rafael Nadal needed all his trademark grit and determination on Wednesday when he was taken to a third-set tie-break by towering ace...

No Federer slip-ups for Murray in Shanghai 14 Oct 2015 - 02:25 pm

Roger Federer in action. SHANGHAI: Two-time winner Andy Murray avoided the fate of Roger Federer when he cantered through his Shanghai Masters opener...

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...