Sports / Tennis

Nishikori reaches Barcelona quarters 25 Apr 2014 - 10:18 am

Russian player Teymuraz Gabashvili returns the ball to Spaniard Inigo Cervantes during their third round match for the Conde de Godo tournament at...

Gabashvili sends Ferrer crashing out 24 Apr 2014 - 12:23 am

Germany’s Sabine Lisicki (right) talks with her Swiss coach Martina Hingis during her first round match against Serbia’s Ana Ivanovic at the WTA...

Honour reduces Murray to tears 24 Apr 2014 - 12:20 am

LONDON: Wimbledon champion Andy Murray fought to hold back tears yesterday after being awarded the ceremonial freedom of his Scottish home town, Sterling....

Nishikori makes winning return 23 Apr 2014 - 08:43 am

BARCELONA: Japan’s Kei Nishikori won his first clay match of the season returning from a three week absence due to a groin injury...

Barcelona Open 22 Apr 2014 - 02:20 am

Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal, 27, takes part in a training session ahead of his first-round match at the Barcelona Open yesterday. Nadal,...

Wawrinka plays down French Open hopes 22 Apr 2014 - 01:59 am

Switzerland’s Stanislas Wawrinka poses with his trophy after winning the final match of the Monte-Carlo ATP Masters Series Tournament, in Monaco, on Sunday....

Nadal makes no excuse for Monte Carlo loss 22 Apr 2014 - 01:57 am

CapSpanish tennis player Rafael Nadal looks on as he takes part in a training session during the Barcelona Open tennis tournament Conde de...

Wawrinka wins in Monte Carlo 20 Apr 2014 - 11:21 pm

Switzerland’s Stanislas Wawrinka (right) and Switzerland’s Roger Federer pose with their trophies at the end of the final match of the Monte-Carlo ATP...

Germany, Czech Republic in final 20 Apr 2014 - 11:20 pm

Czech Republic’s players Andrea Hlavackova, Lucie Safarova and Petra Kvitova celebrate after Kvitova defeated Italy’s Roberta Vinci at the 2014 International Tennis Federation...

Sharapova targets hat-trick in Stuttgart 20 Apr 2014 - 11:19 pm

STUTTGART, Germany: Maria Sharapova (pictured) opens her claycourt season in Germany this week where she hopes to claim a hat-trick of Stuttgart titles...

Struggling Nadal seeks homeground solution 20 Apr 2014 - 11:17 pm

MADRID: World number one Rafael Nadal targets a ninth Barcelona Open title this week desperate to prove his shock Monte Carlo Masters quarter-final...

Nadal crashes in Monte Carlo, Federer struggles through 19 Apr 2014 - 06:58 am

MONTE CARLO, Monaco: Eight-time champion Rafael Nadal slumped to a shock Monte Carlo Masters quarter-final defeat to compatriot and close friend David Ferrer...

Nadal, Djokovic, Federer cruise in Monte Carlo 18 Apr 2014 - 10:24 am

Switzerland’s Roger Federer (right) returns the ball to Czech Republic’s Lukas Rosol yesterday during their Monte-Carlo ATP Masters Series Tournament tennis match in...

Nadal, Federer ease into Masters third round 17 Apr 2014 - 07:28 am

Rafael Nadal of Spain returns the ball to Teymuraz Gabashvili of Russia during their second round match at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters tournament...

Sailing time 15 Apr 2014 - 12:30 pm

Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal (centre) is seen aboard the Tuiga yacht, an International Fifteen Metre Class yacht, as part of the Monte-Carlo...

Verdasco, Almagro to meet in Houston final 14 Apr 2014 - 08:44 am

French tennis player Caroline Garcia celebrates her victory after defeating Serbian Jelena Jankovic, during the final match of the Claro Open Colsanitas in...

Cornet wins fourth career title in Poland 14 Apr 2014 - 08:44 am

KATOWICE, Poland: France’s Alize Cornet won her fourth career title yesterday when she saved a match point on her way to a 7-6...

Djokovic hits fast forward in Monte Carlo 14 Apr 2014 - 08:32 am

MONACO: Novak Djokovic believes he has hit the reset button on his 2014 season at exactly the right moment as the world number...