Sports / Tennis

Nadal rips Hewitt; Serena and Sharapova survive 24 Mar 2014 - 01:01 pm

Rafael Nadal of Spain returns the ball to Lleyton Hewitt of Australia during their match at the Sony Open tennis tournament on Key...

Nieminen beats Tomic in record 28 minutes 22 Mar 2014 - 07:04 am

Serena Williams reacts after winning the first set against Yaroslava Shvedova (not pictured) on day four of the Sony Open at Crandon Tennis...

Petkovic reaches second round 20 Mar 2014 - 10:23 pm

Andrea Petkovic of Germany returns the ball to Maria Teresa Torro Flor of Spain during their first round match at the Sony Open...

Murray splits with coach Lendl 20 Mar 2014 - 09:20 am

Britain’s Andy Murray (right) is watched by coach Ivan Lendl as he plays a shot during a practice session ahead of the Australian...

Shvedova beats Schiavone, sets up clash with Serena 20 Mar 2014 - 09:14 am

MIAMI: Kazakhstan’s Yaroslava Shvedova beat former French Open champion Francesca Schiavone 6-4 6-2 at the Sony Open Tennis yesterday, earning a second-round meeting...

Djokovic beats Federer for Indian Wells crown 18 Mar 2014 - 08:56 am

Novak Djokovic (left) of Serbia and Flavia Pennetta of Italy hold trophies after winning men’s and women’s finals respectively at the BNP Paribas...

Federer and Djokovic to meet in Indian Wells final 17 Mar 2014 - 10:39 am

Su-Wei Hsieh of Taipei and Shuai Peng of China pose for photographers after defeating Cara Black of Zimbabwe and Sania Mirza of India...

Wawrinka, Murray toppled 14 Mar 2014 - 06:31 am

Jelena Jankovic of Serbia does the splits after a play against Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland at the BNP Paribas Open tennis in Indian...

Djokovic and Li advance 13 Mar 2014 - 01:32 am

Li Na of China returns a ball to Canada’s Aleksandra Wozniak during the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian...

Nadal and Sharapova beaten at Indian Wells 12 Mar 2014 - 12:26 am

Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine (left) greets Rafael Nadal of Spain at the net after he upset Nadal at the BNP Paribas Open tennis...

WTA lukewarm over new tennis league 11 Mar 2014 - 11:56 pm

SINGAPORE: The Women’s Tennis Association offered only lukewarm support for the new International Premier Tennis League yesterday, with some details still sketchy even...

Djokovic advances, Tsonga crashes out 11 Mar 2014 - 12:14 am

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France returns a shot to Julien Benneteau of France during their match at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells,...

Nadal battles into third round 10 Mar 2014 - 12:42 am

INDIAN WELLS: Rafael Nadal’s Indian Wells title defence got off to a rocky start yesterday, as the world number one was forced to...

Davis beats hobbled Azarenka 09 Mar 2014 - 04:01 am

Lauren Davis waves to the crowd after her match against Victoria Azarenka at the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden....

Wawrinka aims to build on Australian Open triumph 09 Mar 2014 - 04:00 am

INDIAN WELLS: Now that the magnitude of his Australian Open triumph has sunk in, Switzerland’s Stanislas Wawrinka is aiming to build on his...

Asian Junior Open 08 Mar 2014 - 12:59 am

Tariq Darwish, Assistant Secretary General, Qatar Tennis Federation (QTF), is seen at the prize distribution ceremony following the final match of the Asian...

World Tennis Day celebrated in Qatar 05 Mar 2014 - 03:22 am

The students who took part in World Tennis Day ceekbrated by Qatar Tennis Association at Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex. Doha: Qatar...

Federer seeks record title wins 05 Mar 2014 - 02:17 am

Roger Federer of Switzerland celebrates after defeating Tomas Berdych of Czech Republic during their final match in the Dubai Open Championships in Dubai...