Posts Tagged ‘Tennis’
Paes-Sania advance to the quarter-finals
India's Leander Paes and Sania Mirza defeated Serbian pair of Nenad Zimonjic and Ana Ivanovic in staright sets to enter the mixed doubles quarter-final of the Olympic Games, here on Thursday Paes-Sania beat the Serbian pair 6-2 6-4 in only 64 minutes to set up a last eight clash with top seeds Max Mirnyi and Victoria Azarenka from Belarus The [...]
Bhupathi-Bopanna crashes out of men’s doubles
Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna crashed out of the men's doubles event at the London Olympics The Indian pair loose 6-3 6-4, in straight sets to French pair of Julien Benneteau and Richard Gasquet, here on Tuesday Bhupathi and Bopanna, who were at loggerheads with the AITA and arm-twisted the parent body into sending them as a pair but no [...]
Paes-Vishnu, Bhupathi-Bopanna win
India’s Leander Paes-Vishnu Vardhan and Mahesh Bhupathi-Rohan Bopanna, advanced to the second round of the men’s doubles competition in London Olympics on Monday, 4-6, 6-2 in an hour and 52 minutes Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna, whose insistence to play together sparked off the selection row, staved off a spirited challenge from Belarus pair [...]
Olympics Tennis: Somdev crashes out
India’s Somdev Devvarman campaign at the London Olympics 2012 came to an end after he suffered a straight set defeat to the sixth seeded Jarrko Nieminen in the first round match of the men’s singles8 in the World lost to 3-6, 1-6 to his rival from Finland Somdev making a comeback to the competitive grid almost after seven months due to a [...]
Rafeal Nadal out of Olympics
Spanish tennis star, Rafeal Nadal, has announced that his poor physical conditions won’t allow him compete at the London Olympics00th-ranked Lukas Rosol in the second round at Wimbledon in the end on June
Federer hits record 287th week at No.1
On Monday Roger Federer surpassed Pete Sampras to set a new record for the most weeks on top of the ATP rankings0 All-in-all, the Swiss star has been the best tennis player for 287 weeks, one more than Sampras, whose record looked almost unreachable ten years ago Federer will enter the London Olympics next week as the world's top-ranked [...]
Paes-Vesnina end runners-up at Wimbledon
Leander Paes and Elena Vesnina went down fighting to second seeds Mike Bryan and Lisa Raymond in the Wimbledon mixed doubles final here Sunday The fourth seeded Indo-Russian pair suffered a 3-6 7-5 4-6 defeat at the hands of second seed Americans after battling for two hours and four minutes It is for the second time in this season that Paes [...]
Serena wins fifth Wimbledon title
Serena Williams has claimed her fifth Wimbledon crown and 14th major championship overall, after edging Agnieszka Radwanska in three sets2, breezed through the first set 6-1, but the match was halted after that due to rain7 aces in the process00th ace of the championships with four straight in one rarely seen “golden game” of her 6-1 5-7 6-2 [...]
Federer to meet Murry in Wimbledon finals
For Roger Federer, it's Wimbledon final No and the first for a British man since 1938 and defending champion Novak Djokovic 6-3 3-6 6-4 6-3 and reach an unprecedented eighth Wimbledon decider before a teary-eyed Murray aced fifth seed Tsonga 6-3 6-4 3-6 7-5 to become Britain’s first men’s finalist at the All England Club since Bunny Austin in [...]
Paes-Vesnina in mixed quarters, Bopanna out
India's no0th seeds Bopanna and Zheng, who lost 2-6 5-7 to second-seeded Americans Mike Bryan and Lisa Raymond in just 55 minutes
Wimbledon: Radwanska to face Serena in final
Four-time champion, Serena Williams, will take on Agnieszka Radwanska for the Wimbledon title after the Pole reached her first career Grand Slam final939 Serena Williams of the US also needed the minimum of two sets to end the run of second-seeded Belarusian Victoria Azarenka in the other semi-final The American took the set first with [...]
Djokovic, Federer, Murray in semis
Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic are set for a Wimbledon semi-final showdown after winning their respective quarter-finals in straight sets2 champoinships for the eight time when he thrashed Mikhail Youzhny 6-1 6-2 6-2 in just 92 minutes on Centre Court0 mintues later on Court 1, Djokovic ensured he will be on the other side of the net against [...]
Djokovic, Federer win; Sharapova, Clijsters out
Wimbledon: World No, 6-3 in round 4 to ease into the quarter-final and top seed Maria Sharapova crashed out of Wimbledon 2012 losing to Sabine Lisicki of Germany 6-4, 6-3, 6-0 to advance to the quarter-final of to meet Tamira Paszek Kim Clijsters lost to 8th seed Angelique Kerber 6-1, 6-1 in the 4th round2 defeating Xavier Malisse 7-6, 6-1, [...]
Wimbledon 2012, Day 6: Roddick out, Tsonga and Ferrer advance
In another men’s singles match, Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga reached the fourth round for the third straight year by beating Lukas Lacko of Slovakia 6-4, 6-3, 6-356-6 defeat to the unseeded pair of Australian P Hanley and Russia`s A Kudryavtseva2 Djokovic defeated Czech Radek Stepanek 4-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 and reach the Wimbledon fourth round while [...]
Leander confirms participation at Olympics
Leander Paes on Friday confirmed that he will play in London Olympics and has agreed to pair with any team the All India Tennis Association AITA chooses "It is my dream to be part of my sixth Olympics and I will not let petty politics come in the way of hard work and good tennis," Paes said The 39-year-old had threatened to withdraw from the [...]
Wimbledon Day 4 results: Nadal crashes out, Sharapova moves on
In one of the biggest upsets in Wimbledon history, world no 2 Rafael Nadal has been knocked out of the tournament by an unknown tour journeyman ranked 100 in the world8 minutes, 6-1, 6-3 , 6-3 , 6-4 , 6-1 2nd Rd RVinciITA beat MErakovicNZL 6-4, 6-3 2nd Rd CMcHaleUSA beat MJohanssonFRA 7-5, 7-5 2nd Rd A Kerber GER beat E Makarova RUS 7-5, [...]
Paes-Stepanek move to 2nd round
India's Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek of Czech Republic brushed aside the challenge of Colin Ebelthite and John Peers 6-2 6-4 6-2 to progress to the second round of the men's doubles event of the Wimbledon 2012 championships They next face Israeli pair of Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram in the second round Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna had [...]
Bhupathi-Bopanna in second round
Indian pair Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna cruised to a straight-set victory and advanced to the second round of the men's doubles event at the Wimbledon on Wednesday, 6-2 to reach the second round Bhupathi-Bopanna had reached the third round in this year’s Australian Open They were knocked out in the first round of the French Open earlier [...]
Wimbledon Day 3: Djokovic, Federer win; Wozniacki, Li Na crash out
The third day was marred by delays due to rain, and marked by slumps in playing by previous tournament winners like Li Na and Caroline Wozniacki2 with a 6-1, 6-3, 6-2 victory over the Italian Fabio Fognini Kim Clijsters reached the third round of Wimbledon 2012 defeating Andrea Hlavackova of Czech Republic 6-3, 6-3 18th seed Frenchman Richard [...]
Rafa survives, Serena cruises on Day 2
Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Victoria Azarenka, Petra Kvitova, Serena Williams—advanced in day 2 of the Wimbledon 20124th-seeded Feliciano Lopez and 20th-seeded Bernard Tomic were eliminated from the men's draw938
