Billy Harris in action against Tristan Schoolkate of Australia at the Bengaluru Open 2025 on Friday 28 February 2025. | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN Diversity of playing styles is not commonplace in today’s men’s game. But on Friday afternoon here at the KSLTA courts, Tristan Schoolkate’s serve-and-volley met Billy Harris’ baseline-driven first-strike tennis. After sparring…
Jannik Sinner. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters The nomination of Jannik Sinner for the Laureus sportsman of the year award was withdrawn Thursday because of the top-ranked tennis player’s three-month ban for his two positive doping tests nearly a year ago. Laureus World Sports Academy chairman Sean Fitzpatrick said in a statement that the Italian…
Stellar win: Qualifier Biryukov rallied to beat Dhamne. | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN The hopes of a feel good story in Indian men’s singles tennis were extinguished on Tuesday at the Bengaluru Open as Ramkumar Ramanathan, Karan Singh and Manas Dhamne all lost their first-round matches at the KSLTA courts here. The defeats meant that…
Czech Republic’s Jiri Lehecka shakes hands with Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz after winning their quarter final match. | Photo Credit: Reuters Top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz lost for just the second time this year on Thursday when 25th-ranked Jiri Lehecka beat him 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 in the quarterfinals of the Qatar Open. Alcaraz’s only other defeat in 2025 was to Novak…
Andy Murray looks set to remain as Novak Djokovic’s coach likely through the French Open. File photo | Photo Credit: Edgar Su Andy Murray looks set to remain as Novak Djokovic’s coach likely through the French Open. The 24-time Grand Slam champion told the ATP Tour’s in-house media channel Tuesday that Murray has agreed to…
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Manas, right, gave a good account of himself against Harris. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Wild card Manas Dhamne went down fighting 4-6, 4-6 to top seed Billy Harris of Britain in the first round of the Pune Metropolitan $160,000 Maha Open Challenger tennis tournament at the Balewadi Stadium on Tuesday. Despite the big difference…
Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz celebrates after winning his round of 32 match against Croatia’s Marin Cilic. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz overcame Croatian veteran Marin Cilic 6-4, 6-4 Monday to reach the round of 16 at the Qatar Open. The 36-year-old Cilic, the 2014 U.S. Open champion who has fallen to No. 192 in the rankings,…
Novak Djokovic urged tennis authorities to overhaul the sport’s anti-doping system, pointing to “inconsistencies” in cases involving top stars Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek. File photo | Photo Credit: Vince Caligiuri Novak Djokovic on Monday urged tennis authorities to overhaul the sport’s anti-doping system, pointing to “inconsistencies” in cases involving top stars Jannik Sinner and…
Jannik Sinner’s long doping saga came to an end on Saturday after he agreed to a three-month ban from tennis. File photo | Photo Credit: Clive Brunskill Jannik Sinner’s long doping saga came to an end on Saturday after he agreed to a three-month ban from tennis, the world number one admitting “partial responsibility” for…
