The U.S. Open is expanding to 15 days this year, shifting to a Sunday start for the first time in the Open era that began in 1968. Fans who subscribed for ticket information from the USTA were informed of the change for the season’s last Grand Slam tennis tournament — and its new dates of…
Pragmatic: Karan, third from left, while calling it an honour to play for India, is being realistic about his chances of getting a match. With Indian tennis in a churn for the past couple of years and uncertainties around the availability of several top players for national duty for a variety of reasons, the upcoming…
Jannik Sinner of Italy poses with Norman Brookes Challenge Cup the morning after defeating Alexander Zverev of Germany in the men’s singles final at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Of all the praise bestowed on Jannik Sinner after he won his second consecutive Australian…
Hanging tough: Ankita overcame a bout of nausea and Kudashova. | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR Indians Ankita Raina and Sahaja Yamalapalli recorded victories in the first round of the $100,000 KPB Trust Women’s Open tennis tournament at the KSLTA courts here on Wednesday. Ankita, the highest-ranked Indian, defeated Russian qualifier Daria Kudashova 7-6(2), 7-6(4). Ankita did…
Iga Swiatek, left, of Poland, is congratulated by Emma Navarro of the U.S. following their quarterfinal match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP A rampaging Iga Swiatek stormed into her second Australian Open semi-final with a 6-1 6-2 centre-court demolition of eighth seed Emma…
Ankita Raina and Naiktha Bains failed to clear the first hurdle. | Photo Credit: File photo Bengaluru: The Indian pair of Sahaja Yamalapalli and Vaishnavi Adkar frittered away the advantage against Fruhvirtova sisters, Brenda and Linda, in the opening round of the doubles action of the $100,000 KPB Trust Women’s Open tennis tournament at the…
Zeeshan Ali. | Photo Credit: File photo: PTI For more than a decade, Zeeshan Ali was omnipresent in Indian tennis. He was the Davis Cup coach starting 2013 and was the head of the National Tennis Centre (NTC) from December, 2020. But, across a few manic months in late 2024, Zeeshan resigned as coach, and…
File photo of Rohan Bopanna. | Photo Credit: AP Veteran Indian tennis player Rohan Bopanna and his Chinese partner Zhang Shuai entered the quarterfinals of the mixed doubles event at the Australian Open after they got a walkover in a second round match in Melbourne on Sunday (January 19, 2025). Bopanna and Shuai were up…
China’s Qinwen Zheng looks dejected after losing her second round Australian Open match against Germany’s Laura Siegemun in Melbourne on Wednesday, January 15, 2025. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Last year’s runner-up Zheng Qinwen was sent crashing out of the Australian Open second round after a shock 7-6(3), 6-3 defeat by unseeded German Laura Siegemund on…
Sunrise to sunset: Players and coaches during good times at the National Tennis Centre in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: special arrangement Exactly four years after it was launched with the aim of producing a pipeline of talent to replenish the barren terrain of singles tennis in India, the National Tennis Centre (NTC) in New…
