Sports / Tennis

Chile marks new start for Nadal 06 Feb 2013 - 12:58 am

Rafael Nadal of Spain serves during a training session in Vina del Mar, about 120km west of Santiago, Chile, yesterday. Nadal, an 11-time...

Murray calls for more blood testing 06 Feb 2013 - 12:57 am

LONDON: Olympic champion Andy Murray (pictured) is demanding more blood testing in tennis to avoid the kind of damaging doping scandals that continue...

‘Rafa’s aura may take time to return’ 06 Feb 2013 - 12:55 am

LONDON: The aura Rafa Nadal usually carries on court may take a while to return when the Spaniard finally begins his comeback in...

Spain crash out to Canada 05 Feb 2013 - 01:06 am

Canada’s Milos Raonic celebrates his win over Spain’s Guillermo Garcia-Lopez with team-mates during the final round of the Davis Cup tie in Vancouver,...

ExxonMobil to sponsor Heir Apparent Sword Race 04 Feb 2013 - 01:00 am

Bart Cahir (second left) President and General Manager of ExxonMobil Qatar Inc and Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club (QREC) Chairman Sheikh Mohamed bin...

Barthel claims Paris Open title 04 Feb 2013 - 12:59 am

PARIS: World number 45 Mona Barthel of Germany upset the odds to beat top seed Sara Errani of Italy 7-5, 7-6 (7/4) in...

Berdych sends Czechs into quarter-finals 04 Feb 2013 - 12:52 am

LONDON: Holders Czech Republic moved into the quarter-finals of the Davis Cup with Tomas Berdych outlasting Swiss opponent Stanislas Wawrinka a day after...

Errani, Barthel to clash in final 03 Feb 2013 - 04:21 am

Sara Errani of Italy (right) speaks to Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands who forfeited her semi-final match at the 21st GDF Suez Tennis...

Paes keeps Indian hopes alive against South Korea 03 Feb 2013 - 04:20 am

NEW DELHI: Veteran Leander Paes teamed up with debutant Purav Raja to win the doubles and keep India afloat in the Asia-Oceania group...

Serbia reach quarters; Spain face early exit 03 Feb 2013 - 04:20 am

PARIS: Serbia and France cruised into the Davis Cup quarter-finals yesterday as five-time champions Spain faced a humiliating first round exit. Serbia, the...

Errani reaches semi-finals at Paris Open 02 Feb 2013 - 03:12 am

PARIS: Italian top seed Sara Errani avenged her defeat to Carla Suarez Navarro at last month’s Australian Open, as she edged past the...

Nadal braced for difficult challenge in Chile event 02 Feb 2013 - 03:12 am

SANTIAGO: Rafael Nadal admits that he could find things tough on his return to competitive tennis next week after seven months on the...

QTF to host top event for Qatari juniors 31 Jan 2013 - 06:46 am

Stephane Michel (second left), Managing Director of Total E&P Qatar and Tariq Darwish Zainal (third left), Assistant Secretary General of Qatar Tennis Federation...

Nadal keeping expectations low ahead of comeback 31 Jan 2013 - 06:13 am

MAJORCA, Spain: Spaniard Rafa Nadal is keeping his expectations low ahead of his long-awaited return to competitive action in early February after seven...

Qatar Total Open tickets still available 30 Jan 2013 - 01:28 am

Doha: Tickets for the Qatar Total Open 2013 are still available to buy, a Qatar Tennis Federation press release said yesterday. This year’s...

Djokovic eyes career Slam 29 Jan 2013 - 12:17 am

Novak Djokovic of Serbia poses in the locker room with the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup after defeating Andy Murray of Britain in their...

Bartoli craving success on home soil in Paris 29 Jan 2013 - 12:08 am

PARIS: French number one Marion Bartoli is aiming to go one step further at this week’s Paris Open in her quest for a...

Historic treble for Djokovic 27 Jan 2013 - 11:31 pm

Serbia’s Novak Djokovic reacts after his victory over Britain’s Andy Murray during the men’s final at the Australian Open in Melbourne, yesterday. RIGHT: ...