Sports / Tennis

Murray blames compressed calendar for pullouts 30 Oct 2012 - 03:48 am

PARIS: Andy Murray predicted scheduling trouble for future late-season ATP events once the World Tour Finals leave London after 2013, with the new...

Del Potro stuns Federer in Basel 29 Oct 2012 - 04:23 am

Argentine Juan Martin del Potro holds up his trophy after winning his final match against Switzerland’s Roger Federer (left) at the Swiss Indoors...

Serena eases to WTA Championships title 29 Oct 2012 - 04:22 am

ISTANBUL: Serena Williams completed her sensational 2012 comeback by easing to a 6-4, 6-3 win over Maria Sharapova for a third WTA Championships...

Ferrer wins in Valencia 29 Oct 2012 - 04:11 am

MADRID: Spaniard David Ferrer gave the home fans something to cheer yesterday when he lifted the Valencia Open title after a 6-1, 3-6,...

Sharapova, Serena in title clash 28 Oct 2012 - 03:56 am

ISTANBUL: Maria Sharapova set up a blockbuster WTA Championships final against Serena Williams yesterday with a crushing 6-4, 6-2 win over world number...

Federer to face Del Potro in final 28 Oct 2012 - 03:55 am

BASEL, Switzerland: Roger Federer will today bid for his sixth trophy from seven editions of his home Swiss Indoors after defeating Paul-Henri Mathieu...

Sharapova cruises to third consecutive win in Istanbul 27 Oct 2012 - 03:13 am

Maria Sharapova of Russia serves the ball to Samantha Stosur of Australia during their match at the round-robin stage of the WTA Championships...

Del Potro struggles to set up Gasquet clash 27 Oct 2012 - 03:11 am

BASEL, Switzerland: Juan Martin del Potro struggled into the Swiss Indoors semi-finals yesterday by beating South African Kevin Anderson 3-6, 7-6 (7/3), 6-2,...

Na keeps semi hopes alive 26 Oct 2012 - 04:40 am

Serena Williams of USA reacts during her match against Victoria Azarenka of Belarus at the WTA Championships tennis tournament in Istanbul, yesterday. ISTANBUL:...

Nadal pulls out of London, Paris events 26 Oct 2012 - 04:39 am

PARIS: Rafael Nadal (pictured), out of action since June, will miss the ATP Tour Finals in London and also next week’s Paris Masters...

Ferrero’s singles career ends with defeat 24 Oct 2012 - 06:41 am

VALENCIA, Spain: Juan Carlos Ferrero’s singles career drew to an emotional end when he lost 7-5, 6-3 to fellow Spaniard and close friend...

Storming start for Serena, Radwanska in Istanbul 24 Oct 2012 - 06:37 am

ISTANBUL: Serena Williams survived an injury scare here yesterday to make a winning start in her bid to cap a brilliant comeback season...

Federer rules out end of season title flourish 24 Oct 2012 - 06:36 am

BASEL, Switzerland: Roger Federer has played down rattling off wins in the season’s closing three events as he did last year after reaching...

Bryan twins on top for record eighth time 23 Oct 2012 - 04:56 am

Singapore: American twins Bob and Mike Bryan will end the tennis season on top of the world for a record eighth time, the...

Stosur, Wozniacki to clash in Moscow final 21 Oct 2012 - 06:30 am

MOSCOW: Top seed Samantha Stosur of Australia battled back from a set down to beat fourth seed Ana Ivanovic of Serbia on her...

Del Potro to face Zemlja in Vienna final 21 Oct 2012 - 06:24 am

VIENNA: Top seed Juan Martin del Potro will face qualifier Grega Zemlja for the Austrian Open title today after the Slovenian world number...

Wozniacki to take on Sofia in Cup semis 20 Oct 2012 - 04:31 am

MOSCOW: Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki showed glimpses of her past form to beat last year’s champion Dominika Cibulkova 6-2, 6-7, 6-1...

Wozniacki advances; Bartoli knocked out in Moscow 18 Oct 2012 - 07:46 am

Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark returns to Urszula Radwanska of Poland during their match at the Kremlin Cup in Moscow, Russia, yesterday. MOSCOW: Former...