Tennis

Paris: Carlos Alcaraz, the 21-year-old Spaniard overcame a five-set match challenge from Germany's Alexander Zverev 6-3, 2-6, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 to secure maiden French Open title. In the process, Alcaraz also became the youngest player to…

Paris: World no.1 Iga Swiatek has defeated Italian Jasmine Paolini 6-2, 6-1 in the women's singles final of the French Open to claim her third title, here on Saturday. Poland's Swiatek successfully defended her title in a 68-minute long…

Paris: Spain's two-time Grand Slam winner Carlos Alcaraz outlasted first-time semifinalist Jannik Sinner of Italy in a five-set thriller to make the men's singles final at the French Open on Friday, fighting back from two sets to one down…

Paris: Teenager Mirra Andreeva made history at the French Open on Wednesday, upsetting Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka to become, at 17-year-old, the youngest Grand Slam semifinalist in nearly three decades. Andreeva returned…

Jakarta: Lakshya Sen and Priyanshu Rajawat won their respective men's singles matches to reach the second round as did the women's doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand Pullela in the Indonesia Open 2024 BWF Super 1000 event.…

Paris; Fourth seed Elena Rybakina booked her place in her second French Open quarterfinal with a 6-4, 6-3 defeat of No.15 seed Elina Svitolina in 69 minutes at Stade Roland Garros here on Monday. She will face No.12 seed Jasmine Paolini,…

Paris: Defending champion Novak Djokovic endured a session with the physiotherapist and many ups and downs to win his second five-set thriller at the French Open on Monday, beating Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina to reach the…

Swiatek remains on course for her third consecutive French Open title and fourth overall.

Paris: World No.1 Iga Swiatek came back from 0-3 down to save a match point at 5-3 in the decider before overcoming Naomi Osaka and pulling off a great escape into the third round at the French Open here on Wednesday. In a clash between…

Paris: Top Indian singles player Sumit Nagal suffered a setback as he went down to 18th seed Karen Khachanov in the men's singles first round, ending his maiden entry into the main draw of the clay court major on a losing note in the Franch…

He will open his campaign against Belgian qualifier Zizou Bergs with the Spanish icon taking nothing for granted but confident of his current match preparation.

In front of a capacity crowd that included the King of Spain, French football icon Zinedine Zidane, and Real Madrid winger Vinicius Junior, Nadal dug deep to dismiss the world number 11

MADRID: Two-time major champion Garbiñe Muguruza announced she's retiring from professional tennis at age 30 after an extended time away from the court. “I feel that it is time to retire and open up a new chapter in my life,” the former…

Halep once was among the best in the world at what she does. She knew it. Everyone else did, too.

Collins denied this week that her great run to the last four was a result of her playing with freedom after announcing her intention to retire at the end of this year.

The two-times Miami winner who will be 37 in May, lost out in a thrilling third set tie-break to Czech Tomas Machac, managing to battle on after receiving treatment for an ankle injury.

Results: Singles: (Finals): Boys: Aradhya Kshitij bt Kevin Titus Suresh 6-1, 6-3. Girls: Kashvi Sunil bt Harshini N Nagaraj 5-7, 7-5, 6-3.

Thompson showed no sign of fatigue from Friday's marathon three-hour, 40-minute battle with Zverev as he took control of Saturday's final with the three-time Grand Slam finalist.

It’s a special year for former tennis ace Vijay Amritraj who will be travelling to Rhode Island in the United States of America for his formal induction.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA: Novak Djokovic was ruthless in a 6-0, 6-0, 6-3 win over Adrian Mannarino on Sunday, reaching the Australian Open quarterfinals and matching Roger Federer's all-time Grand Slam record. In a rare daytime appearance on…