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Stanislas Wawrinka. (Photo: AP)

Stanislas Wawrinka joins list of Olympic tennis pullouts

Three-time Grand Slam title winner Wawrinka has undergone surgery on his left foot

29 Jun 2021 1:51 PM GMT

Tennis player Prajnesh Gunneswaran who won a bronze medal in the Asian Games being held in Indonesia. (Photo: PTI)

AITA nominates Ankita, Prajnesh for Arjuna; Balram, Piperno for...

Ankita and Prajnesh both won singles bronze medals at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta and Palembang

29 Jun 2021 1:48 PM GMT

Djokovic slides to victory as Wimbledon makes soggy return

Djokovic slides to victory as Wimbledon makes soggy return

Djokovic overcame an early scare before getting his bid for a record-equalling 20th Grand Slam title off to a winning...

28 Jun 2021 7:53 PM GMT

At the end of the four-hour and 11-minute final, Djokovic handed his racquet to the youngster who was then pictured on TV jumping for joy and in shock at the gesture. (Photo:Twitter)

Djokovic gives match-winning racquet to boy 'with right tactics'

Novak Djokovic said he gave away his French Open winning racquet to a young boy watching courtside for 'giving me the...

14 Jun 2021 6:47 PM GMT

Serbias Novak Djokovic poses with the winners trophy in Melbourne on Sunday. AFP

Djokovic beats Daniil for 9th Australian Open and 18th Grand Slam

Djokovic overpowered the fourth seed 7-5, 6-2, 6-2 in front of 7,400 fans on Rod Laver Arena to end the Russian's...

21 Feb 2021 8:25 PM GMT

Japans Naomi Osaka celebrates with the winners trophy after her womens singles final match against Jennifer Brady of the USA in the Australian Open on Saturday. AFP

Japan's Osaka beats Brady to win Australian Open

Osaka edged a tight first set but controlled the second to win 6-4, 6-3 in 77 minutes

20 Feb 2021 8:48 PM GMT

Ankita Raina celebrates after winning the Al Habtoor doubles title. - Twitter

Ankita wins ITF doubles title in Dubai

The unseeded Indo-Georgian pair won 6-4, 3-6, 10-6 against Aliona Bolsova Zadoinov from Spain and Slovakian Kaja Juvan...

13 Dec 2020 7:43 PM GMT

Austrias Dominic Thiem celebrates after winning the first set during the semifinal against Novak Djokovic of Serbia at the ATP World Finals at the O2 arena in London on Saturday. AP

Thiem beats Djokovic in thriller to reach title match at ATP Finals

Thiem won 7-5, 6-7 (10/12), 7-6 (7/5) and will face either Rafael Nadal or Daniil Medvedev in Sunday-'s final at the...

21 Nov 2020 8:05 PM GMT

Serbias Novak Djokovic returns to Germanys Alexander Zverev during their mens singles round-robin match on day six of the ATP World Tour Finals tennis tournament at the O2 Arena in London on Friday. AFP

Djokovic beats Zverev, advances to semifinals at ATP Finals

The top-ranked Djokovic set up a match against Dominic Thiem post beating Alexander Zverev at the ATP Finals-' quarters

20 Nov 2020 8:01 PM GMT

Japans Naomi Osaka kisses the trophy in celebration after winning her Womens Singles final match against Victoria Azarenka of Belarus at the US Open in New York. AFP photo

Naomi Osaka wins second US Open title after beating Azarenka

-"I wasn-'t really thinking about winning. I was just thinking about competing,-" Osaka said

13 Sep 2020 7:51 PM GMT

Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, checks a linesman after hitting her with a ball in reaction to losing a point to Pablo Carreno Busta, of Spain, during the fourth round of the US Open tennis championships, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2020, in New York. Djokovic defaulted the match. (AP)

So sorry: Djokovic disqualified from US Open for striking judge

The world number one apologized for hitting the ball in disgust after losing his serve to go 6-5 down in the first set...

7 Sep 2020 6:42 AM GMT

The William sisters during a tennis match (file AP photo)

Serena-Venus match heralds return of tennis

The siblings meet each other for the 31st time when they take the court at a WTA tournament in Kentucky on Thursday

13 Aug 2020 7:43 AM GMT