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USAs Serena Williams after falling to the ground during the womens singles match against Belarus Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London on Tuesday. (Photo: AP/PTI)

Serena hobbles out of Wimbledon as Federer survives scare

Swiss legend Roger Federer and Australia-'s world number one Ashleigh Barty both progressed after overcoming scares.

30 Jun 2021 5:50 PM IST

Andy Murray in action against Georgias Nikoloz Basilashvili during the mens singles match of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London. (Photo: AP)

Andy Murray gives Brits a lift with first Wimbledon singles win since...

The 2013 and 2016 Wimbledon champion triumphed 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 over the 24th seeded Nikoloz Basilashvili

29 Jun 2021 7:34 PM IST

Superstars Roger Federer, Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal will headline an exhibition match ahead of the Australian Open to raise money for bushfire relief, organisers said on Wednesday. (Photo:AFP/Twitter)

Roger Federer and Serena Williams primed for Wimbledon openers on...

Also on the schedule is Australian crowd-pleaser Nick Kyrgios who plays France-'s Ugo Humbert.

29 Jun 2021 7:30 PM IST

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 7:21 PM IST

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 7:18 PM IST

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...

29 Jun 2021 1:23 AM IST

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...

15 Jun 2021 12:17 AM IST

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...

22 Feb 2021 1:55 AM IST

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

21 Feb 2021 2:18 AM IST

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...

14 Dec 2020 1:13 AM IST

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...

22 Nov 2020 1:35 AM IST

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

21 Nov 2020 1:31 AM IST