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Top seed Simona Halep survived an early scare and saved a match point to beat Tunisias Ons Jabeur 1-6 6-2 7-6(7) in the last 16 of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Wednesday. (Photo:AFP)

Simona Halep survives Ons Jabeur scare to advance in Dubai

Halep was rusty in the opening set as Jabeur got off to a flier and the Romanian was visibly frustrated.

20 Feb 2020 11:24 AM IST

Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin, defending champion Belinda Bencic and third seed Elina Svitolina made swift exits at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships after they all fell in the first round on Tuesday. (Photo:twitter)

Sofia Kenin, Belinda Bencic, Elina Svitolina shown door in Dubai

Fifth seed Kenin was eliminated by Kazakh Elena Rybakina, who came back from a set down to win 6-7(2) 6-3 6-3.

19 Feb 2020 9:38 AM IST

Kim Clijsters says she is going to plough ahead with her tennis comeback despite losing her return match 6-2, 7-6 (8/6) to Garbine Muguruza in the opening round of the WTA event in Dubai. (Photo:AFP)

Kim Clijsters -'feels good-' despite losing 1st match in tennis return

Four-time Grand Slam champion Clijsters, 36, had been out of the game for seven years.

18 Feb 2020 10:28 AM IST

Sofia Kenin of USA (L) and Bethanie Mattek-Sands of USA celebrate after defeating Anastasija Sevastova of Latvia and Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia in the womens doubles to advance Team USA in the 2020 Fed Cup qualifier at Angel of the Winds Arena in Everett, Washington. AFP Photo

Fed Cup: USA beats Latvia in doubles decider to reach the finals

New Australian Open champion Kenin and Mattek-Sands ensured the USA reached the finals in Budapest

9 Feb 2020 1:26 PM IST

Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza made a winning return to the WTA circuit by advancing to the womens doubles quarterfinals of the Hobart International Tournament here on Tuesday. (Photo:AFP)

Fed Cup will be held in Dubai next month: ITF

The venue has been moved from the Chinese city of Dongguan due to Coronoavirus scare

9 Feb 2020 12:30 PM IST

nastasija Sevastova of Latvia reacts while competing against Serena Williams of the United States during the 2020 Fed Cup qualifier between USA and Latvia at Angel of the Winds Arena on February 08, 2020 in Everett, Washington.

Serena stunned as Sevastova keeps Latvia alive in Fed Cup

Sevastova won 7-6 (7/5), 3-6, 7-6 (7/4), ending Serena-'s Fed Cup record of 14 matches

9 Feb 2020 12:04 PM IST

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal attracted what organisers said was a world record crowd for a tennis match when they played an exhibition event in the Cape Town Stadium. (Photo:Twitter)

Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal play to record crowd in Cape Town

The organisers said an audited attendance of 51,954 beat the 42,517 who watched Federer play Alexander Zverev last Nov.

8 Feb 2020 12:17 PM IST

US Open champion Bianca Andreescu was left off Canadas singles roster at the draw ceremony on Thursday for this weeks Fed Cup qualifier against Switzerland as she continues to recover from a knee injury. (Photo:instagram)

Bianca Andreescu left off Canada-'s singles roster for Fed Cup tie

Andreescu could still play doubles alongside Gabriela Dabrowski if the best-of-five tie in Biel goes the distance.

7 Feb 2020 11:18 AM IST

Driven by having started out in life with literally nothing , Novak Djokovic is determined to end up as the man with the most Grand Slam singles titles when he finally hangs up his racket. (Photo:AP/PTI)

After starting with nothing, Novak Djokovic determined to end up on...

After Djokovic claimed 8th Australian Open title, he joined the likes of Federer and Nadal, who have 20 and 19 grand...

4 Feb 2020 8:48 PM IST

Former world number one Serena Williams must rethink her approach to Grand Slams after her latest bid to win a record-equalling 24th major prize came unstuck at Melbourne Park, her coach Patrick Mouratoglou has said. (Photo:Twitter)

Serena Williams needs fresh approach to surpass Court, says coach

Williams has reached 4 Grand Slam finals since giving birth to Olympia in 2017 but failed to win any of them.

4 Feb 2020 8:38 PM IST

American tennis player Sofia Kenin is elated after winning the Australian Open womens singles title, terming the victory as dream came true. (Photo:Twitter)

Dream came true: Sofia Kenin after winning 1st Grand Slam

The 21-year-old overcame Muguruza 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 at Rod Laver Arena in the finals of the tournament.

3 Feb 2020 10:23 AM IST

Simona Halep needed just 53 minutes to thrash Estonian Anett Kontaveit 6-1 6-1 to reach the semi-finals of the Australian Open on Wednesday. (Photo:AFP)

Simona Halep donates USD 20,000 to Australia bushfire relief fund

Halep took to Twitter and wrote, -"Happy to announce that I have donated a total of $20,000 to the bushfire relief...

3 Feb 2020 10:10 AM IST