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Tomas Berdych had an easy outing against Andreas Seppi at Rotterdam on Friday.
AP Tomas Berdych had an easy outing against Andreas Seppi at Rotterdam on Friday.

Berdych overpowers Seppi, makes it to semifinals

Czech Tomas Berdych overpowered Italy's Andreas Seppi 6-3, 6-4 on Friday for a place in the semifinals of the ATP Rotterdam Open on Friday. But the second-seeded perfectionist was slightl... »
TENNIS GIVES HER A HIGH Rushmi Chakarvarthy Photo: R. Ragu

Return of Rushmi

The impact of tennis extends beyond the court for Rushmi Chakravarthi who recently clinched two titles in the National grass-court championship. She says the game has helped her go places, meet people and make friends »

Djokovic awarded Serbia’s highest honour

President Boris Tadic on Tuesday honoured Serbia’s Novak Djokovic with the country’s top medal. The world’s top tennis player, Djokovic was awarded the Karadjordje’s Star medal for his prom... »

Sloppy translation put erroneous words in Federer’s mouth

Roger Federer will carry on in Rotterdam after a weekend Davis Cup loss to the United States, with the Swiss shrugging off a mistranslation from French, which made him sound critical of teammate S... »

Karlovic delivers for Croatia

Ivo Karlovic pulled off his third win of the week to give Croatia a 3-2 victory over Japan in their Davis Cup World group first round tie here on Sunday. The Croatian No. 3, who defeated... »
Rotterdam, February 17, 2012

Berdych advances as Baghdatis retires

Second-seeded Tomas Berdych had an easy path into the quarterfinals of the ABN Amro World tennis tournament on Thursday as his opponent Marcos Baghdatis retired with an injury in the fourth game. »
NET TRICKS Saketh Myneni. Photo: Sushanta Patronobish
February 15, 2012

Rising to the challenge

He wants to stand tall – not just in terms of height (he is 6 foot, 3 inch) — but in stature too, in Indian tennis. Clearly, Saketh Sai Myneni fresh from being crowned as the new national tennis c... »
BAMBERG, Germany, February 12, 2012

Argentina beats Germany 4-1 in Davis Cup

Cedrik-Marcel Stebe salvaged some pride for Germany by beating Eduardo Schwank 7-6 (1), 7-5 in a consolation win against Argentina in the first round of the Davis Cup on Sunday. Argentina wo... »
HYDERABAD, February 12, 2012

Sania-Anastasia captures Pattaya Open

Sania Mirza of India combined well with her Australian partner Anastasia Rodionova to get the better of H. Chan and Yung-ja Chan of Taipei 3-6, 6-1, 10-8 to win the women's doubles final of the Pa... »
HYDERABAD, February 11, 2012

Sania-Rodionova enters Pattaya final

Top-seeded duo of Sania Mirza of India and Anastasia Rodionova of Australia got the better of Kimiko Date of Japan and Akgul Amanmuradova of Uzbekistan 6-4, 6-4 to enter the women's doubles final... »
GEELONG (Australia), February 11, 2012

Davis Cup: Australia beats China 3-0

Lleyton Hewitt and Chris Guccione gave Australia a winning 3-0 lead in its Davis Cup Asia-Oceania qualifier against China, beating Zhang Ze and Li Zhe 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 in Saturday’s doubles.Th... »
DOPPELGANGER: Novak Djokovic looks quizzically at his wax sculpture in the Serbian town of Jagodina.
BELGRADE, February 11, 2012

Djokovic gets a wax double

Tennis World No. 1 Novak Djokovic on Thursday attended the unveiling of his own likeness in wax in the central town of Jagodina, local media reported. After a brief ceremony in the museum... »
Pattaya, February 10, 2012

Sania in Pattaya doubles semis

Sania Mirza’s singles campaign at the Pattaya Open on Friday ended with a 5-7, 3-6 quarterfinal defeat against Chinese Taipei qualifier Su-Wei Hsieh but the Indian has kept herself in the doubles... »
NEW DELHI, February 9, 2012

Vishnu Vardhan loses

Vishnu Vardhan lost 4-6, 4-6 to the third-seeded James Duckworth of Australia in the pre-quarterfinals of the $50,000 Challenger tennis tournament in Caloundra, Australia, on Thursday. In d... »
IN THE LEAGUE OF HEAVYWEIGHTS: On a day when Nos. 2, 3, and 4 went through, local girl Amrita Mukherjee became the only unseeded player to make the women's semifinals. Photo: Sushanta Patronobish
KOLKATA, February 9, 2012

Unseeded Amrita Mukherjee enters the semifinals

Unseeded Amrita Mukherjee of Bengal joined the elite company of seeded heavyweights in the women's semifinals of the Indian Jute National grass-court tennis championships at the South Club. »

Vishnu & Divij in quarterfinals

Up to AITA to pick Olympic team: Bhupathi

Not without the backup brigade

Vishnu advances

Shoulder pain forces Shivika Burman to pull out

Djokovic, Cheruiyot take honours

Mayukh Rawat moves up

SSN to conduct tennis championship

ROTTERDAM, February 16, 2012

No sweat for Berdych

Second seed Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic advanced to the second round of the ABN Amro World tennis tournament here on Wednesday, defeating compatriot Lukas Rosol 6-4, 6-2 in an hour and 16... »
ROTTERDAM, February 13, 2012

Federer back in Rotterdam after long gap

Roger Federer will return to the Rotterdam Open for the first time in seven years. The Swiss World No. 3 is a good friend of tournament director and 1996 Wimbledon winner Richard Krajice... »
Fribourg, Switzerland, February 12, 2012

Isner aces home 5-0 Davis Cup sweep of Switzerland

John Isner ended with four quick aces to close out a 5-0 weekend home thrashing of Switzerland on clay, with the Americans now waiting for a Davis Cup World group quarterfinal opponent from the Ca... »
Ankita Raina and Rushmi Chakravarthi, the women’s doubles champions pose with their trophies. Photo: Sushanta Patronobish
KOLKATA, February 12, 2012

Contrasting wins for Rushmi, Saketh

It took all of 57 minutes for Saketh Myneni of Andhra Pradesh to become the new men's National champion, while Rushmi Chakravarthi of Tamil Nadu required a record three hours to regain the women's... »
FRIBOURG, Switzerland, February 11, 2012

U.S. sweeps Federer's Switzerland out of Davis Cup

The United States swept favoured Switzerland out of the Davis Cup as Mardy Fish and Mike Bryan beat Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 on Saturday. Teaming up for only... »
HYDERABAD, February 11, 2012

Bijay triumphs

Bijay Kumar Mohanty and Yedlapalli Pranjala won the boys' and girls' singles titles in the Asian junior (under-14) tennis championship The results (all Indians): Boys: Final: Bijay... »
THE YOUNG CHALLENGER: Sri Vaishnavi Peddi Reddy, 16, will play the veteran and five-time National champion Rushmi Chakravarthi for the women’s title. Photo: Sushanta Patronobish
KOLKATA, February 11, 2012

Rushmi Chakravarthi lines up for a double

Rushmi Chakravarthi of Tamil Nadu reached the women's singles final and then won the doubles title alongside Ankita Raina in the Indian Jute National grass-court tennis here at the South Club on F... »
NEW DELHI, February 9, 2012

Bhambri loses

Yuki Bhambri lost 6-4, 6-2 to Stefan Seifert of Germany in the pre-quarterfinals of the Challenger tennis tournament in Dallas, Texas. In doubles, Bhambri and Vladimir Obradovic of Serbia l... »
HYDERABAD, February 9, 2012

Pranjala to meet Mor in final

India's Yadlapalli Pranjala and Himani Mor entered the girls' final of the Asian junior tennis championship (under-14) at the SAAP Tennis Complex here on Thursday. In the boys section too... »
A file photo of Sania Mirza
HYDERABAD, February 9, 2012

Sania reaches singles and doubles quarterfinals at Pattaya

Sania Mirza of India scored a 6-4, 7-5 win in a 99-minute duel over Anne Keothavong, the British No. 2 player, to enter the women’s singles quarter-final of the Pattaya Open tennis championship on... »

Mohanty enters semifinals

Suresh Krishna survives a scare

Yuki defeats Kamke

Pranjala progresses

Sania upsets Morita at Pattaya Open

Abhijeet beats Vinod

Saketh, Shivika top seeded

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