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Naomi Osaka tops Serena Williams on Forbes' list of sports annual earnings

AP

Forbes said Osaka’s total is a one-year record for a female athlete, topping the previous mark of 29.7 million set by Maria Sharapova in 2015

Naomi Osaka. File.

Aussie Grand Slam winner Ashley Cooper dies

The former Australian won eight Grand Slams, four singles titles and four in doubles

Ashley Cooper, plays a backhand shot in his match against U.S. player, Barry Mackay during the Davis Cup Tennis championship at Brisbane on December 29, 1958

Tennis | Your struggles help you win, says Ramkumar Ramanathan

Kamesh Srinivasan

Ramkumar’s motto: enjoy training, don’t stop believing

Invigorating: The energy level at the online workout sessions is fantastic, says Ramkumar Ramanathan.

Tennis | Rohan Bopanna eager to get back on court

Kamesh Srinivasan

Plans to start training at his academy from next week

Naomi Osaka. File.

Naomi Osaka tops Serena Williams on Forbes' list of sports annual earnings

Ashley Cooper, plays a backhand shot in his match against U.S. player, Barry Mackay during the Davis Cup Tennis championship at Brisbane on December 29, 1958

Aussie Grand Slam winner Ashley Cooper dies

Invigorating: The energy level at the online workout sessions is fantastic, says Ramkumar Ramanathan.

Tennis | Your struggles help you win, says Ramkumar Ramanathan

Tennis | Rohan Bopanna eager to get back on court

Home away from home! Stacey Ness makes sure Pranjala does not feel bogged down by the rigours of lockdown.

Tennis | Pranjala making the most of Australia sojourn

Ready for challenge: Sunder Iyer, seen with Rutuja Bhosale and Mahak Jain, is clear about the path ahead for the sport.

Tennis | We have to get local guys to play first: Sunder

The newly-built roof of the Philippe Chatrier centre court is pictured at Roland Garros stadium in Paris. File photo

French Open could be held without fans, say organisers

Reuters The Grand Slam at Roland Garros was pushed to Sept. 20-Oct 4, instead of the usual May-June due to Covid-19

On the job: Dmitrii Baskov, centre, packs food along with Pramesh Modi, right, director of Ace Tennis Academy and Ami Pramesh Modi, founder Shree Sava Foundation.

From Moldova with love in time of the pandemic

AFP Stuck in India, tennis player Dmitrii Baskov lends a helping hand to feed the poor

Jean-Marc Werner, a German tennis player of the ATP world tour, wears a face mask as he watches his country fellow Johannes Haerteis playing in an exhibition tennis match, without spectators, and broadcasted by remote controlled cameras, during the spread of COVID-19 in a tennis academy in Hoehr-Grenzhausen, near Koblenz, Germany.

Tennis world commits over $6 mn for COVID-19 player relief fund

Reuters The player relief program will target about 800 singles and doubles players, the joint statement by ATP, WTA and ITF said.

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Sania starts 2010 with a victory

Sania Mirza made a winning start to the new season, getting the better of Swiss Stefanie Voegele in a hard-fought first round encounter of the

Clijsters dumps Molik

Kim Clijsters continued unhindered in her storming comeback to tennis as she hammered good friend Alicia Molik 6-0, 6-3 for a quarter-final place at

Federer wants to stay on top in 2010

Now that Roger Federer is back atop the world rankings, he intends to stay there in 2010. Federer, who faces Christophe Rochus of Belgium in the Qatar

Roddick romps past Luczak

Andy Roddick gave his October knee injury a solid test on Monday, firing 15 aces in a first round defeat of Australian Peter Luczak 7-6 (7-5), 6-2 at

Prakash Amritraj qualifies, Yuki stumbles

Prakash Amritraj won his final qualifying round against German Lars Poerschke 7-6(5), 6-3 to progress to the main draw of the Chennai Open. However,

Marin Cilic advances with ease

Age finally caught up with two-time winner Carlos Moya as his tenure at the 2009 Chennai Open ended with a straight-set defeat against Serbian Janko

Ivanovic advances at Brisbane International

Ana Ivanovic beat Jelena Dokic 7-5, 1-6, 6-3 on Monday to advance to the second round of the Brisbane International in her first tour match in three

Tennis stars scorch the ramp

Tennis stars displayed their off-court skills as they sashayed down the ramp during the Kingfisher Fashion Night, ahead of the ATP Aircel Chennai Open on January 3, 2010. Photos: S.R.Raghunathan

Tough first round awaits Soderling in Chennai Open

Billed as the title favourite, French Open finalist Robin Soderling has a tough field awaiting him in the USD 400,000 ATP Chennai Open tennis

Clijsters wins opening match at Brisbane

U.S. Open champion Kim Clijsters has won her opening match at the Brisbane International, beating Tathiana Garbin of Italy 6-2, 6-1. Clijsters, the

Nadal wins UAE exhibition final

Rafael Nadal won his first title of 2010, beating Robin Soderling 7-6 (3), 7-5 in the final of the season-opening Capitala exhibition tournament to

Learnt to live without Paes: Chennai Open organisers

Leander Paes may have preferred to play in the Brisbane International over India’s only ATP event, but the Chennai Open organisers said they have

Hewitt wins; Australia, Romania 1-1 at Hopman Cup

Australian Lleyton Hewitt has beaten Victor Hanescu of Romania 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (2) to level their Hopman Cup clash at 1-1. Hewitt set up match point

Henin faces Petrova at Brisbane

Former world No. 1 Justine Henin faces a tough first-round match in her official comeback tournament after drawing second-seeded Nadia Petrova at the

Season opener requires something extra: Cilic

Saws whined, hammers pounded and drills droned as a new year sun beat down upon the PlayPave courts at the SDAT Tennis Stadium here on Friday. Going

Nadal to start 2010 a bit under-done in Abu Dhabi

Rafael Nadal swings into 2010 action on Saturday in a semi—final at the Capitala World Tennis Championship admitting that he is still feeling the

Snapshots 2009: Top sporting events of the year

A photo narrative on some of the spectacular sporting events and sportspersons that made headlines over the past 12 months.

Henin says she can be better than before

Former world No.1 Justine Henin says she has matured during her 20-month break from tennis and can be a better player when she makes a return to the

Davydenko ready to start new season

Nikolay Davydenko is due in the Gulf this week, rested and refreshed from his Maldives holiday, and ready to start the 2010 season little more than a

Murray’s Ferrari comes with crippling insurance bill

Andy Murray’s early Christmas present to himself of a used one-owner red Ferrari F430 may end up costing double its 100,000 sterling pricetag when the

Ashutosh, Ankita National Grasscourt champions

Qualifier Ashutosh Singh of Delhi and wild card Ankita Raina of Gujarat emerged winners at the Vishwarupa Tubes National Grasscourt Tennis

Molik, Tomic given Australian Open wild cards

Former top 10 player Alicia Molik and two-time junior Grand Slam winner Bernard Tomic were given wild cards into next month’s Australian Open.

Federer, Serena honoured as ITF world champions

Roger Federer and Serena Williams were selected as the International Tennis Federation’s world champions of 2009. Federer, who receives the ITF award

Somdev, Rohan get wild cards for Chennai Open

Indian Davis Cup players Somdev Devvarman and Rohan Bopanna have received wild cards for the singles main draw of ATP Aircel Chennai Open tennis

Henin confirms Sydney comeback

Four-time French Open champion Justine Henin confirmed that her comeback to tennis would begin in little more than a fortnight at Sydney’s Medibank

Steffi Graf turns photographer

Steffi Graf, the 22-time Grand Slam-winning tennis player, has turned her focus from the net to the viewfinder and published her first photo-reportage

ITF slams decision to exonerate Gasquet

The International Tennis Federation took only hours to slam the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) decision, which cleared tennis player Richard

ITF clears Wickmayer, Malisse to play

The International Tennis Federation has lifted the one-year bans imposed on Belgian tennis players Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse for violating

Bhupathi hopes to end doubles Slam drought with Mirnyi

A men’s doubles Grand Slam title has eluded Mahesh Bhupathi since 2002 and the Indian tennis star is hoping to end the seven-year drought next season

Court suspends ban for Wickmayer and Malisse

U.S. Open semi-finalist Yanina Wickmayer and Belgian compatriot Xavier Malisse will be aiming for possible Australian Open wild cards next month after

Molik, Dellacqua win opening matches in Melbourne wild card quest

Melbourne: Alicia Molik and Casey Dellacqua made winning starts on Monday in the quest for wild card entry into next month’s Australian Open, with

Mohit, Rishika make singles finals at ITF Juniors

India’s Mohit Mayur and Rishika Sunkara entered the singles finals of the boys’ and girls’ under-18 events respectively in the ITF Juniors Tennis

Spanish captain released from hospital

Spanish Davis Cup captain Albert Costa, was likely to skip Friday’s start of the national tennis championships in Seville after being released from

Safina withdraws from Brisbane International

Former top-ranked Dinara Safina’s fitness for the Australian Open is in doubt after she withdrew on Friday from next month’s Brisbane International,

Nadal closes 2009 season with another title

Rafael Nadal closed out his most challenging season with another title, ending a four-match losing streak by earning two points for Spain in the Davis

Spain retains Davis Cup

Spain retained the Davis Cup by winning the doubles match and taking an insurmountable 3-0 lead over the Czech Republic in the final. Feliciano Lopez

Amelie Mauresmo retires

Former top-ranked player Amelie Mauresmo has retired from tennis. The 30-year-old Frenchwoman, who finished the season ranked No. 21, said she was

Djokovic to delay his pre-Australian Open start

Novak Djokovic will take a page from the Roger Federer playbook and trim his 2010 schedule in an effort to close the ranking gap on number two Rafael

Serena confirms she’ll start in Sydney

With her US Open outburst now settled by a massive fine and a stern warning, Serena Williams has been able to confirm she will begin the 2010 season

Nadal, Verdasco hope for turnaround in Davis Cup

Rafael Nadal and Fernando Verdasco will hope to put a combined six defeats at last week’s season-ending ATP event in London well behind them as the

Serena fined $82,500 for tirade

Grand Slam administrator Bill Babcock tells AP that Serena Williams has been fined a record $82,500 for her tirade at this year’s U.S. Open and could

Davydenko wins World Tour title

Nikolay Davydenko won the first big tournament of his career, running down just about every ball and using a consistent serve to beat U.S. Open

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