Djokovic beats Murray to win his first French Open title
Monday, 06 June 2016 09:32
Paris: Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic on Sunday won his first French Open title, after defeating Britain's Andy Murray 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 in 3 hours and three minutes in an overcast day here, thus becoming the eighth man in…
Paes and Hingis win mixed doubles title
Saturday, 04 June 2016 12:15
Paris: Leander Paes and Martina Hingis won the mixed doubles title at Roland Garros beating Sania Mirza and Ivan Dodig in a thrilling encounter 4-6, 6-4, 10-8 after being locked at one set all.In the process, they completed a “Career…
Feliciano and Marc Lopez reach men's doubles final of French Open
Saturday, 04 June 2016 11:51
Paris: Spanish tennis players Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez succeeded on Friday in qualifying for the men's doubles final at the French Open after beating defending champions, Croatian Ivan Dodig and Brazilian Marcelo Melo.The Spaniards prevailed 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 in…
French Open: Paes, Bopanna ousted in men's doubles; Sania advances
Thursday, 02 June 2016 11:16
Paris: Indian stars Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna were knocked out with their partners in the quarter-finals of the men's doubles while Sania Mirza cruised in the mixed doubles quarters of the French Open tennis tournament here on Wednesday.The third-seeded…
Tennis: China's Zheng/Xu pin hopes on making Olympic berth
Monday, 30 May 2016 11:00
Paris: Zheng Saisai and Xu Yifan hope to stay as long as they can at the French Open while the ninth-seeded Chinese tennis women's doubles pair vies for a berth at this summer's Rio Olympic Games.Zheng and Xu, ranked 21st…
Milos Raonic eliminated from French Open
Monday, 30 May 2016 10:55
Paris: Spaniard Albert Ramos became the first to qualify for the quarter-finals of this year's French Open men's singles after eliminating Canadian Milos Raonic in their fourth round match on Sunday.Ramos, ranked 55th, managed to defeat World No.9 Raonic 6-2,…
French Open: Paes, Bopanna enter men's doubles quarters
Monday, 30 May 2016 09:43
Paris: India's tennis stars Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna stormed into the quarter-finals of their respective men's doubles events in the French Open here on Sunday.The 16th-seeded Paes and his Polish partner Marcin Matkowski stunned fourth seeds England’s Jamie Murray…
Sania, Paes, Bopanna advance in French Open
Saturday, 28 May 2016 10:27
Paris: The prolific Indo-Swiss pair of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis put on a stupendous display of tennis to blow away Japanese duo of Nao Hibino and Eri Hozumi in straight sets 6-2, 6-0 in the second round of the…
Injured Rafael Nadal pulls out of French Open
Saturday, 28 May 2016 10:07
Paris: Nine-time champion Rafael Nadal on Friday sprang a surprise by pulling out of the ongoing French Open citing a left wrist injury.Nadal, who on Thursday, became only the eighth player in tennis history to record 200 Grand Slam match…
Bopanna-Mergea win in French Open second round
Friday, 27 May 2016 17:14
Paris: Sixth seeds Rohan Bopanna and Florin Mergea won their second round men's doubles French Open match, beating French pair Gregoire Barrere and Quentin Halys 6-3, 6-4 here on Friday.Bopanna-Mergea took a big headstart in the first set, jumping to…
