Teenage sensation down two tennis legends, reach Madrid Open final
After defeating his idol Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals on Friday, the 19-year-old Carlos Alcaraz rallied to beat top-ranked Novak Djokovic 6-7 (5), 7-5, 7-6 […]
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Madrid Open: Illness rules Andy Murray out
Andy Murray’s hotly-anticipated reunion with Novak Djokovic is off due to illness. The Scot, 34, was supposed to play the world No.1 in the Madrid […]
ITTF world ranking: Aruna Quadri makes top 10
Aruna Quadri continues to break records as the Nigerian has hit the top 10 in the latest ranking released by the International Table Tennis Federation […]
French Open: Czech woman, Krejcikova, beats Russian, wins first Grand Slam
Barbora Krejcikova won her maiden Grand Slam singles title at the French Open on Saturday, beating Russia’s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to become the first Czech woman […]
French Open: Serena crashes out
Serena Williams’ quest for a 24th grand slam singles title goes on after a fourth-round defeat by Elena Rybakina at the French Open. Having come […]
Naira rain as 43rd CBN Nat’l tennis tourney serves off
The 43rd CBN National Senior Tennis Open Championship has entered the records of being the best in the history of men and women Singles Championship […]
Djokovic sets new record consecutively, remains world No. 1
Novak Djokovic set a new landmark of 311 weeks as world number one on Monday, one week longer than Roger Federer whose tally of a […]
Wawrinka out of Rotterdam ATP
Stan Wawrinka was knocked out of the Rotterdam ATP meeting in the first round on Tuesday after being seen off in straight sets 6-4, 7-5 […]
Murray dumped out of ATP event
Andy Murray was dumped out of the ATP event in Montpellier on Tuesday after suffering a straight-sets defeat in the opening round against Belarusian Egor […]
Tennis: Halep pulls out of Qatar Open
World number three Simona Halep has pulled out of next week’s Qatar Open, organisers of the WTA event announced on Tuesday. The Romanian’s withdrawal follows […]
Djokovic humiliates Karatsev, hits Australian Open final
World number one Novak Djokovic ended the dream run of Russian qualifier Aslan Karatsev in the Australian Open semi-finals Thursday to maintain his bid for […]
Australian Open: Osaka triumphs over Serena, hit final
Serena Williams broke down in tears and cut short her post-match press conference after another failed bid to equal Margaret Court’s record Grand Slam haul, […]
Nadal struggles with back injury as Australian Open looms
Rafael Nadal continues to be plagued by a back injury as doubts grow about his participation at the Australian Open. The Spaniard was set to […]
More players test positive for COVID-19
More players were forced into hard quarantine ahead of the Australian Open with officials confirming on Monday that four additional participants, including an athlete, tested […]
Breaking: Murray contracts COVID-19 ahead Australian Open
Andy Murray has tested positive for coronavirus but still hopes to compete in the Australian Open next month. The former world No.1 is understood to be in good […]