Slow and steady: Holt may not be plotting the same career graph as his mother, Tracy Austin, but she remains his biggest inspiration. | PHOTO : SUDHAKARA JAIN At 16 years, eight months and 28 days, Tracy Austin holds the record for being the youngest US Open singles champion, man or woman. But her son … Read more
Sahaja Yamalapalli will open against top seed Carlota Cirez of Spain in the $30,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament to be played at the Tennis Project, Baliyawas, from Tuesday. It will be another good opportunity for Sahaja and the rest of the Indian players to capitalise on the home advantage and improve their status on the … Read more
Sohyun Park of Korea outplayed top seed Arina Rodionova of Australia 6-3, 6-0 in the final of the $40,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament at the Ahmedabad Tennis Foundation courts on Sunday. It was the seventh singles title in the professional circuit for the 22-year-old Korean, who had dropped one set on way to the title, … Read more
Rithvik Bollipalli, Nicolas Barrientos, the doubles champions in the ATP tennis tournament in Santiago, Chile. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Rithvik Bollipalli in partnership with Nicolas Barrientos of Colombia outplayed top seeds Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni of Argentina 6-3, 6-2 in the doubles final of the $710,735 ATP tennis tournament on clay in Santiago, … Read more
Sweet victory: The triumph will leave Holt on the cusp of the top-100, a new career high. | Photo: Sudhakara Jain Brandon Holt’s two-week India sojourn had the sweetest of endings as he clinched the Bengaluru Open singles title with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Shintaro Mochizuki at the KLSTA courts here on Sunday. It … Read more
Japan’s Shintaro Mochizuki overcame the challenge of James McCabe of Australia to advance to the singles final at the Bengaluru Open in Bengaluru on Saturday. | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN Japan’s Shintaro Mochizuki entered his third ATP Challenger singles final with a 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 victory over Australia’s James McCabe in the Bengaluru Open at … Read more
Resilient win: Yuki and Popyrin emerged victorious after going down in the first set. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Yuki Bhambri and Alexei Popyrin of Australia beat second seeds Harri Heliovaara of Finland and Henry Patten of Britain 3-6, 7-6(12), [10-8] in the doubles final of the $3,415,700 ATP tennis tournament in Dubai on Saturday. … Read more
Billy Harris in action against Tristan Schoolkate of Australia at the Bengaluru Open 2025 on Friday 28 February 2025. | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN Diversity of playing styles is not commonplace in today’s men’s game. But on Friday afternoon here at the KSLTA courts, Tristan Schoolkate’s serve-and-volley met Billy Harris’ baseline-driven first-strike tennis. After sparring … Read more
File photo of Neeraj Chopra. | Photo Credit: PTI Two-time Olympic medal-winning javelin throw star Neeraj Chopra has revealed that his new coach Jan Zelezny has figured out mistakes in his technique and would now make some adjustments to his throwing routine to achieve the 90m mark that the Indian star is pursuing for … Read more
Jannik Sinner. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters The nomination of Jannik Sinner for the Laureus sportsman of the year award was withdrawn Thursday because of the top-ranked tennis player’s three-month ban for his two positive doping tests nearly a year ago. Laureus World Sports Academy chairman Sean Fitzpatrick said in a statement that the … Read more
Vaidehi Chaudhari | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Two-time national champion Vaidehi Chaudhari stopped the fine run of qualifier Akanksha Nitture with a 6-3, 6-2 victory in the third round of the $40,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament at the Ahmedabad Tennis Foundation courts on Thursday. In doing so, Vaidehi emerged the only Indian to reach … Read more
Rohan Bopanna-Ivan Dodig pair goes down The experienced doubles team of Rohan Bopanna (India) and Ivan Dodig (Croatia) faced an early exit in their recent tournament appearance. Despite their reputation and past successes, they were unable to overcome their opponents in a closely contested match. Match Details Summary The match was hard fought, with both … Read more
Akanksha…big scalp. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Qualifier Akanksha Nitture knocked out the second seed Carlota Cirez of Spain 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 in the second round of the $40,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament at the Ahmedabad Tennis Foundation courts on Wednesday. The 21-year-old Akanksha served well and converted her third match point in a … Read more
Boxer Mary Kom. File. | Photo Credit: PTI There is no success without failure and perseverance always pays was the message from boxing great M.C. Mary Kom and Paralympic stars Avani Lekhara and Suhas Yathiraj when they offered stress-management tips to school students as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Pariksha pe Charcha’ initiative. … Read more
Stellar win: Qualifier Biryukov rallied to beat Dhamne. | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN The hopes of a feel good story in Indian men’s singles tennis were extinguished on Tuesday at the Bengaluru Open as Ramkumar Ramanathan, Karan Singh and Manas Dhamne all lost their first-round matches at the KSLTA courts here. The defeats meant … Read more
Svrcina with his winnings. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Unseeded Dalibor Svrcina of the Czech Republic capped a fine run by beating sixth seed Brandon Holt of USA 7-6(3), 6-1 in the final of the Pune Metropolitan $160,000 Maha Open Challenger tennis tournament at the Balewadi Stadium in Pune on Sunday. It was the … Read more
Marek Gengel | Photo: Sudhakara Jain Solid effort: Prajwal showed admirable spirit, and tried his utmost to open up the court and hit penetrating winners | Photo: Sudhakara Jain India’s S.D. Prajwal Dev went down fighting to Czech Republic’s Marek Gengel 7-6(2), 3-6, 3-6 in an opening round singles match at the dafaNEWS … Read more
Successful partnership: Jeevan and Vijay won their sixth title as a pair. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Top seeds Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Vijay Sundar Prashanth beat second seeds Blake Bayldon and Matthew Romios of Australia 3-6, 6-3, [10-0] in the doubles final of the Pune Metropolitan $160,000 Maha Open Challenger tennis tournament at the … Read more
On February 15, in the immediate aftermath of the announcement of a case resolution agreement between World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and World No. 1 Jannik Sinner that resulted in the latter being banned for three months for two positive tests in March 2024 for the substance clostebol, three-time Major champion Stan Wawrinka put out a … Read more
Czech Republic’s Jiri Lehecka shakes hands with Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz after winning their quarter final match. | Photo Credit: Reuters Top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz lost for just the second time this year on Thursday when 25th-ranked Jiri Lehecka beat him 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 in the quarterfinals of the Qatar Open. Alcaraz’s only other defeat in 2025 was to Novak … Read more
Aishwarya Mishra won the women’s 400m National Games athletics gold in Dehradun in 51.12s which took her to the fourth place in India’s all-time list in the event on Sunday. | Photo: RITU RAJ KONWAR Uttar Pradesh’s Sachin Yadav won gold in men’s javelin throw at the 38th National Games in Dehradun on Wednesday. | … Read more
Andy Murray looks set to remain as Novak Djokovic’s coach likely through the French Open. File photo | Photo Credit: Edgar Su Andy Murray looks set to remain as Novak Djokovic’s coach likely through the French Open. The 24-time Grand Slam champion told the ATP Tour’s in-house media channel Tuesday that Murray has agreed to … Read more
Defending champion Valentin Vacherot sailed into the quarterfinals of the Challenger tennis tournament in Pune on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Defending champion Valentin Vacherot of Monaco eased past qualifier Masamichi Imamura of Japan 6-2, 6-3 in the second round of the Pune Metropolitan $160,000 Maha Open Challenger tennis tournament at the Balewadi Stadium … Read more
Italy’s Matteo Berrettini shakes hands with Serbia’s Novak Djokovic after winning his round of 32 match at the Qatar Open. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Novak Djokovic was upset by Matteo Berrettini 7-6 (4), 6-2 on Tuesday (February 18, 2025) at the Qatar Open in the Serb’s first match since exiting the Australian Open with a … Read more
Silver medalist Koki Ikeda, of Japan, poses during the medal ceremony for the men’s 20km race walk at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Aug. 6, 2021, in Tokyo. | Photo Credit: AP Japanese race walker Koki Ikeda, a former Olympic silver medalist, has been banned for four years for doping, the Athletic Integrity Unit said Friday. … Read more
Manas, right, gave a good account of himself against Harris. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Wild card Manas Dhamne went down fighting 4-6, 4-6 to top seed Billy Harris of Britain in the first round of the Pune Metropolitan $160,000 Maha Open Challenger tennis tournament at the Balewadi Stadium on Tuesday. Despite the big difference … Read more
Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz celebrates after winning his round of 32 match against Croatia’s Marin Cilic. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz overcame Croatian veteran Marin Cilic 6-4, 6-4 Monday to reach the round of 16 at the Qatar Open. The 36-year-old Cilic, the 2014 U.S. Open champion who has fallen to No. 192 in the rankings, … Read more
Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia hits a return to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain during the final match at the Delray Beach Open tennis tournament Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025, in Delray Beach, Fla. | Photo Credit: AP Serbia’s Miomir Kecmanovic saved two match points on the way to a gritty 3-6, 6-1, 7-5 victory over Spain’s Alejandro Davidovich … Read more
Novak Djokovic urged tennis authorities to overhaul the sport’s anti-doping system, pointing to “inconsistencies” in cases involving top stars Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek. File photo | Photo Credit: AFP Novak Djokovic on Monday urged tennis authorities to overhaul the sport’s anti-doping system, pointing to “inconsistencies” in cases involving top stars Jannik Sinner and Iga … Read more