Winning start: Mukund stayed focused to turn the match around in his favour. | Photo Credit: Kamesh Srinivasan After a hesitant start when he had lost the first set, and had dropped serve in the first game of the second, Davis Cupper S. Mukund bounced back strongly to outwit lucky-loser Sascha Wayenburg of France 4-6, … Read more
Skatov sailed into the second round on Monday. | Photo Credit: Kamesh Srinivasan Eighth seed Timofei Skatov proved a hard nut to crack for Karan Singh as the Kazakh ran away a 6-4, 6-0 victor in the first round of the Dafa News $100,000 Delhi Open Challenger tennis tournament at the DLTA Complex on Monday. … Read more
Scintillating show: Jacquet pocketed the title at a canter. | Photo Credit: B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM Kyrian Jacquet ensured that it was a rather memorable maiden visit to the SDAT tennis stadium for budding nine-year-old fan Tamara, as the Frenchman beat Swede Elias Ymer 7-6(1), 6-4 in the final to clinch the Chennai Open ATP Challenger … Read more
Aryan Shah. | Photo Credit: Kamesh Srinivasan It will be another big opportunity for the cream of Indian tennis to capitalise on a high-quality event in the Dafanews $100,000 Delhi Open Challenger tennis tournament at the DLTA Complex from Monday. The opposition will be stiff as two of the three Indian wild cards run into … Read more
The work talks about the lives and achievements of 82 of the world’s most iconic and decorated Olympic stars. Following up on his well-received book on India’s Olympic Medal Winners, Vijayan Bala has now come out with a successor, this time recounting the Olympic history and stars from across the globe. History and Stars of … Read more
Gujarat’s top-seeded Vaidehee Chaudhari and Zeel Desai defeated Haryana’s Anjali Rathi and Aditi Tyagi and entered the women’s doubles final of the National Games tennis competition here on Sunday. The results: Women’s doubles semifinals: Vaidehee Chaudhari & Zeel Desai (Guj) bt Anjali Rathi & Aditi Tyagi (Har) 6-1, 7-6 (5); Pooja Ingale & Akansha Nitture … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami during the opening ceremony of the 38th National Games in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. | Photo Credit: YouTube/@narendramodi A modest but colourful opening ceremony showcasing Uttarakhand’s religious heritage and bio-diversity kicked off the 38th National Games in Dehradun on Tuesday with guest of honour Prime Minister … Read more
Jil Teichmann proved too good for India’s Maaya Rajeshwaran in the singles semifinals of the Mumbai Open WTA 125 on Saturday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A huge cry of ‘vamos’ echoed around the court while the fans, who had gathered to rally behind 15-year-old Maaya Rajeshwaran, looked on in disbelief. Soon, the silence was broken by a big … Read more
Amritraj | Photo Credit: R. RAGU Indian tennis legend and Tamil Nadu Tennis Association (TNTA) president Vijay Amritraj on Saturday gave an update on his effort to bring an ATP 250 event to India. “The ATP is revamping their whole schedule. So, they’ve come out with a calendar for 2026. There are two open … Read more
Sergey Makarov Aleksandrovich. | Photo Credit: World Athletics India’s top javelin throwers, including Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra and national record holder Annu Rani, will train with Russian legend Sergey Makarov Aleksandrovich, who in his new role as India’s javelin coach will oversee the preparations for this year’s World Athletics Championships. The 51-year-old Makarov, a decorated … Read more
Jyothi Yarraji. | Photo Credit: Reuters Reigning Asian champion Jyothi Yarraji clinched gold in her first race of the season, that too with a national record, winning the 60m hurdles event by clocking 8.04 seconds at the Elite Indoor Meeting in Nantes, France. The 25-year-old Yarraji, in fact, broke her own earlier national record of … Read more
Sweden’s Elias Ymer got the better of the top-seed Billy Harris to make it to the summit clash of the Chennai Open ATP Challenger tournament on Saturday. | Photo Credit: R. RAGU Swede Elias Ymer emerged a hair’s breadth better than the top-seeded Briton Billy Harris, winning two tie-breaks, in a semifinal match that lasted … Read more
India’s Maaya Rajeshwaran powered into the singles semifinal of the Mumbai Open 125 tennis tournament on Friday. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI India’s 15-year-old Maaya Rajeshwaran roared into her first WTA semifinal, knocking out Japan’s Mei Yamaguchi 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 in the L&T Mumbai Open 125 at the Cricket Club of India here on Friday. Yamaguchi started aggressively, mixing strong forehands with clever slices … Read more
Neeraj Chopra celebrates after winning the silver medal in the men’s javelin throw athletics event at the 2024 Summer Olympics, in Paris, France, on August 8, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI India’s Paris Olympics silver medallist Neeraj Chopra has been named the best male javelin thrower in the world in 2024 by globally-renowned American magazine … Read more
The Tamil Nadu men’s tennis team that won gold at the 38th National Games in Dehradun on Friday, 07 February 2025. | Photo Credit: RITU RAJ KONWAR Manish Sureshkumar found the Parade Ground court and the ball a little too fast in the men’s team final of the 38th National Games tennis competition here on … Read more
Czech Svrcina celebrates his upset win. | Photo Credit: B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM Dalibor Svrcina of the Czech Republic stunned second seed South African Lloyd Harris 6-1, 6-1 in the second round of the Chennai Open ATP Challenger at the SDAT tennis stadium here on Thursday. Svrcina’s 12th straight win in India helped him advance to … Read more
Harris is the only player from Isle of Man on the ATP Tour. | Photo Credit: B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM B Tennis player Billy Harris hails from the Isle of Man, a place that’s typically known for cycling and motorcycle racing. “We just lived near the park tennis courts. So, in the mornings and nights, we … Read more
Billy Harris took out Timofey Skatov in straight sets to make the last four in the ATP Challenger Chennai Open tennis tournament on Friday. | Photo Credit: R. RAGU Kyrian Jacquet beat back the challenge of Shintaro Mochizuki in three hard-fought sets. | Photo Credit: R. RAGU Top seed Billy Harris fought off a stiff challenge … Read more
The Athletics Federation of India has officially moved to decentralise its training camps, doing away with the earlier system of national camps which allows athletes the freedom to train on their own at a centre of their choice. The decision was ratified after its two-day AGM concluded in Chandigarh on Wednesday. The plan had been … Read more
Former World No. 21 Jil Teichmann, now ranked 117th, defeated a determined Arianne Hartono 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-3 at the L&T Mumbai Open WTA 125, held at the Cricket Club of India here on Wednesday. Hartono started well, using her powerful forehands and strong serves to take the opening game. The Swiss responded with a solid … Read more
On the prowl: Galarneau made it to the second round with ease. | Photo Credit: JOTHI RAMALINGAM B Jiri Vesely had a brief bout of nausea, took a pill, and was squeezed for effort by opponent Ergi Kirkin before conceding the match 7-6(7), 6-7(3) in the first round of the Chennai Open ATP Challenger at … Read more
The goal: Teichmann hopes to break into the top 100. Jil Teichmann was once ranked as high as 21 in the world. The 27-year-old Swiss has, however, had a turbulent time in recent years with injuries and personal struggles pushing her down to 117. In an interaction with The Hindu, Teichmann reflected on her first-round … Read more
Praveen Kumar holds the tricolour flag after winning the Gold Medal in the Men’s High Jump – T64 event at the Paris Paralympics 2024, in Paris on Friday. | Photo Credit: ANI Double Olympic-medalist Manu Bhaker, chess world champion Gukesh, gold-medalist Paralympian Praveen Kumar, and captain of the bronze-medal-winning Indian hockey team Harmanpreet Singh are … Read more
Kirkin. | Photo Credit: B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM Ergi Kirkin on Wednesday said his walkover win, 6(7)-7, 7-6(3), over Jiri Vesely helped him become more confident in coming good under pressure situations. Kirkin had played long Davis Cup singles and doubles matches in Istanbul over the weekend and had to adapt to the weather and court … Read more
Indian Grandmaster D. Gukesh’s World Chess Championship triumph, the Indian cricket team bringing back the Twenty20 World Cup after 2007 and Manu Bhaker bagging two individual medals at the Paris Olympics… fans will cherish 2024 as one of the best years for Indian sports. There were some closes misses too… The Indian men’ s hockey … Read more
Learning curve: Maaya looks to work on the intensity part of her game. At 15, youngsters are generally in that phase where they are still figuring out what they want to do. But not Maaya Rajeshwaran. She’s far from the average teenager and has already earned a scholarship to the prestigious Rafa Nadal Academy in … Read more
Clinical: Shrivalli lost just one game against Pridankina. | Photo Credit: special arrangement It was a busy day for the Indian players on the hard courts of the Cricket Club of India here on Tuesday. In the morning, Ankita Raina secured an emphatic victory, defeating Vaishnavi Adkar 6-2, 6-2. The first set saw Ankita take … Read more
File picture of Romania’s Simona Halep after winning the Wimbledon in 2019 | Photo Credit: AP Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep announced her retirement from tennis at age 33 after a first-round loss at a tournament in her home country of Romania on Tuesday, ending an injury-filled comeback from a doping suspension. Halep used … Read more
Mukund went down to Russian Zakharov. | Photo Credit: R. RAGU Sasikumar Mukund, Ramkumar Ramanathan and Karan Singh — members of the Indian Davis Cup team which beat Togo 4-0 in a World Group I Playoff recently — were knocked out of the Chennai Open ATP Challenger in the first round at the SDAT tennis … Read more
Manish Sureshkumar in action in the Chennai Open qualifiers on Sunday. | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam In an otherwise dismal tennis scene in India, one positive in recent years has been the conduct of a handful of ATP, WTA and ITF tournaments. Three States – Maharashtra, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu – have put their best foot forward … Read more