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
Thailand’s Lanlana Tararudee advanced to the second round of the L&T Mumbai Open WTA 125 with a 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 victory over India’s Sahaja Yamalapalli at the Cricket Club of India on Monday. India No. 1 Sahaja began well, winning the opening game in quick time. However, Tararudee quickly bounced back, capitalising on Sahaja’s errors. … Read more
Chirag, captain Rajpal, Karan, Nandal and coach Ashutosh at a training session for Davis Cup in Delhi. | Photo Credit: Kamesh Srinivasan Beating Togo in Davis Cup may have looked like a walk in the park for the strong Indian tennis team last weekend as India recorded a 4-0 victory without dropping a set, or … Read more
India’s Manish Sureshkumar got the better of Switzerland’s Luca Castelnuovo in the first qualifying round of the Chennai Open ATP Challenger tournament in Chennai on Sunday. | Photo Credit: B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM Four Indians-Manish Sureshkumar, Dev Javia, Siddharth Vishwakarma and Chirag Duhan- made it to the second and final qualifying round of the Chennai Open … Read more
India’s N Sriram Balaji celebrates after winning match of Davis Cup 2025 World group Playoff against Togo at DLTA Complex in New Delhi on February 2, 2025 | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap India completed the formalities in quick time, claiming the doubles match to take an unassailable lead in its Davis Cup tie against … Read more
Ramkumar Ramanathan eased to victory against Togo’s Thomas Setodji in the Davis Cup World Group 1 play-off match in New Delhi on Saturday. | Photo Credit: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP New Delhi: India was always expected to win but even Sasikumar Mukund and Ramkumar Ramanathan were surprised by the ease with which they dismantled their Togolese … Read more
Ramkumar in action. | Photo Credit: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP The Indian Davis Cup team looked like a happy place after the host took a 2-0 lead on Day One of its tie against Togo on Saturday with smiles and banter, things missing for a while now from the team’s locker room. And Sasikumar Mukund admitted … Read more
From being ‘banned’ for pulling out of national duty to leading India’s Davis Cup charge against Togo, Sasikumar Mukund has come a long way in the last one year. On Saturday, the 28-year old will be hoping to live up to the expectations that come with being the highest ranked player in the fray. Or … Read more