Kristina Dmitruk stops Vaidehi Chaudhari in her stride

Kristina Dmitruk made the semifinals of the ITF women’s tennis tournament in Gurugram on Friday. | Photo Credit: Kamesh Srinivasan Kristina Dmitruk continued to assert the versatility of her game as she eased past Vaidehi Chaudhari 6-0, 6-3 in the quarterfinals of the $30,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament at the Tennis Project, Baliyawas, on Friday. … Read more

Australian tennis great ‘Fiery’ Fred Stolle has died at age 86

Former Australian tennis champion Fred Stolle. File. | Photo Credit: AP Fred Stolle, a two-time major winner and member of three Davis Cup-winning teams, has died, Tennis Australia said Thursday. He was 86. Tennis Australia CEO Craig Tiley described Stolle as an “iconic figure” in tennis as a player and later as a commentator for … Read more

Sahaja Yamalapalli storms past top seed Carlota Cirez

Sahaja Yamalapalli. | Photo: Kamesh Srinivasan Sahaja Yamalapalli sustained an attacking game, unleashing fierce forehand, to out-gun top seed Carlota Cirez of Spain 6-4, 6-2 in the first round of the $30,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament at the Tennis Project, Baliyawas, on Wednesday. On a day when the gusty winds caused havoc at the arena, … Read more

Raducanu says she struggled to breathe during Dubai stalker incident

Emma Raducanu of Great Britain reacts while playing against Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic in their second round match of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on February 18, 2025 | Photo Credit: Getty Images Former U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu said she could not see the ball through tears and was barely able … Read more

Paralympics medallist Mariyappan to sport a blade soon

Mariyappan Thangavelu with his Paris Paralympics bronze medal. | Photo Credit: Reuters Triple Paralympic medallist high jumper Mariyappan Thangavelu hopes to perform as well as he has done in the past when he attaches a blade to his right leg in the coming weeks. The 29-year-old, who won bronze medal at the Paris Paralympics, is … Read more

Haruka Kaji eases past Aditi Rawat

Haruka Kaji. | Photo: Kamesh Srinivasan Fourth seed Haruka Kaji of Japan proved too hot for wild card entrant Aditi Rawat as she cruised to a 6-2, 6-0 victory in the first round of the $30,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament at the Tennis Project, Baliyawas, on Tuesday. The 17-year-old Aditi was playing in only her … Read more

TENNIS | Hard work finally shows positive results for Rithvik

B. Rithvik Choudhary who won his second ATP doubles title in Santiago, Chile, recently. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement “The hard work I have put in, especially in the last one year, is really paying off,” says B. Rithvik Choudhary, who partnered Nicolas Barrientos of Colombia to clinch the ATP Santiago title defeating the top-seeded … Read more

Holt — a gradual and unconventional rise to success

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 faces top seed Carlota Cirez

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 beats top seed Arina Rodionova for title

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 wins ATP doubles title in Chile

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

Mochizuki to take on Holt for singles title at Bengaluru Open

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

Yuki Bhambri and Alexei Popyrin win doubles title in Dubai

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

Bengaluru Open | Harris’ baseline power trumps Schoolkate’s serve and volley

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

Jan Zelezny’s tweaks will take me to 90m mark soon: Neeraj Chopra

  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

TENNIS | Vaidehi Chaudhari beats Akanksha Nitture to reach quarterfinals

  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

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

Qualifier Akanksha ousts second seed Cirez

  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

Pariksha Pe Charcha: No success without failure, embrace hard work, say Mary Kom, Lekhara, Suhas

  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

Bengaluru Open | Indians fall by the wayside again

  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 wins Maha Open Challenger in Pune

  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

Prajwal goes down fighting to Czech Republic’s Gengel

  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

Maha Open | Jeevan-Vijay duo downs Bayldon-Romios pair, clinches yet another doubles crown

  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

‘Crime’ and ‘punishment’: what the Jannik Sinner saga tells us about tennis, doping and inequality

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

Carlos Alcaraz stunned by Jiri Lehecka in Qatar Open quarterfinals

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

National Games: Stunning show, some worries too

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

Murray to continue as Djokovic’s coach likely through French Open

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