Wimbledon: Venus Williams crashes out, Djokovic advances (Second Lead)
June 25th, 2012 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 25 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia's Elena Vesnina demolished Venus Williams in the first round of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships here Monday while men's World No.1 Novak Djokovic had ... Read more...
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Wimbledon: Murray to face Davydenko in first round
June 22nd, 2012 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 22 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Britain's Andy Murray has been handed a tricky first-round match at Wimbledon against former World No. 3 Nikolay Davydenko of Russia, after the men's ... Read more...
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Paes to partner Bhupathi at London Olympics (Lead)
June 15th, 2012 - 7:56 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 15 (IANS) Putting an end to a long-running and contentious issue, the five-member selection committee of the All India Tennis Association Friday named Leander Paes and Mahesh ... Read more...
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Mahesh Bhupathi opts out of Davis Cup tie
March 6th, 2012 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) India's ace doubles specialist Mahesh Bhupathi has opted out of next month's Davis Cup tie against Uzbekistan to allow tour partner Rohan Bopanna pair ... Read more...
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France’s Monfils makes himself available for Davis Cup clash
February 8th, 2012 - 2:53 pm ICT by IANS
Vancouver, Feb 8 (IANS) World No.13 Gael Monfils has confirmed he will be in the line-up for France's Davis Cup tie against Canada starting Friday after injuring his knee ... Read more...
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Chennai Open: Indians flop in qualifiers
January 1st, 2012 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 1 (IANS) Indian hopes in the qualifying competition of the Aircel Chennai Open evaporated as Rohan Bopanna, Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash and Prajnesh Gunneswaran were packed off here ... Read more...
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India can win a handful of tennis medals, says Bopanna
September 30th, 2010 - 4:57 pm ICT by IANS
By Pragya Tiwari
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) Rohan Bopanna is the man of the moment in Indian tennis. After injuries and surgery kept him in the wilderness for years, the 30-year-old ... Read more...
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Davis Cup: Bopanna plays Bellucci, Somdev takes on Mello
September 16th, 2010 - 5:36 pm ICT by IANS
By Anand Philar
Chennai, Sep 16 (IANS) Brazil's non-playing captain Joao Zwetsch could barely hide his grin that grew bigger as the draw for the Davis Cup World Group playoff tie against ... Read more...
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No Stosur, Hewitt in Australia’s CWG tennis squad
August 18th, 2010 - 8:58 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Aug 18 (IANS) Australia Wednesday announced a second string tennis squad for the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games without their star players Lleyton Hewitt and Samantha Stosur.
The eight-member team will be ... Read more...
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Jamie Murray to partner Laura Robson in Wimbledon mixed doubles
May 16th, 2010 - 12:34 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 16 (ANI): Older brother of British No.1 Andy Murray, Jamie, will be teaming up with Laura Robson in the mixed doubles at Wimbledon this year.Jamie, who is a doubles ... Read more...
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Sania, Bhupathi opt for different partners in US Open
September 3rd, 2009 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi will be playing with different partners in the mixed doubles event of the ongoing US Open tennis championships in
New York.The Australian ... Read more...
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India to play South Africa in Davis Cup World Group play-off
May 12th, 2009 - 9:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) India have been drawn to play South Africa in an away tie in the Davis Group World group play-off beginning Sep 18.
India were given a walkover ... Read more...
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Davis Cup tie to be played in Chennai during day: Khanna
April 8th, 2009 - 8:18 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, April 8 (IANS) The Davis Cup tie between India and Australia, scheduled to be held here May 8-10, will be played during the day, notwithstanding the searing summer heat, All ... Read more...
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Sonia, Rahul call on team as tricolour is hoisted in Village
August 7th, 2008 - 9:38 pm ICT by IANS
By V. Krishnaswamy
Beijing, Aug 7 (IANS) The lensmen seemed to be waiting for this particular moment. Leander Paes, seated in the first row, turned to exchange some words with Rajyavardhan Rathore, sitting ... Read more...
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Zheng Jie resurfacing in time for Olympics
July 16th, 2008 - 1:10 pm ICT by IANS
Xinhua
Beijing, July 16 (Xinhua) If Zheng Jie thought winning two Grand Slam tennis events was tough, she now faces an even tougher job - to claim her first ever Olympic title on ... Read more...
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Zheng Jie and Samantha Stosur get wildcards for Wimbledon
June 16th, 2008 - 4:03 pm ICT by IANS
Xinhua
London, June 16 (Xinhua) China's doubles specialist Zheng Jie and Samantha Stosur of Australia have been given the final two wildcards for Wimbledon Open which starts at the All England Club June ... Read more...
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Bhupathi wins Dubai doubles title for third time
March 8th, 2008 - 10:42 pm ICT by admin
(Second Lead)Dubai, March 8 (IANS) Mahesh Bhupathi of India won a share of the Dubai doubles title for the third time as he partnered Mark Knowles of Bahamas to beat Czech pair ... Read more...
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Bhupathi and Knowles win Dubai doubles title
March 8th, 2008 - 10:33 pm ICT by admin
(Lead)Dubai, March 8 (IANS) Mahesh Bhupathi of India and Mark Knowles of Bahamas, seeded fourth in the Barclay's Dubai Tennis tournament, beat Czech pair Paul Vizner and Martin 7-5, 7-6 (9-7) in ... Read more...
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