Olympic tennis: Azarenka reaches semifinals
August 2nd, 2012 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
London, August 2 (IANS/RIA Novosti) World No.1 Victoria Azarenka secured a win over Germany's seventh seed Angelique Kerber to reach the semi-finals of women's singles in Olympics tennis competition ... Read more...
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Olympic tennis: Paes-Vardhan go out with heads held high (Lead)
August 2nd, 2012 - 3:22 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 2 (IANS) Indian men's doubles pair, Leander Paes and Vishnu Vardhan's campaign in the 2012 London Games came to an end Wednesday after they lost to the ... Read more...
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Olympic tennis: Tricky draw for Paes-Sania
August 1st, 2012 - 12:45 am ICT by IANS
London, July 31 (IANS) India's Leander Paes and Sania Mirza Tuesday were drawn against Serbian team of Nenad Zimonjic and Ana Ivanovic in the first round of the mixed doubles ... Read more...
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Olympics: Shooter Gagan wins India’s first medal a bronze (India Roundup)
July 30th, 2012 - 10:51 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 30 (IANS) Ace rifleman Gagan Narang put India into the medal bracket by shooting a bronze in his pet 10 metre air rifle event even as his ... Read more...
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Sania-Rushmi crash out of Olympic tennis
July 29th, 2012 - 1:35 am ICT by IANS
London, July 28 (IANS) Indian women's doubles pair of Sania Mirza and Rushmi Chakarvarthi were knocked out of the tennis competition of the 2012 London Olympics by Chia-Jung Chuang and ... Read more...
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Record-equalling number of tennis siblings in Olympics
July 25th, 2012 - 5:39 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 25 (IANS) A record-equalling number of sibling pairings are to compete in the tennis competition of the London Olympics.Four couples -- two sets of brothers and sisters ... Read more...
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Federer, Azarenka top seeds at London Olympics
July 24th, 2012 - 4:54 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 24 (IANS) World number one players Roger Federer and Victoria Azarenka will head the list of seeded players in the draws for the London Olympics' tennis tournament.The ... Read more...
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Gloves off in Paes-Bhupathi battle
June 15th, 2012 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 15 (IANS) Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi are undoubtedly two of the best doubles players on the planet but unfortunately not the best of partners any more ... Read more...
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Junior Fed Cup: Indian girls go down 1-2 to Thailand
April 27th, 2011 - 10:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) The Indian girls lost 1-2 to Thailand in a group B league match of the Asia-Oceania Junior Fed Cup under-16 tennis competition at the Delhi ... Read more...
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Asian Games: Somdev clinches historic gold, archer Deepika misses bronze (Afternoon Lead)
November 23rd, 2010 - 5:00 pm ICT by IANS
Guangzhou, Nov 23 (IANS) Somdev Devvarman clinched a historical singles gold medal in men's tennis singles while 16-year-old archery sensation Deepika Kumari could not live up to the expectations as she ... Read more...
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Asian Games tennis: Somdev stuns Istomin, wins gold (Second Lead)
November 23rd, 2010 - 4:45 pm ICT by IANS
Guangzhou, Nov 23 (IANS) Somdev Devvarman Tuesday became the first Indian to win a singles gold medal in the Asian Games tennis, stunning top-seed Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan 6-1, 6-2 here ... Read more...
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Asian Games tennis: Indian women lose to Indonesia
November 13th, 2010 - 4:07 pm ICT by IANS
Guangzhou, Nov 13 (IANS) Indian women were outclassed 0-3 by Indonesia in the first round of team event of the Asian Games tennis competition here Saturday.Poojashree Venkatesha and Niripuma Sanjeev were handed ... Read more...
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Aisam and Aqeel love to play in Delhi
October 13th, 2010 - 7:00 pm ICT by IANS
By Pragya Tiwari
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) Unmindful of the full-throated roar from the packed main court, where Indians were playing, Pakistanis Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and his teammate Aqeel Khan were sparring ... Read more...
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CWG Tennis: Historic first gold for Somdev (Lead)
October 10th, 2010 - 10:49 pm ICT by IANS
By Pragya Tiwari
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) India's Somdev Devvarman Sunday created history by becoming the first player to win a gold medal in the men's singles at the Commonwealth Games ... Read more...
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Paes-Bhupathi feel tennis scheduling could have been better
October 10th, 2010 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) Commonwealth Games gold medal favourites Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi said they felt a little let down by the cramped schedule of the tennis competition. Their ... Read more...
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CWG Tennis: Sania settles for silver, Paes-Bhupathi get bronze (Second Lead)
October 10th, 2010 - 12:21 am ICT by IANS
By Pragya Tiwari
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) India's Sania Mirza staved off four match points but could not stop Australian Anastasia Rodionova from taking the gold by clinching the decisive tie-breaker ... Read more...
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CWG tennis: Paes, Bhupathi win doubles bronze
October 9th, 2010 - 10:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) India's Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi won 6-3, 7-6 against compatriots Somdev Devvarman and Rohan Bopanna to win the bronze medal in the men's doubles tennis ... Read more...
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CWG tennis: Somdev and Sania in finals, Paes-Bhupathi shocked (Roundup)
October 8th, 2010 - 11:42 pm ICT by IANS
By Pragya Tiwari
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) Somdev Devvarman and Sania Mirza kept the Indian flag fluttering on a day of heartbreak for India as their legendary doubles pair Leander Paes ... Read more...
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CWG Tennis: Sania, Somdev in finals, Paes-Bhupathi out (Lead)
October 8th, 2010 - 7:56 pm ICT by IANS
By Pragya Tiwari
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) India's Somdev Devvarman was at his fluent best on way to the men's singles final while Sania Mirza took time to come on ... Read more...
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CWG tennis: Somdev breezes into final
October 8th, 2010 - 2:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) India's Somdev Devvarman entered the men's singles final of the tennis competition at the Commonwealth Games, defeating Matt Ebden of Australia here at the R. ... Read more...
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CWG tennis: Sania, Somdev in singles semifinals (Lead)
October 7th, 2010 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
By Pragya Tiwari
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) India's tennis aces Somdev Devvarman and Sania Mirza rolled into the singles semi-finals with comfortable straight set victories in the Commonwealth Games tennis competition ... Read more...
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CWG Tennis: Sania, Somdev in singles quarters (Roundup)
October 6th, 2010 - 11:48 pm ICT by IANS
By Pragya Tiwari
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) India's Sania Mirza and Somdev Devvarman stormed into the singles quarterfinals of the Commonwealth Games tennis competition here Wednesday.Sania also reached the women's doubles ... Read more...
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CWG Tennis: Somdev-Bopanna in men’s doubles quarters
October 6th, 2010 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) India' Somdev Devvarman and Rohan Bopanna moved into the men's doubles quarterfinals of the Commonwealth Games tennis competition here Wednesday.The second-seeded Indians beat Scotland's Jamie Murray ... Read more...
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India’s Somdev enters CWG tennis quarterfinals
October 6th, 2010 - 1:36 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct 6 (ANI): Indian tennis star Somdev Devvarman entered the men's singles quarterfinals with a thumping 6-0 6-1 win over unseeded Sri Lankan Amresh Jayawickreme in the second round ... Read more...
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CWG Tennis: Paes-Bhupathi cruise into quarter-finals (Roundup)
October 5th, 2010 - 11:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) Leading lights of tennis doubles Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi capped a successful day for the Indians at the Commonwealth Games tennis competition entering the ... Read more...
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CWG Tennis: Somdev overcomes slow start, through to second round (Lead)
October 5th, 2010 - 6:33 pm ICT by IANS
By Pragya Tiwari
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) Top seed Somdev Devvaraman of India shrugged off an indifferent start to storm into the second round of the men's singles of the Commonwealth ... Read more...
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CWG tennis: Bopanna-Nirupama lose in first round
October 4th, 2010 - 4:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) India's Rohan Bopanna and Nirupama Sanjeev lost to Australia's Anastasia Rodionova and Paul Hanley in the mixed doubles first round of the Commonwealth Games tennis competition ... Read more...
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Scotland announce CWG tennis squad
August 17th, 2010 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
Stirling (Scotland), Aug 17 (IANS) Commonwealth Games Scotland (CGS) and Tennis Scotland Tuesday announced the team for the Oct 3-14 Games in New Delhi.
The team comprises doubles specialists Jamie Murray and ... Read more...
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Gill inaugurates R.K.Khanna Tennis Complex
July 11th, 2010 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) A refurbished R.K. Khanna Tennis complex was formally inaugurated Sunday by Sports Minister M.S.Gill for the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games.
The stadium, upgraded at Rs.65 crore and spread ... Read more...
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Paes, Bhupathi knocked out of Olympics
August 15th, 2008 - 4:30 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 15 (IANS) India's Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi crashed out of Olympics tennis competition losing in straight sets to the Swiss pair Roger Federer and Stanislas Warwinka in men's doubles ... Read more...
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Sania, Sunitha knocked out of women’s doubles
August 13th, 2008 - 11:34 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 13 (IANS) Sania Mirza and Sunitha Rao crashed out of the Olympic tennis competition, losing to top-seeded Russians Svetlana Kuznentsova and Dinara Safina 4-6, 4-6 in the second round match ... Read more...
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Paes-Bhupathi dust the cobwebs, sweep aside Brazilians (Lead)
August 13th, 2008 - 7:26 pm ICT by IANS
By V. Krishnaswamy
Beijing, Aug 13 (IANS) Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi have slowly but surely blown the cobwebs away. The Indian pair looked the champions they were not long ago as they ... Read more...
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Sania pulls out of singles competition
August 11th, 2008 - 5:43 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 11 (IANS) Sania Mirza pulled out of her singles first-round match against Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic in tennis competition at the Beijing Olympics here Monday. Sania was trailing ... Read more...
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Rain clears the Olympic skies, cools Beijing
August 11th, 2008 - 9:10 am ICT by IANS
DPA
Beijing, Aug 11 (DPA) Monday's rain has cleared the skies and brought down the temperatures as Olympic athletes in outdoor sports can expect comfortable conditions in Tuesday's competition at the Beijing Games. ... Read more...
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Injured Sharapova pulls out of Olympics
August 1st, 2008 - 12:59 pm ICT by IANS
Xinhua
Beijing, Aug 1 (Xinhua) World number three women's tennis player Maria Sharapova has announced on her website that she is pulling out of the Beijing Olympics due to a right shoulder injury. ... Read more...
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