Chennai Open: Wawrinka survives a scare
January 5th, 2012 - 12:01 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 4 (IANS) Defending champion and third seed Stanislas Wawrinka shrugged off a first set loss to beat lucky loser Edouard Roger-Vasselin while talented Canadian Milos Raonic, the ... Read more...
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Chennai Open: Raonic too good for Hanescu
January 4th, 2012 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 4 (IANS) Playing well within himself, talented Canadian Milos Raonic, the fourth seed, brushed aside Victor Hanescu 6-1, 6-4, in just 74 minutes to enter the third round ... Read more...
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Chennai Open: Tough draw for Somdev, Yuki (Lead)
December 31st, 2011 - 8:30 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Dec 31 (IANS) Davis Cuppers Somdev Devvarman and Yuki Bhambri can find themselves running into two of the hottest players in the $450,000 Aircel Chennai Open tennis, defending ... Read more...
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Bopanna-Qureshi in quarters of Kremlin Cup
October 21st, 2010 - 5:23 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Oct 21 (IANS) Top seeds Rohan Bopanna of India and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan have entered the quarterfinals of the $1,000,000 Kremlin Cup tennis.'The Indo-Pak Express' Wednesday outlasted Czech Republic's ... Read more...
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Nadal, Murray power through as rain fails to dampen US Open
September 4th, 2010 - 3:32 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Sep 4 (DPA) Top seed Rafael Nadal took full advantage of benevolent weather to storm into the third round of the US Open when forecast rain failed to materialise ... Read more...
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US Open results Wednesday
September 2nd, 2010 - 6:08 am ICT by IANS
New York, Sep 2 (DPA) Results Wednesday at the 23-million-dollar US Open (x indicates new result).
Women's singles, second roundGisela Dulko, Argentina, def Victoria Azarenka, 10, Belarus, 5-1, retired, heat exhaustionx Virginie Razzano, ... Read more...
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Hanescu fined as Wimbledon stubs out spitting incident
June 26th, 2010 - 11:28 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 26 (DPA) Disgruntled Romanian Victor Hanescu was fined $15,000 Saturday as Wimbledon sought to stub out a distasteful spitting incident which may have sparked four arrests in an unruly tennis ... Read more...
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Tennis player spits at crowd after confrontation with spectators
June 26th, 2010 - 2:01 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jun 26 (ANI): Romanian tennis player Victor Hanescu left his match in between after a confrontation with four spectators, which led to him spit at the crowd and storm off court.Four ... Read more...
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Hewitt earns right to meet Nadal in French Open
May 29th, 2010 - 2:04 pm ICT by ANI
Paris, May 29 (ANI): Australian Lleyton Hewitt thrust himself back into the firing line by booking a French Open third round clash against clay king Rafael Nadal at Roland Garros.Hewitt prevailed ... Read more...
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Federer fights for form to advance in Indian Wells
March 15th, 2010 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS
Indian Wells, California, March 15 (DPA) Roger Federer lost the first set of his career against Victor Hanescu before recovering for a 6-3, 6-7 (5-7), 6-1 win into the third round ... Read more...
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Playing in front of Prince William, a huge high, says `King’ Federer
January 22nd, 2010 - 1:10 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Jan. 22 (ANI): Roger Federer, widely regarded as the king of tennis, has said playing in front of important people like Prince William of England is extremely special and a ... Read more...
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Ruthless Federer marches on in Australian Open
January 21st, 2010 - 6:45 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 21 (DPA) King of the courts Roger Federer delivered a ruthless performance in front of visiting British monarch-in-waiting Prince Williams, thrashing Victor Hanescu 6-2, 6-3 6-2 to reach the ... Read more...
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Debutant Romania shock Australia in Hopman Cup (Lead)
January 2nd, 2010 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
Perth, Jan 2 (DPA) Debutant Romania rolled top seed Australia in a 2-1 opening day shock to start with an upset victory at the eight-nation Hopman Cup mixed teams event Saturday.
The first-time ... Read more...
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Hewitt claws Australia into contention against Romania
January 2nd, 2010 - 5:23 pm ICT by IANS
Perth, Jan 2 (DPA) Lleyton Hewitt returned to tennis after a break of two-and-a-half months, producing a fighting 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-2) defeat of Victor Hanescu to pull top seed Australia level ... Read more...
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Hewitt to begin 2010 push with weekend Hopman Cup start
December 29th, 2009 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
Perth, Dec 29 (DPA) Lleyton Hewitt is due to put five weeks of training in Sydney to the test Saturday when the two-time Grand Slam champion begins Australia's campaign at the ... Read more...
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Haas ends Asian absence with opening Shanghai win
October 13th, 2009 - 6:29 pm ICT by IANS
Shanghai, Oct 13 (DPA) Tommy Haas played an Asian match for the first time in more than two years, defeating compatriot Benjamin Becker 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 Tuesday to advance into the ... Read more...
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China Open: Djokovic made to work hard by Hanescu
October 5th, 2009 - 6:11 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Oct 5 (DPA) Novak Djokovic was made to toil by Victor Hanescu before he could win his debut match at the China Open tennis 6-3, 7-5 here Monday.
The world number ... Read more...
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Paes-Dlouhy advance to US Open second round
September 2nd, 2009 - 3:59 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Sep 2 (IANS) India's Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy of Czech republic advanced to the second round of US Open tennis, battling past Romanian pair of Victor Hanescu and Gabriel ... Read more...
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Bhupathi-Knowles seeded third at US Open
August 31st, 2009 - 11:38 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Aug 31 (IANS) India's Mahesh Bhupathi with his Bahamian partner Mark Knowles have been seeded third while compatriot Leander Paes and Czech Lukas Dlouhy have got the fourth billing in ... Read more...
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Federer, Nadal reach Montreal quarter-finals in style
August 14th, 2009 - 4:22 pm ICT by IANS
Montreal, Aug 14 (DPA) Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal resumed their dominance in tennis, with the top two seeds powering into the quarter-finals of the Montreal Masters.
Number one Federer defeated countryman ... Read more...
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Mathieu turns the corner against Youzhny in Stuttgart
July 15th, 2009 - 9:30 pm ICT by IANS
Stuttgart, Germany, July 15 (DPA) Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu began reversing a career-long loss streak against Mikhail Youzhny as he defeated the Russian 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-4) for a place in the ... Read more...
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Murray breaks new clay ground with quarter-final place (Lead)
May 31st, 2009 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, May 31 (DPA) Andy Murray broke fresh ground in his fast-track clay court progress, reaching his first quarter-final at the French Open with a 7-5, 7-6 (7-4), 6-1 defeat of ... Read more...
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Ruthless Safina slices to another easy Paris win
May 31st, 2009 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, May 31 (DPA) Top seed Dinara Safina continued her destructive march in the French Open tennis Sunday, dashing the hopes of local girl Aravane Rezai 6-1, 6-0, to reach the quarter-finals.
The ... Read more...
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Davis Cup: Roddick levels US with Swiss
March 7th, 2009 - 1:54 pm ICT by IANS
Birmingham (Alabama), March 7 (DPA) Andy Roddick stepped in to clean up the mess left by compatriot James Blake's loss, pulling the 32-time champion US level 1-1 with Switzerland on day one ... Read more...
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India fail to make it to Davis Cup World Group (Lead)
September 21st, 2008 - 9:49 pm ICT by IANS
Bucharest, Sep 21 (IANS) India lost both their reverse singles Sunday to hand Romania a place in the Davis Cup World Group.Prakash Amritraj toiled hard but could not match the might and ... Read more...
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Prakash stumbles, India fail to make Davis Cup World Group
September 21st, 2008 - 8:06 pm ICT by IANS
Bucharest (Romania), Sep 21 (IANS) India's Prakash Amritraj toiled hard but could not match the might and class of Romanian Victor Hanescu, caving in 2-6, 3-6, 1-6 and with it the faint ... Read more...
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Davis Cup: India lose to Romania
September 21st, 2008 - 6:23 pm ICT by IANS
Bucharest , Sep 21 (IANS) India lost the Davis Cup world group play-off against Romania after Prakash Amritraj lost 2-6, 3-6, 1-6 to Victor Hanescu in the reverse singles here Sunday.Romania ... Read more...
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Prakash, Somdev lose Davis Cup singles’ tie (Lead)
September 19th, 2008 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
Bucharest, Sep 19 (IANS) India could win only a set as Romania breezed through the opening day's singles in the Davis Cup World Group play-off to take a 2-0 lead here Friday. ... Read more...
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Davis Cup: Somdev loses second singles
September 19th, 2008 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
Bucharest, Sep 19 (IANS) India's chances of making it to the Davis Cup World Group received a rude jolt Friday when their biggest singles hope, Somdev Devvarman, went down 3-6, 1-6, 0-6 ... Read more...
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Prakash goes down in first Davis Cup singles
September 19th, 2008 - 7:56 pm ICT by IANS
Bucharest (Romania), Sep 19 (IANS) India's Prakash Amritraj went down 5-7, 7-5, 2-6, 2-6 to Victor Crivoi of Romania in the opening singles of the Davis Cup World Group play-off here Friday.Somdev ... Read more...
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Hanescu hammers Andreev to win Gstaad title
July 13th, 2008 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
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Gstaad, (Switzerland) July 13 (IANS) Romanian Victor Hanescu handed Igor Andreev a 6-3, 6-4 defeat in a final at the Allianz Suisse Open Sunday to earn a first career trophy. Andreev, the ... Read more...
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Hanescu ends Wawrinka’s hopes in a rain hit Gstaad
July 13th, 2008 - 4:10 pm ICT by IANS
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Gstaad, (Switzerland), July 13 (DPA) A late break of top seed Stanislas Wawrinka handed Romanian Victor Hanescu a 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 upset at the semi-finals of the Allianz Suisse Open. But Hanescu ... Read more...
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Davis Cup: India play World Group play-off in Romania
April 16th, 2008 - 10:12 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Indian Davis Cup team's hopes of getting a home tie were dashed Wednesday as they were drawn to meet Romania in the World Group play-off away from ... Read more...
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Federer satisfied after fighting clay win
April 16th, 2008 - 1:39 pm ICT by admin
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Estoril (Portugal), April 16 (DPA) Roger Federer came through on his 17th ace as the Swiss top seed fired into the second round of the Estoril Open under the guidance of new ... Read more...
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