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Sania Mirza and Bethanie Mattek-Sands celebrate their victory in the Brisbane International womens double final in 2017. (Deccan Chronicle.)

Sania and Mattek-Sands stun sixth seeds to enter Wimbledon 2nd round

History will be made for Indian tennis at Wimbledon when Ankita Raina takes the court with American partner Lauren Davis

1 July 2021 6:16 PM IST

Serbias Novak Djokovic reacts during his match against Britains Jack Draper in the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London on Monday. (Photo: AP)

Novak Djokovic eyes third round on Wimbledon's courts for concern

World number one Djokovic has a 9-2 record over the South African.

30 Jun 2021 6:11 PM IST

USAs Serena Williams after falling to the ground during the womens singles match against Belarus Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London on Tuesday. (Photo: AP/PTI)

Serena hobbles out of Wimbledon as Federer survives scare

Swiss legend Roger Federer and Australia's world number one Ashleigh Barty both progressed after overcoming scares.

30 Jun 2021 5:49 PM IST

Serbias Novak Djokovic reacts after losing a point to Britains Jack Draper during the mens singles match of the Wimbledon in London on Monday. (Photo: AP)

Djokovic slides to victory as Wimbledon makes soggy return

Djokovic overcame an early scare before getting his bid for a record-equalling 20th Grand Slam title off to a winning...

29 Jun 2021 1:29 AM IST

At the end of the four-hour and 11-minute final, Djokovic handed his racquet to the youngster who was then pictured on TV jumping for joy and in shock at the gesture. (Photo:Twitter)

Djokovic gives match-winning racquet to boy 'with right tactics'

Novak Djokovic said he gave away his French Open winning racquet to a young boy watching courtside for 'giving me the...

15 Jun 2021 12:21 AM IST

Japans Naomi Osaka kisses the trophy in celebration after winning her Womens Singles final match against Victoria Azarenka of Belarus at the US Open in New York. AFP photo

Osaka beats Azarenka to win second US Open crown

"I wasn't really thinking about winning. I was just thinking about competing," Osaka said

14 Sept 2020 1:23 AM IST

Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, checks a linesman after hitting her with a ball in reaction to losing a point to Pablo Carreno Busta, of Spain, during the fourth round of the US Open tennis championships, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2020, in New York. Djokovic defaulted the match. (AP)

Novak Djokovic defaulted from US Open for striking line judge

The world number one apologized for hitting the ball in disgust after losing his serve to go 6-5 down in the first set...

7 Sept 2020 12:12 PM IST

The William sisters during a tennis match (file AP photo)

Williams sisters' match heralds return of tennis

The siblings meet each other for the 31st time when they take the court at a WTA tournament in Kentucky on Thursday

13 Aug 2020 1:16 PM IST

Britains Andy Murray at a post match news conference at the Wimbledon Championships. AFP Photo

Many top male players support ATP-WTA merger: Andy Murray

20-time Grand Slam winner Roger Federer renewed the call for merger of the men's and women's governing bodies

2 May 2020 10:41 AM IST

HANDS IN GLOVES: Ball-boys and girls do stretching exercises at the Roland Garros stadium, in Paris. AP Photo

Covid-19 effect: No shaking, no sharing, no showering in tennis

ITF issued a set of guidelines which include arriving at a venue already dressed and leaving immediately after the...

2 May 2020 9:31 AM IST

German tennis player Jan Choinski serves the ball during a pro-tennis tournament at a local base tennis academy in Hoehr-Grenzhausen, western Germany, Friday, May 1, 2020. The professional tennis exhibition in the small village in the Westerwald is a rare exception to the global shutdown of sports during the coronavirus pandemic. Matches are played without line judges and without spectators, and broadcasted by remote cameras worldwide. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Tennis pros take first swings at coronavirus-era exhibitions

There were no fans, no ball boys or girls and no line judges. Only a chair umpire

2 May 2020 9:24 AM IST

Germanys former tennis champion Boris Becker. AP Photo

Time for tennis bodies to come together to pull through crisis: Boris...

Since New York was pretty much the worst city hit by the virus, Becker thinks it would be unwise to have US Open

1 May 2020 3:09 PM IST