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Djokovic’s all new landmark – The Hindu

Bests Federer to be No. 1 for 311 weeks Novak Djokovic set a new landmark of 311 weeks as world number one on Monday, one week longer than Roger Federer whose tally of a record 20 Grand Slam titles is now firmly in the Serb’s…

Fans crush football’s money league

In the two-and-a-half days between the announcement and collapse of the European Super League, the continent’s 12 elite, rebel clubs took a beating in the high-stakes perception war. When England’s “Big 6” with the three biggest clubs from…

Schwartzman claims Argentina Open title

It was a fourth ATP Tour title for the world number nine and top seed on the Buenos Aires clay Home favorite Diego Schwartzman beat compatriot Francisco Cerundolo 6-1, 6-2 on Sunday to lift the ATP Argentina Open.It was a fourth ATP…

Prajwal overcomes Denim

S.D. Prajwal Dev fought his way past Denim Yadav 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 in the first round of the $15,000 ITF men’s tennis tournament at the Indore Tennis Club on Tuesday. In doubles, the top-seeded pair of Saketh Myneni and Vijay Sundar…

Sanjana overcomes Pari’s challenge

Top seed Sanjana Sirimalla had to fight hard to beat qualifier Pari Singh 6-7(4), 7-5, 6-4 in the girls’ first round of the ITF grade-5 junior tennis tournament on Tuesday. The results (first round): Boys: Vishal Gautam bt Aarav Samrat…

Soha stuns top seed Riya

Qualifier Soha Sadiq beat top seed Riya Bhatia 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 in the first round of the KPIT $25,000 ITF women’s tourney on Tuesday. The results (first round): Soha Sadiq bt Riya Bhatia 4-6, 6-2, 6-1; Nidhi Chilumula bt Shreya Tatavarthy…

Sania and Klepac beaten

The combination of Sania Mirza and Andreja Kelpac of Slovenia was beaten 6-3, 6-3 by seventh seeds Hayley Carter and Luisa Stefani in the second round of the $1,835,490 WTA tennis tournament here on Wednesday. Arjun Kadhe and Tunisia’s…

Top names for World Tennis Conference

Some of the best names in tennis will discuss their trade secrets in the World Tennis Conference, being organised online by Global Professional Tennis Coach Association (GPTCA) and Segal Institute from March 25 to 28. Toni Nadal, uncle…

Tennis | Fognini defaulted at Barcelona Open

Fiery Italian Fabio Fognini was defaulted from the Barcelona ATP tournament on Wednesday for verbally abusing a line judge.The 33-year-old was trailing World No. 147 Bernabe Zapata Miralles 6-0, 4-4 when he clashed with the official and…

Counting the cost of empty stands

Tennis has limped back to some semblance of normality after last year’s lengthy disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic but stakeholders fear playing tournaments in front of empty stands might not be sustainable for long.The professional…