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Sriram Balaji loses doubles quarterfinals

Second-seeded Sriram Balaji and Luca Margaroli of Switzerland were beaten 6-3, 7-6(6) by Germany’s Dustin Brown and Switzerland’s Marc-Andrea Huesler in the doubles quarterfinals of the €44,820 Challenger tennis tournament here. Other…

Bhambri bows out

Qualifier Yuki Bhambri stretched the 59th-ranked Slovenian Aljaz Bedene before losing 6-3, 1-6, 4-6 in the first round of the $2,048,855 ATP tennis tournament in Dubai on Monday. Bhambri, playing in his third tournament after returning…

Indian team to be picked on March 16

The Indian team for the Billie Jean King Cup World Group play-off tie against Latvia will be selected on Tuesday. The selection committee is also scheduled to finalise the coach for the tie, which will be played on indoor hard courts at…

Kadhe opens campaign against Ranjeet

Arjun Kadhe has been seeded No. 1 and drawn to play former National champion V.M. Ranjeet in the first round of the National hard court tennis championship to be played at Tennis Project, Baliawas, from Tuesday.Defending champion Niki…

Tennis | Margaroli and Balaji advance

Sriram Balaji and Luca Margaroli of Switzerland moved into the doubles quarterfinals with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over local wild card entrants Lorenzo Claverie and Matteo Gigante in the €44,820 Challenger tennis tournament in Biella, Italy,…

Tennis | Indian team for Billie Jean King Cup

The core group of Ankita Raina, Sania Mirza and Rutuja Bhosale will continue to strive to take India forward in the Billie Jean King Cup world group play-off tie against Latvia to be played on indoor hard courts in Jurmala on April 16 and…

ITF Grade-5 Junior Tennis | Devaharshith moves up

Devaharshith Neelam defeated Raghav Harsh 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 in the boys’ first round of the ITF grade-5 junior tennis tournament at the SAIL tennis complex at Bhilai. The results (first round): Boys: Ronin Lotlikar bt Dev Kanbargimath (Rou)…

JP Morgan to finance breakaway Super League

A spokesman for JP Morgan said in an email that its involvement with the new league which has been set up as a rival to UEFA's Champions League and includes clubs such as Real Madrid and Manchester United. Reuters | , Manchester…